Build Services

Our design and build services are separated here for convenience sake, but in reality they comprise our seamless design/build delivery process. Managing the project delivery process is the core strength of MATERIA, something at which we excel beyond all our competition. This capability provides us consistent control over the vital requirements of schedule, quality and cost, and allows us to consistently deliver top quality economically and on time. 

Each new project undertaken by MATERIA is treated as unique, with a custom delivery strategy developed in direct response to the singular set of considerations presented by the project. This custom strategy, however, is developed through a uniform process unique to MATERIA that embraces the spectrum of activities from pre-construction through design, engineering, procurement, fabrication, assembly and erection. 

The facade systems fabrication and assembly is a critically important part of the project development process. MATERIA maintains dedicated manufacturing operations in key geographic locations capable of providing fabrication services with different kind of materials for the most complex designs and the most challenging project schedules. These facilities incorporate state-of-the-art equipment and processes for curtainwall unit fabrication and assembly, also metallic facades, ceramic facades, GFRC facades and much more. 

To provide adequate capacity for the fluctuating demands typical of the building marketplace, we have developed this network of outside fabrication sources. These partner fabricators and material suppliers have been rigorously trained and qualified in relevant aspects of curtainwall and facade systems of MATERIA.

Everyone involved in the construction process knows the critical importance of the building site, the playing field for the contracting teams. This is where the myriad complexities of a construction project converge and coalesce into architecture. The building site must be a particular focus for systems such as the building skin, where a large part of the process takes place off site; design, engineering, fabrication and assembly all precede the delivery of material to the site and the commencement of field installation. Yet the site is where all must come together. These preceding activities must be accomplished with a keen eye to the site, anticipating unique site-specific requirements and developing effective installation strategy to assure optimum performance. Poor performance by a single contractor can disrupt an entire building site.

Our performance on the building site mitigates risk for both the design and build teams. This core strength has proven an effective tool in helping architects realize their design intent while staying within a determined budget, while assisting general contractors in controlling the building site and maintaining project schedules, and in providing owners a top quality building coupled with the economics of efficient delivery.

Our people understand the building site. Constrained urban sites with ambitious building programs present perhaps the biggest single challenge in the entire building process. Virtually every aspect of the facade design must be considered with respect to the building site, with many design decisions ultimately constrained by the realities to be encountered there.

The success of MATERIA as a provider of facade systems, results in large measure from the ability of the firm to design, engineer, fabricate, assemble and deliver a product in support of a superior installation strategy, a product that goes together faster and cheaper on the building site. This is not simply a matter of a good anchor detail; it is a function of advanced system design, delivery sequencing, material handling, crew rotations, equipment usage, and the minutia of planning and scheduling amidst the remarkable complexity of a demanding building site.