Professional
architectural services

Redesigning your space, renovating your building façades, expanding an existing building or building a new one.

Savard Architecte can help you by offering the following professional services.

Coordination with the municipality

  • Verification and validation of the bylaws;
  • Coordination of minor exemptions;
  • Presentation of a colour document to the Planning Advisory Committee (PAC) to illustrate the intentions of your project, renderings, exterior finishing materials, and the site plan overview, if required.

Design

  • Needs assessment;
  • Survey (measurement) of the building and AutoCAD drawing;
  • Choice of interior and exterior finishing materials;
  • Sketch of your project.

Drawings and specifications

  • Preparation of the different stages of the drawings: preliminary plans, for approval, for permits, tender and construction;
  • Development of technical specifications according to the sections of the “Master Specifications” applicable to your project;
  • Coordination with all consultants and professionals.

Administration and partial supervision of the work

  • Partial supervision of the construction work;
  • Preparation of the minutes (site minutes);
  • Preparation of the field reports;
  • Coordination and verification of shop drawings;
  • Drafting of the change directive and change order;
  • Processing of applications and certificates for payment;
  • Site surveys and lists of deficiencies;
  • Preparation of certificates of work performance and work completion;
  • General coordination with all consultants and professionals.

Built-in furniture

  • Design of custom, built-in furniture designed to meet your storage needs, kitchen, bathroom, etc.;
  • Furniture design and drawings.

Tender process

  • Preparation of tenders;
  • Preparation of addenda;
  • Coordination of general contractors invited to bid;
  • Compliance analysis of bids received;
  • Preparation of contract between the client and the general contractor.

Other services

  • Regulation of the building;
  • Detailed plan for liquor license;
  • Preliminary budget estimate of project construction costs;
  • Renderings and other colour documents;
  • Preliminary schedule for each project step;
  • Management of your project as an architect consultant;
  • Measurement and BOMA certificate;
  • Building expertise: Onsite investigation to identify problems related to the building envelope, analysis of the situation and proposed solutions to issues (according to budget);
  • Architect consultant: Our experience can help you at the different stages in your project, by responding to unexpected problems and making the appropriate decisions.