Design + Build Process
How Do We Fit In?
Designing and building the high performing home of your dreams is an emotional and expensive undertaking.
As your design evolves, the number of decisions about building layout and material choices can be overwhelming … particularly as you struggle to remain within budget. Don’t let “cost conscious” decisions come at the expense of realizing the levels of comfort, energy efficiency and sustainability that were always part of the dream. Instead, choose to Build SMART.
We’ll show you how to save money while keeping your dream alive. Build SMART shifts the challenge of constructing a truly high performing building envelope away from congested building sites and into our factories with greater control over material quality and the building process.
Our process gives truly high-performance builders – challenged to staff their projects with skilled labor – a huge boost in productivity, producing standardized components of the structure in our factory … you then assemble them on site. Working together, we dramatically reduce your construction cycle time and deliver higher performing, occupied structures sooner.
Coordination + Virtual Build
Our Design Team collaborates and coordinates with your Project Designer to ensure an integrated product delivery. We develop detailed shop drawings and resolve open questions about desired energy performance of your building envelope.
Fabrication
Once Build SMART shop drawings have been reviewed and approved by your design professional, we will procure all necessary materials, and begin fabrication of your building systems.
Shipping
Your building envelope system will be shipped direct from our facility to your site with delivery arrangements made for you by Build SMART.
Installation
In addtion to a complete installation manual, Build SMART will be available for assistance and advice every step of the way.
Services
Our in-house staff of design professionals have experience creating engineering plan approvals and shop drawings using the latest CAD and BIM Technology software.
Once Build SMART shop drawings have been reviewed and approved by your design professional, we will procure all necessary materials, and begin fabrication of your building systems.
Build SMART's QA/QC program ensures each project is provided the best designed and tested building materials possible per the project specifications. This oversight guarantees consistent high quality assemblies from incoming materials to systems leaving the factory.
Research + Development
Equal distribution of air pressure across a steel frame plate generates 1.5psi across the surface of an E-Wall Panel, this provides several innovative benefits:
• 4.6x less pressure than what is used in the SIP’s industry • Safer, controlled process for components • Safer and repeatable process for employees.
ZIP System R-sheathing is the simple all-in-one structural panel with built-in exterior insulation. Featuring integrated moisture, air and thermal protection, ZIP System R-sheathing completely reimagines traditional wall assemblies by streamlining exterior water, air and thermal management.
Automating the application of adhesives to components will provide maximized quality, consistency and speed across production while also eliminating the risk of human error.
Our Values
Climate + Health
In 2019, Build SMART became an official corporate signer of the Kansas Climate + Health Declaration, an initiative to “increase awareness of the impacts of climate change on public health, to increase civic engagement on climate action in Kansas, and to advance policies that build community resilience and safeguard the future of our state.” Enduring and resilient buildings should be the rule to guide our decisions about the built environment.
Who we work with
Client + Partners
Build SMART works with numerous Architects, Certified Passive House Consultants, Contractors and Developers to ensure your project is as efficient and affordable as possible. Take a look at some of the companies and individuals who have had a hand in making Build SMART projects a reality.
People
Meet The Team
Build SMART is possible through the vast array of backgrounds and skillsets that our team brings to the prefabricated table. Veteran industry professionals with decades of experience bringing together what they know for a unified vision of a higher performing future.