Service
Design-Build
From the start of the qualifications phase, we bring a client-focused approach and a strategic blend of collaboration and innovation to design-build projects. Together, this optimizes schedules, reduces costs, and establishes a trusted partnership to ensure your satisfaction with the construction process and with the resulting build.
Featured clients
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MTA Bridges and Tunnels
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New York City Housing Authority
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NYC Health + Hospitals
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Amtrak
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New York Power Authority
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New York City Transit Authority
We helped pioneer design-build services in the New York metro area by building trust and fostering collaboration with our clients and partners. Whether a smaller scale project or a larger, more complex undertaking, we work hand in hand with a wide range of partners to embrace best practices, develop new innovations, and deliver exceptional value through our team of DBIA certified professionals.
Benefits of our approach
By encouraging collaboration and innovation, our design-build projects save time and money.
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Efficiency
We tap into the collective experience of our design and contractor partners to seamlessly collaborate – producing effective solutions that consider the needs of each unique project. This leads to more efficient work, lower costs, and more successful outcomes.
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Innovation
We drive meaningful innovation through design-build. Our dynamic, collaborative process elevates the creativity and ingenuity of our team and of our partners.
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Quality
With our team and partners working together, we see solutions clearly. Design-build allows us to identify opportunities, challenges, and risks early and deliver projects at the highest level of quality.
Client-focus
Working closely with our clients to navigate the design-build process underscores our dedication to putting your needs first and achieving exceptional value.
“Not long ago, design-build was considered an obscure approach, but those days are over. With more construction requiring flexible process, real-time decision-making, and creative approaches to engineering, around half of all projects nationwide are design-build, and its presence in New York City is greater than ever.”
Featured projects
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MTA Bridges and Tunnels
Design-Build for the Installation of Fire Standpipe and Upgrade to Fire Protection System at the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge -
New York City Department of Environmental Protection
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New York City Housing Authority
Replacement of Boilers and Hot Water Heaters at Rangel Houses
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Building on four generations of expertise since 1935, Richards is a trusted partner across the five boroughs.
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