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Virtual Design + Construction

SGA Virtual Design + Construction

Virtual Design + Construction, or VDC, creates a world where design and construction are seamless, enabling limitless possibilities. VDC is a proven delivery method that utilizes a combination of people, process, and technology. By bringing together the design team, construction managers, and subcontractors early in the planning phase, VDC uses the power of intelligent collaboration to design and build to your goals and objectives.

Benefits + Results

We save our clients millions of dollars, deliver their projects on shortened schedules, and provide sustainable solutions.

  • Speed to Market

    Our integrated approach with design and construction has proven to accelerate project schedules by eliminating the wait time between information handoffs.

  • Cost Certainty

    By designing a project’s costs and working with a detailed estimate, the team can anticipate construction conflicts and resolve inconsistencies with a high level of accuracy.

  • Reduced Change Orders

    Early coordination minimizes field conflicts, helping prevent costly changes during construction.

  • Design Intention

    Thoughtful and innovative design solutions that solve our clients’ business needs and preserve the design intent agreed on by the team.

  • Reduced RFIs

    Coordinated digital models help identify and resolve issues before construction, reducing requests for information.

  • Predictable Outcomes

    SGA has demonstrated on numerous large-scale assignments that VDC can improve predictability, lower risks, and achieve cost efficiencies.

Pillars of VDC

We integrate people, process and technology to save clients time and money, mitigate risk, and deliver innovative, progressive building solutions.

  • Team Building

    VDC fosters an environment of team-building by bridging the construction and design worlds together to enhance performance and unleash innovation.

  • The SGA Dashboard

    Our proprietary online dashboard is the must-have tool we use for an integrated design-assist approach; it tracks milestones, budgets, next steps, and much more for a successful team outcome.

  • Onboarding

    Find like-minded partners that understand the collaborative mindset of VDC and are excited to participate in the latest methods and processes.

  • Execution Success Plan

    The Execution Success Plan (ESP), sets the tone for the project and drives alignment for the entire team throughout the entire process.

  • Conditions of Satisfaction

    The Conditions of Satisfaction (CoS), are measurable, agreed-upon determinations that the team will achieve together resulting in reduced costs and increased efficiencies.

  • Collaboration Strategies

    Co-location, whether in-person or virtual, allows architects, engineers, construction managers, and major subcontractors to work side-by-side for easy alignment and serendipity.

  • Visual Communications

    Utilizing Revit to bring information together under one umbrella to coordinate and manage building information modeling.

  • Building Information Modeling

    BIM technology enables us to apply a model-first approach to increase trust and enhance project understanding, resolving issues before they occur in the field.

“SGA’s BIM model surpasses typical mock-ups in quality, completeness, and accuracy. It represents actual materials, design intent, detailing, and coordination, enabling Miron to identify constructability issues, resolve MEP/FP clashes, and reduce construction costs by 1.5–3%. The model provided an accurate, coordinated foundation for construction without wasted time modifying design models.”

— Miron Construction, Construction Manager for TitletownTech