Laboratory Corporation of America
Chesapeake, Virginia
Facility renovation for a new Labcorp location, at nearly four times the square footage of the Asheboro patient service center.
What We Offer
Design and Engineering
Design that has never been priced is a proposal. Under a design-build contract Hayco holds the design team, which means the drawings and the budget move together instead of meeting for the first time at bid day.
Held in-contract
Under design-build Hayco assembles and holds the design team inside the same agreement as construction.
Priced as drawn
Cost modeling runs alongside design development rather than after it.
Technical build types
Laboratories, clinical space, PEMB and hangars, where the engineering decides whether the building works.
Why the builder should be in the room
In the traditional sequence a design is completed, then priced, and the gap between those two numbers becomes the owner's problem. Holding design and construction in one contract closes that gap while it is still small.
- Every decision has a number attached the week it is made. Not a month later, and not as a change order.
- Constructability is checked continuously. A detail that cannot be built the way it is drawn gets caught during design rather than in the field, where it costs both money and schedule.
- Long-lead items get identified early. Equipment, steel and specialized systems drive the schedule far more than the drawing set does. Knowing them during design lets procurement start early.
- The engineering serves the operation. Mechanical, electrical and structural decisions are made against how the building will actually be used, not against a generic performance target.
Where engineering decides the outcome
These are the build types in Hayco's portfolio where the engineering, rather than the architecture, determines whether the building performs.
01
Laboratory environments
Dedicated exhaust, pressure relationships between spaces and redundancy on specimen storage drive both budget and schedule. Detail on the laboratory page.
02
Clinical and healthcare space
Mechanical systems, rated separations and infection control requirements have to be resolved together, not sequentially.
03
Pre-engineered metal buildings
The building package is fabricated off loads and dimensions locked early, so the structural decision has to be right before release.
04
Hangars and long-span structures
Door type dictates the header condition, clear opening and structural load path. That single decision shapes the frame.
05
Mixed use and occupancy separation
Fire and acoustic separation between uses, plus separate services and metering, all designed rather than added afterwards.
06
Existing structures and additions
Whether an existing building can carry a new load or a vertical addition is an engineering question that determines feasibility.
How design development runs under one contract
STEP 01
Requirements and programming
What the building has to do, translated into space, adjacency and capacity before a design direction is fixed.
STEP 02
Design team assembly
Hayco selects and holds the architecture and engineering team so they answer into the same contract and schedule as construction.
STEP 03
Concept and system approach
The structural and mechanical strategy set against the operational requirement, which is where the majority of project cost is actually decided.
STEP 04
Design development with live pricing
Design progresses while cost is modelled continuously, so a decision that breaks the budget is caught in the week it is made.
STEP 05
Constructability review
Details checked against how they will actually be built, and long-lead procurement identified against the occupancy date.
STEP 06
Permit set and approvals
Documentation issued for submission, with review cycles built into the schedule rather than assumed away.
How this fits with the rest
Hayco holds the design when
- You are engaging design-build and want one contract covering both.
- You have a requirement and a site but no drawing set.
- The engineering is the hard part and you want it priced as it develops.
- You would rather not sit between an architect and a contractor.
Your team holds the design when
- You already have an architect engaged under your own contract.
- A public procurement route requires design and construction to be separate.
- The set is complete and permitted. That is general construction.
Technically demanding projects
Surry County Aircraft Hangar
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Hydraulic hangar door, epoxy flooring and infrared heaters, with a 600 sq ft office and lounge built into the envelope.
Altec
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Two new floors added to an existing operating facility, alongside interior office renovation.
ATS Logistics, Inc.
North Charleston, South Carolina
PEMB converted into an over-the-road maintenance shop, including envelope and insulation repair.
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Ask us who carried the design responsibility on any of these and we will walk you through it.
Common questions
Do you employ architects and engineers directly?
Hayco assembles and holds the design team under a design-build contract, so architecture and engineering answer into the same agreement and schedule as construction.
Can you work with our architect instead?
Yes. If you are already holding the design contract, Hayco builds to the completed set as a general contractor.
When does design get priced?
Continuously. Cost modeling runs alongside design development so a decision that breaks the budget is caught the week it is made rather than at bid.
Who owns the drawings?
Contract terms including document ownership are set per project. Raise it in preconstruction and it will be answered in writing.
Need the design and the number to agree?
Tell us the operation, the site and the budget you are working to. A preconstruction lead will follow up.
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