Services
The Synthesis Group offers a range of architectural design and related services. Specific capabilities within the firm include:
Architectural Design
Architects plan, design and review the construction of buildings and structures for the use of people by the creative organisation of materials and components with consideration to mass, space, form, volume, texture, structure, light, shadow, materials, program, and pragmatic elements such as cost, construction limitations and technology, to achieve an end which is usually functional, economical, practical and often artistic.
Landscape Architecture
Landscape Architecture is the design of outdoor and public spaces to achieve environmental, socio-behavioral, and/or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic investigation of existing social, ecological, and geological conditions and processes in the landscape, and the design of interventions that will produce the desired outcome.
Interior Design
Interior Design is a multi-faceted profession in which creative and technical solutions are applied within a structure to achieve a built interior environment. These solutions are functional, enhance the quality of life and culture of the occupants, and are aesthetically attractive.
Structural Design
Structural Engineering is a field of engineering dealing with the analysis and design of structures that support or resist loads. Structural engineering is usually considered a specialty within civil engineering, but it can also be studied in its own right. Structural engineers are most commonly involved in the design of buildings and large nonbuilding structures.
Civil Design
Civil Engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works such as bridges, roads, canals, dams and buildings. Civil engineering is the oldest engineering discipline after military engineering, and it was defined to distinguish non-military engineering from military engineering
Project Management
Project Management is the discipline[1] of planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. It is often closely related to and sometimes conflated with program management.
Construction Administration
A process wherein an agent of the owner, oversees construction to ensure conformity to construction drawings, specifications, and standards.
Site Selection and Evaluation
Site Selection is the process of choosing the optimal location for a business based on accessibility to and availability of customers as well as considerations as to space costs, size, and other physical characteristics, zoning regulations, investment tax credits, and the quality of the available workforce.
Feasibility Analysis
Feasibility Analysis is designed to determine whether or not, given the project environment, a project will be successful (in virtually any interpretation of that word). A feasibility analysis may be conducted for a project with an emphasis on financial viability, environmental integrity, cultural acceptability, or political practicability. It is a determination as to the likelihood of success and a description of how that determination was achieved.
Facility Evaluations
The process of evaluating a facility for any of a variety of reasons, including operating cost, environmental compliance, and labor conditions.
Facility Security Analysis
The analysis of a building or property to facilitate the application of protective measures to mitigate any breaches in security.