LmD builds high performance teams to manage client projects throughout the entire project lifecycle. Whether a project requires licensed engineers, project managers, construction managers or other qualified personnel, LmD’s teams provide leadership in management and design for all phases of a project. 

Concept & Study
The concept and study phase transforms client ideas to potential projects. LmD creates project specific parameters that develop a framework transforming ideas into a conceptual design that addresses client needs, project objectives and initiatives.

Basis of Design (BoD)
The BoD is the critical phase most often overlooked by clients. The BoD is a programming exercise that identifies an owner's needs, financial goals and design objectives. This results in a project schedule, scope of work and budget which become the foundation and parameters of the project.

The BoD document details the objectives of the owner with input from the project architect, engineers, and consultants in terms of design features, systems functionality, and overall performance resulting in a comprehensive analysis of objectives and feasible design.

The BoD also creates the framework for the detailed design, construction documents, and construction specifications. This effort streamlines the detailed design phase by identifying base information at a high level thereby allowing a more focused design phase.

Detailed Design
The detailed design expands upon an approved BoD providing additional design detail and specifications for procurement and construction. This phase provides schematic and subsequent detailed design documents to be used for final construction. LmD licensed engineers and architects complete this final stage of the design process, creating detailed drawings for construction including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural, architectural, civil, telecommunications and all associated disciplines that target details specific to the project.

Procurement
The procurement phase is the buyout process of the project utilizing pre-qualified vendors in a competitive environment. This procurement process focuses on decreasing project cost while maintaining a high quality end product.

LmD’s managed bid process, utilizing Cost Benefit Analysis, can lead or assist in the acquisition of goods and/or services with a focus on the parameters established in the BOD.

LmD determines and identifies code related issues and works with all governing agencies to execute required permitting for the project.

Construction and Construction Management (CM)
The construction phase can present many risks to a client. LmD manages the financial risks associated with safety, contracts, subcontractors, schedule, and change management.

LmD Construction Management services include:

• Cost and Schedule Management
• Quality Management
• Contract Administration
• Safety Management
• Subcontractor Management
• Submittal and Project Controls Management

Commissioning:
Commissioning is the process of ensuring that mechanical, electrical and other building systems are installed, tested, and perform interactively in accordance with the design documents. A commissioning process may be applied not only to new projects but also to existing installations and systems subject to expansion or renovation.

This process provides independent verification that originally designed or modified systems are documented and operating properly as required for a completed system or project. LmD will document and test all identified equipment and/or systems to provide operational and performance information and manufacturers details pertaining to equipment data and maintenance.

The goal of commissioning is to reduce exposure to system inefficiencies, failures, and accompanying downtime. The fundamental nature of commissioning is “reliability assurance.”

Examples of LmD Commissioning services:

• Pre-Functional, Functional, Start-Up, & Performance Testing
• Integrated Systems Testing (IST)
• Short Circuit, Arch Flash and Coordination Studies 
• Mechanical Plant Operation and Safety Testing
• Certification and Inspections Confirmation
• Completed Systems Documentation
• Signoff and Acceptance Verification