Phase one puts the project itself on paper: scope defined across every discipline, schedule built, standards set, and the contract executed before design begins.
Before any engineering begins, the Project Development Phase puts the project itself in order. The scope of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection services is defined in writing, the schedule takes shape, and the ground rules for communication, drawing standards, and specification format are agreed by everyone at the table.
The phase closes with negotiated fees, a payment schedule, and an executed contract. It may read as administrative, but this is where smooth projects are made: every phase that follows runs on the agreements made here, and the number of meetings and site visits is set before expectations can drift.
Agreements first, drawings second. Every phase after this one runs on what gets settled here.
Projects rarely fail at the calculation stage. They fail on scope nobody wrote down, schedules nobody agreed to, and expectations nobody aligned. Phase one exists so none of that happens to yours.
Bring us the building and the goal. We will bring the questions that make the rest of the project easier.