Serving as a prime or subconsultant, Callander Associates employs several core principles in its design approach. These include providing high quality, detail oriented work products, thriving on creative context-sensitive design solutions, providing high level of service for client and projects needs, and also meeting and maintaining project budget and schedule.

Firm members insist on working towards realistic and economically responsible design solutions. Our staff’s consensus building skills are invaluable resources in collaborating with stakeholders, team members, regulatory agencies, and public works staff.

Professional services offered to our clients include:

• Pre-planning and feasibility studies
• Alternatives analysis
• Capital improvement planning
• Grant research and application writing
• Community workshop and informal meeting facilitation
• Agenda and meeting minute generation and distribution
• Graphic design and formatting of presentation graphics and PowerPoint shows
• Public outreach mailers design and printer coordination (flyers, newsletters, and postcards)
• User needs assessments and opinion surveys
• Existing conditions analysis
• Coordination with numerous agencies, stakeholders, communities and others
• Time scheduling and project milestone development
• Coordination of utility connections
• Conceptual, schematic, and preliminary design
• Visual simulations (hand rendered perspectives, photo montage, or computer generated)
• Design development: materials and plant palette recommendations
• Plan checking
• Cost estimation for construction, professional services, and related project expenses
• Operations and maintenance cost analysis
• Construction documents (CAD drafting and specification writing)
• Bidding outreach and contractor selection assistance
• Permit and regulatory permit acquisition assistance
• Construction management and submittal review
• Contractor payment request verification
• Record document preparation and printer service provider coordination
• Post project completion analysis