MAISERVICES


The MAI Team is known for their experience in working with public and private clients for more than 35 years. We have experience with state, city and local agencies as well as our workload capacity gives us the ability to quickly respond to fluctuating project demands. Core and value-added services are provided at no additional cost. Specialty services are available as required through our long standing and significant pool of “tiered” consultant network.

Project Teams are established on a project-by-project basis, including construction management, consultants and specialty consultants. We have clusters of three to six subconsultants for each engineering discipline and specialty consultants, thus allowing MAI as prime to customize an appropriate team dependent upon a specific project’s requirements and the Client’s goals and objectives.



Services:

Accessibility Analysis
ADA and Title 24 Compliance
Assessment and Reporting
Conditional Use Permit [CUP] Assistance
Carbon and Sustainability Assessment [VAS]
Carbon Footprint Analysis [VAS]
Commissioning / Retro-Commissioning [VAS]
Community Outreach
Conceptual Design
Cost Estimating
Economic Analysis
Energy Modeling
Historic
Interior Design
Life-Cycle Cost Analysis
Natural Ventilation and Daylight Simulation
Planning
Programming
Public Art
Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Rendering/Media Services
Renewable Energy Potential
Scheduling
Seismic Evaluation
Specification
“Sustainable”/”Green”/CHPS/LEED Design,
Program and Certification
Topographic Base Mapping


Delivery Methods:

Traditional
Integrated Project Delivery [IPD]



Project Softwares:

Autodesk Revit BIM, Version 8 [VAS]
AutoCAD 2006
Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2006
Autodesk Architectural Desktop 3.3
Microsoft Project
SpecLink



[VAS] Value-Added Service		 Disciplines:

Architecture
Civil
Electrical
Fueling
Landscape
Mechanical
Plumbing
Soils/Geotechnical
Structural
Survey


Project Market Types:

Transportation
Municipal
Education
Historic
Industrial
Community College/Higher Education
Commercial/Retail
Residential/Mixed Use


Building Types:

Modernization
New Construction
Renovation
Rehabilitation
Restoration
Tenant Improvement


Phases:

Bidding Assistance
Conceptual Design
Construction Administration/Support
Construction Documentation
Design Development
Feasibility Study
Field Investigation
Permit Process
Plan Check/Approval
Plan Preparation
Schematic Design
Site Analysis





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