SERVICES
Architectural Services
HGE’s architectural team starts each project by listening intently to understand your project’s requirements and goals. Your input becomes the driving factor that shapes the vision of the project.
We offer a full range of architectural services including, but not limited to the list below. Our experience is broad and diversified in a variety of building types including: custom homes, single-family residential, multi-family residential, commercial, healthcare, educational, municipal, institutional, industrial, and parks and recreation. Our work includes new construction as well as minor and major remodels, additions, and renovations.
Architectural Services Include:
- Pre-design services such as; project programming, needs assessments, site evaluations.
- Master planning
- Conceptual Design/ Schematic Design
- Design development: determination of building systems, finishes, and materials.
- Accessibility compliance evaluation and design (ADA analysis)
- Code compliance and analysis
- Three-dimensional (3-D) modeling, renderings, presentation drawings
- Construction documents: detailed construction drawings for bidding and permitting. We strive for complete, clear documents for a successful construction phase.
- Construction administration including contractor selection assistance through any of the following: hard bids, negotiation, or construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC).
- Sustainable design, alternate energy systems, energy incentive programs
Landscape Architecture
Landscape Architecture is a comprehensive profession, producing a synergy of hardscape and landscape planting plan design with architecture and civil infrastructure — seamlessly blending the natural and built environments.
HGE’s landscape architecture services range from the decision-making process of building location selection depending on the grading, stormwater plans and other construction aspects, to the attractiveness and utilization of the environmental features, all which add value to the development.
Our Landscape Architecture practice focuses on:
- Master planning
- Site analysis and design
- Landscape and irrigation design:
- Commercial, healthcare, educational, and industrial, etc.
- Urban plaza design
- Amenity plans and entry features
- Site design for ADA requirements
- Governmental permitting
- Construction administration and observations
- Erosion and sediment control:
- NPDES 1200-C, BMPs, inspections
- Green stormwater infrastructure
- LID, bioswales, raingardens, etc.
Interior Design Services
Interior Design is the design of spaces within buildings. At HGE we join the perspectives of architecture, landscape architecture, and the interior environment to help our clients create a functional and distinct expression of their style. This approach delivers a more seamless project, providing an added value to the client. We consider traffic flow, wayfinding, meeting spaces, equipment location, power and data flow, acoustics, lighting and sustainable design to help meet organizational and individual needs.
Our Interior Design Services include:
- Programming
- Master planning
- Space analysis
- Tenant Improvements
- Finish and material selection
- Furniture layout and selection
Planning
HGE has a tremendous experience with master planning, needs and facilities’ assessment, and pre-design work. Planning is an integral part of all our work. Our planning services are comprehensive and are provided for small residential work as well as large education campus site plans.
Our Planning Services include:
- Building needs assessment
- Long-range planning
- Master planning
- Building space programming
- Cost analysis