SERVICES
GS&TDG and our team of professionals provides clients with full design and engineering services for the design of sports and support facilities. Global focuses on the overall program, master plan, preliminary design, and the construction documents for the tennis-related components. During the construction contract administration stage, GS&TDG makes visits during the critical times in the schedule, while our local team members provide the day-to-day administrative continuity.
Project Management:
Central to the project team is the Project Manager – the person who is responsible for managing a team of diverse people and interests and for balancing quality, time and cost. The Project Manager identifies client expectations, gets things started and aims to keep costs down.
GS&TDG can assist the client to:
Establish milestones
Assess progress
Assist in conflict resolution
Identify the team members
Establish level of effort
Define the expected results
Project Programming:
The facility design process begins with a statement of the project goals, the activities to be accommodated, and any special requirements that may influence the design.
The Program usually includes inspirational and pragmatic components. The inspirational part tries to capture the Client’s dreams, hopes and desires; the pragmatic part quantifies those desires and is identified as the Program Statement.
Although project programming deals with the “big picture”, it should attempt to prioritize the planned improvements such that the a future phasing strategy is possible.
Pre-Design
The process of defining the project and then assembling the information, resources and approvals to move forward is often a project in itself.
GS&TDG can assist the client to:
Studying the Demographics and defining the Market
Financing & economic feasibility studies
Site selection and analysis
Environmental studies and reports
Site surveying and geotechnical investigations
Zoning and Regulatory review
Evaluation of utilities and cultural factors
Design
Attention to the clients budget constraints and timeline starts with the most preliminary design efforts and continues through all the stages of GS&TDG services.
GS&TDG performs a variety of design services , including:
Conceptual Design
Master Planning
Site Planning
Building Design – Indoor Sports & Clubhouses
Construction Documents
Once the design has been developed and approved, GS&TDG develops the drawings and specifications that set the requirements for construction of the project and assists the Client in preparing the necessary bidding and contractual documents for construction.
Working Drawings
Specifications
Bid Forms
Contract Administration
GS&TDG can assist the client to:
Observe the sports and tennis-related work for conformance to drawings and specifications
Process the contractor’s shop drawings, samples and submittals
Review the results of construction tests and inspections
Evaluate contractor’s requests for payment
Handle change orders
Resolve conflicts, and administer the closeout of construction.
Post Construction
GS&TDG can assist the client to:
Initial occupancy services - that allows client to occupy the improved facility without distractions
First year services - that may be tied to the customary, one-year correction period, and
Long-term services – that look forward to post-occupancy evaluation, facility management, altering the facility, and planning additions.
Our rates
GS&TDG fees are based on the scope of work. GS&TDG can be your consultant on an hourly-rate basis or a lump-sum fee basis. Each project has its unique qualities and GS&TDG is committed to address the needs of each client individually. GS&TDG prides itself in offering a service package that assures the client of a quality product for an affordable price.
“Our long-time experience has allowed us to observe what has been tried and failed and what has succeeded. It has informed our decisions with regard to what is preferred, what is acceptable and also what is undesirable. It makes life easier for the contractor without costing the Client or jeopardizing the quality or timeline.”
— Alex Levitsky
