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At Forge & Bow, we guide you through every step of the design and build journey with clarity, care, and expertise. Founded by husband-and-wife duo Jordan and Annie Obermann, our team of licensed architects and contractors brings over 100 years of collective experience, specializing in high-performance, custom residential construction.

From the first concept to the final reveal, we simplify complex processes, minimize stress, and create an enjoyable experience as your dream home takes shape. Our holistic approach ensures a seamless transition from design to construction, upholding the highest standards of craftsmanship, functionality, and beauty.

What sets us apart is our belief that the journey is just as meaningful as the result-each collaboration builds trust, sparks creativity, and results in a home that reflects your lifestyle, aspirations, and individuality.

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Our full-service offerings include Architectural, Interior, Pre-Construction, and Construction Project Management. For a detailed breakdown, see below:  

    1. Architectural & Interior:  Criteria Report, As-built drawings, Third Party Coordination (Historical, Structural, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Landscaping & HOA), permit-ready Architectural drawing set with integrated third-party engineered plans, Architectural and Interior Material Selections, Jurisdictional Coordination.  
    2. Pre-Construction:  Scope Outline, Project Bidding, Value Engineering & Material Procurement.  
    3. Construction: Architectural and Interior Construction Administration, Project Management, Scheduling, Budgeting, Material procurement continues, quality control, and reporting.

Architect-led design-build offers a customized solution for your project by combining design and construction management into a single point of responsibility, thereby offering an integrated design-build service. Our approach features a distinctive and unclouded Architect-led design-build process that prioritizes design while utilizing an agile management strategy, ensuring a smooth integration of design concepts and construction knowledge, resulting in satisfaction of design.

We are pleased to collaborate with the Architect you have chosen. Please refer to our build services for further information on how we can assist you with your project.

  1. We are a boutique Architectural Design-Build firm that understands that custom work requires custom project processes and schedules. In our discovery together, we will discuss your project and needs in detail so that we can establish a project timeline and process that works for you. Please read on to learn more about our typical process.
  2. Following our consultation, we will prepare a proposal outlining our scope of work and design fees.
  3. If the proposal looks good to you, we will review our team’s schedules and share our next available start date for the Criteria Study. We are typically 30-60 days out from starting these. We often have several proposals out to potential clients, so we cannot confirm a start date until we have a signed proposal. *Please note that your proposal is good for 30 days.
  4. Once we have our Criteria Study target date established, we will send out our Agreement for signatures and kick off the project.
  5. Within the Criteria Study, we will be exploring scope, reviewing your inspiration and programming requirements, conducting an as-built survey, investigating jurisdictional requirements, considering construction practicality, and gathering budget awareness of your project. This is a crucial step that sets the project up for success, providing you with the resources and awareness you need to greenlight continued design work.
  6. Assuming we have the established direction from the Criteria Study, we will continue into a progressive AIA design approach, working from Schematic Design to Design Development, resulting in a developed and engineer-coordinated plan set ready for bidding with our subcontractors, trade partners, and vendors. Additionally, it is at this phase where we have enough information to submit for building permits, which requires your payment of our construction deposit. Though we don’t have to submit quite yet, this often becomes a pinch point in the overall schedule.
  7. Once we have received our bids back, we will make interior selections, perfecting the design. From there, we will present our Builder Proposal to perform the work and a proposed construction start date, which will then be memorialized through an amendment to the contract. If necessary, we can value-engineer the project, finding ways to reduce the scope and cost. Completing the final phase of design will involve updating construction documents and permit submission (if it hasn’t already been submitted).

Your timeline will vary depending on the size and scope of your project. Our process involves regular meetings to update you on the timeline, budget, and design. Once we understand your vision, we can offer a more specific estimated timeline. But most importantly, quality and vision take time; providing the space for the design to breathe will create a home that reflects yourself and fulfills your lifestyle.

During the design process, we will learn details about the project, your lifestyle, and your goals for the project. That means we will work together to come up with an initial budget only AFTER we have a conceptual design. Your involvement will be essential, as your ideas and feedback will guide us. Once the architectural and interior design is complete, we will then determine a final budget.  It is important to note that we cannot determine the project’s cost until we fully comprehend the details of your design.