Frequent Questions About Our Team

Who is Irvine Team?

Irvine Team is a dynamic breakthrough organization of seasoned professionals with extensive experience in the commercial design and construction industry, encompassing a team of architects, engineers, project managers, accountants, procurement specialists and construction managers.

What does Irvine Team do?

We develop clear strategies to manage the design and construction of buildings that protect a project customers' interest and ensure the project's success, always keeping customers' interests paramount.

Can your team save me money?

Yes. Irvine Team utilizes sourcing and procurement to save money and contain spending. In fact, we ensure that you don't spend more money than you want to spend. Research shows that most commercial design and construction projects exceed established budgets by 5 percent or more. Conversely, Irvine Team has never exceeded an approved budget.

How can Irvine Team ensure a project's success?

First, we develop comprehensive proprietary "design + construction strategies," then manage the implementation of those strategies. Irvine Team touches all aspects of a project, from the commencement of a design-led project through the completion of its construction.

What is Irvine Team's secret for success?

Our perspective is unique. Irvine Team's integration of design and construction is what makes our projects successful.

How does Irvine Team manage a project?

Irvine Team uses a proprietary MATRIX Process as an integration tool to align our customer's expectations with the architect's design and the commercial construction process. Our process integrates nonlinear activities across the project team and the entire project process. This unique management capability is our biggest differentiator and the root of Irvine Team's success.

How does Irvine Team know what a customer wants?

At the outset of a project, Irvine Team puts parameters in place to qualify project scope, quality standards and customer expectations including a cost strategy that aligns expectations with financial reality. Once we have determined the anticipated and desired project goals and cost criteria, we develop go-forward strategies that articulate those expectations.

Why do I need Irvine Team if I have an architect and/or a contractor?

The traditional way of doing business — hiring an architect for design, then a construction company to build — typically results in a confrontational project delivery process with accountability not tied to any one person. Irvine Team aligns the project mission with the customer's goals, integrates the activities of everyone involved in the project with those goals and takes responsibility for the quality, cost and scheduling of the project.

At what point does your team come into the project picture?

So that Irvine Team can develop an effective strategy before a project commences, our team should be in first.

Are there other teams who focus on design and construction strategies?

To the best of our knowledge, Irvine Team is the first-of-its-kind such integrator. Irvine Team was founded by an experienced design and construction expert to address the absence of strategy in the marketplace.

Where is Irvine Team located?

We're Houston based and work across the country and around the globe.