FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS
Provide the information and advice to help decide if a project makes sense.

SITE EVALUATION
Consider a site's characteristic as it relates to the function of the proposed facility and the cost to build on it.

CONCEPTUAL ESTIMATES
Provide budgetary costs estimates to determine if a project is feasible or if it needs value engineering.

DESIGN
Provide drawings and specifications for permitting and construction utilizing the design professionals’ best suited for a project and providing the input for cost effective constructability.

DETAILED ESTIMATE
Accurate estimates from detailed drawings based on our experience and know how.

SCHEDULING
Development of a schedule including sequencing of the various tasks that make up a construction project. This is a crucial element to a successful project.

VALUE ENGINEERING
A frequently used service that dissects a projects costs and using our experience and know how finds alternative, more cost effective means of completing the project.

CONSTRUCTION
Using skilled workers to implement the design and plan to physically build the structure.

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Adding our knowledge, skills and processes to the construction process from the design phase thru completion.

FINANCIAL
Leasing analysis, Banking relationships, value appraisals.

The design/build method of project delivery offers certain advantages to an owner that can make the construction process easier, less expensive, faster and more harmonious.

With the design/build method there is one source responsibility, with the design/builder. The owner will convey the information regarding the requirements and budget to the design/builder. The design/builder then arranges for the design, cost analysis, scheduling and all other aspects right thru to completion of the project.

The design/build process allows for more cost effective construction. Costs are produced early in the design stage to ensure budget compliance. Often the design costs are reduced by the reduced time producing the drawings by eliminating much of the detail required for the bidding process and also certain tasks can be performed by the design/builder as opposed to the design professionals. Additionally the design/builder’s input into the cost effectiveness of a design and the constructability can realize significant savings. Once the scope of work is determine the owner is given a Guaranteed Maximum Price.

Time is saved both in preconstruction and construction phases. In the preconstruction phase time is often saved by the design/builder’s expediting efforts along with elimination of the time spent during the bidding process. Long lead time items can be identified and ordered during the design phase or changed to eliminate delays during construction. 

The nature of the design/build process lends itself to non-adversarial relationships between the owner, builder and design professionals. With the responsibility for the complete project including the design resting with the design/builder the team works together toward a successful project without the need to point fingers of blame for mistakes made or items forgotten.

All of these advantages are contingent on one thing, a competent and trustworthy design/builder.

ADOLPH JOHNSON & SON CO. has been an advocate for and performed utilizing the design/ build process for over 40 years. We do so because in many cases it is the best way to deliver a successful project to our customers.

In the mid 1960’s ADOLPH JOHNSON & SON CO. recognized the benefits pre-engineered metal buildings could provide to owners for certain building types. The light weight structure framing and relatively low cost metal siding offered a lower cost solution for some industrial building applications.

An early manufacturer of pre-engineered metal buildings was Walker-Parkersburg located in Parkersburg, West Virginia. ADOLPH JOHNSON & SON CO. became an expert in pre-engineered metal buildings as a Walker-Parkersburg representative and builder. Over the years the pre-engineered metal building industry has evolved to serve many building uses, including industrial, warehousing, commercial, agricultural and houses of worship.

Today ADOLPH JOHNSON & SON CO. can provide the cost benefits of pre-engineered building for nearly any size building with nearly any aesthetic style – from industrial metal siding to sophisticated commercial.

 Autoclave Aerated Concrete (AAC) is lightweight concrete material developed in Sweden in the 1920’s. Manufactured using a process that creates millions of air bubbles in the concrete results in a product that is 1/5th the weight of regular concrete, an efficient insulator, an effective fire barrier and excellent sound deadener.

ADOLPH JOHNSON & SON CO. became aware of the availability of AAC in the United States in 2000. We soon started utilizing the material in applications that benefitted particular buildings’ purposes. AAC panels are used as load bearing or non-load barring walls for a thermally efficient, cost effective and attractive exterior.

AAC block or panel walls and panel roofs and floors are used to provide fire rated structures and/or sound insulation. This unique building material offers many qualities that can benefit and enhance a building’s performance. ADOLPH JOHNSON & SON CO. has the expertise to deliver AAC’s advantages to a project