- Design
- Architectural Concept – This preliminary phase of the architectural design is very important for the development and the success of the project. Design Process passes from several stages as the definition of the project, the collection of all relative information, the analysis of the data, the development of multiple solutions, thinking about the presentation of the ideas and the improvement of the design in order to be perceptible.
- Schematic Design – The achievement of the first phase of the work of the architectural team is the delivery of the Schematic Design. This is an initial stage of work where the general scope and concept are defined. Building shapes and scale of work are included. At the end of the schematic design phase the architect will present some very rough sketches to the owner for approval. These sketches will provide the owner with the opportunity to verify that the architect has correctly interpreted the client's desired functional relationships between various activities. The sketches will also provide to the client with a general indication of the exterior design dialogue.
- Design Development – This phase have one objective: To develop in further detail the approved conceptual design. The design documents should clearly identify the developed civil, architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection design solutions. All major features and components of the design solution should be documents and included in the updated cost estimate and compound with AFC. Upon approval of the Design Development Package by the owner, the design team will begin execution the final construction design details. The approved Design Development Package constitutes a complete concept and no further changes to the plans, elevations or building systems will be allowed except to comply with construction or code requirements.
- Construction Documents – The complete drawings and papers that set forth the detailed requirements for the construction of a project. Drawings are the illustrative component of construction documents, whereas Specifications are written requirements pertaining to building materials, equipment, and construction systems that outline the standards to be met in the construction of a project. When the construction drawings are complete the client will have sufficient information to secure contractor bids and obtain the required permits. The construction drawings are all necessary if the client hopes to have the contractor build the project as it has been conceived by the owner and architect.
- Bill of Quantities (BOQ) - A bill of quantities (BOQ) is a document used in tendering in the construction industry / supplies in which materials, parts, and labor (and their costs) are itemized. It also (ideally) details the terms and conditions of the construction or repair contract and itemizes all work to enable a contractor to price the work for which he or she is bidding. The quantities may be measured in number, length, area, volume, weight or time. Preparing a bill of quantities requires that the design is complete and a specification has been prepared. The bill of quantities is issued to tenderers for them to prepare a price for carrying out the works. The bill of quantities assists tenderers in the calculation of construction costs for their tender, and, as it means all tendering contractors will be pricing the same quantities (rather than taking-off quantities from the drawings and specifications themselves), it also provides a fair and accurate system for tendering. AAG.ltd has specialized collaborators, (Quantity surveyors and building estimators) in order to assist the client and to approach the real cost of the building.
- Planning – This study is a bridge between the experiences of the past projects and the proposed actions that produces favorable results in the future. It can also be said that it is a precaution by which we can reduce undesirable effects or unexpected happenings and thereby eliminating confusion, waste, and loss of efficiency. Planning involves prior determination, specification of factors, forces, effects and relationships necessary to reach the desired goals.
- Building Information Modeling (BIM) – AAG.ltd team has a long experience to the elaboration and improvement of a complete BIM for complex buildings such as Hospitals, Opera Houses, landscape Areas and Office buildings.
- Building Information modelling (B.I.M.) for Health Care Design and Management - In less than a decade, building information modeling (BIM) has become a major construction simulation and visualization process, and it’s being employed heavily on large hospital projects all around the world, especially in the States, and in the Arabic countries.
Today a growing number of architects, engineers and contractors — commonly referred to as BIM users, when designing new buildings and infrastructure projects.
Those companies and firms say benefits of this advanced 3-D digital design technique (which are very few in Greece) resulting in dramatic cost and time savings and positive return on investment, better designs, improved quality of the final product, enhanced project scheduling, more accurate documentation and efficient contractor collaboration.
BIM supports the entire project lifecycle from design and field support to ongoing facility management and maintenance after a building is completed.
Elytron team (AAG Greece) is the only Hellenic Design Company into parametric software and all our clients can take advantage of that. Elytron has undertaken the Design Development and the Construction Drawings for Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (a Renzo Piano Design Project) and has the experience of BIM development for the most important but also complicate work of Greece actually.
BIM’s added value centers around intelligent objects built into the software that automatically update design changes simultaneously in all views shared by project teams. For example, if a pipe is to be added that could clash with steel beams, a visual alarm alerts all involved and reveals the exact location of the proposed clash before work begins. Data remains consistent among all stakeholders and enables cross-functional project teams to have a clearer picture of the building before it is built — so mistakes, make-over orders and information requests can be minimized
- Architectural Concept – This preliminary phase of the architectural design is very important for the development and the success of the project. Design Process passes from several stages as the definition of the project, the collection of all relative information, the analysis of the data, the development of multiple solutions, thinking about the presentation of the ideas and the improvement of the design in order to be perceptible.
