Rochester's Only True
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Design-Build Professionals
Since 1983, Mitchell Design Build has delivered integrated and innovative building solutions to commercial businesses. From initial site selection to construction completion, we’ve worked on more than 40 million square feet of property in the Rochester and Western New York areas. We create award-winning spaces where businesses not only grow but thrive.
Each project is approached with real-world expertise by a team of professionals who not only understand the design phase but also know construction. This collaborative approach promotes creative problem solving and innovation. From a high-level view to the smallest details, a design-build balance is applied every step of the way, resulting in a streamlined process that keeps your project moving.
This integrated approach also gives you:
- Streamlined communication
- A 360-degree view of your project
- Condensed timelines
- Cost savings
- Optimized quality
- Single source accountability
Spencer Read / President
What is Integrated Design-Build?
As Rochester’s only true integrated design-build company, Mitchell Design Build will provide you with all the services you need to complete your building project and maintain it for its lifespan.
Integrated Design-Build
Integrated design-build provides a comprehensive approach to project delivery where building design and construction are provided in a streamlined fashion by the design-build team. This unified flow of work from initial concept to completion improves desired outcomes, timelines, costs, and communication.
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An integrated approach from a cohesive team
When you work with Mitchell Design Build, you’ll have access to a team where each member knows your project’s details inside and out. We work diligently to find complete, proactive solutions to minimize setbacks while maximizing efficiencies.
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From early-morning design meetings and architecture deadlines to busy days coordinating construction in the field, coffee helps keep our team fueled from concept to completion.
Today, we’re raising a cup to the architects, designers, project managers, superintendents, and construction teams who turn ideas into built spaces—one project (and one cup) at a time.
Here’s to good design, great construction, and plenty of coffee along the way!
#integrateddesignbuild #designbuild #architecture #construction #projectmanagement #RocConstrution #TeamMDB
Progress continues from the ground up at Bright Flite!
Below-grade masonry foundation walls are taking shape, marking another important step as the building begins to come out of the ground. Flower City Masonry has been hard at work completing the masonry that will support the next phases of construction.
Proud to keep the momentum moving forMaguire Properties and the entire project team as the vision for Bright Flite continues to become a reality. #integrateddesignbuild #designbuild #architecture #construction #projectmanagement #RocConstrution #TeamMDB #masonry #masonrywork
A clear view of @wealth.enhancement’s new office space! 👏
These new offices feature glazed walls and doors from @crlaurence, installed by @frontierglassinc, bringing a clean, modern look to the workspace while allowing natural light to flow throughout the interior.
Details like these help create private, functional workspaces without sacrificing the open and collaborative feel of the overall office.
Great to see another finish come together as part of Wealth Enhancement Group`s transformation!
#integrateddesignbuild #designbuild #architecture #construction #projectmanagement #RocConstrution #TeamMDB #officereno #TeamWork #storefrontglass #storefront
It’s all in the details as we put the finishing touches on @willowcenterny`s newly renovated office space!
One feature bringing both function and visual interest to the space is the @usgcorp Colortex™ Fins acoustical ceiling system. The dimensional felt fins add texture and depth overhead while helping improve the acoustical performance of the space—a great example of design working beyond aesthetics.
As this project nears completion, details like these are bringing the overall design together and helping create a comfortable, polished workplace for the Willow team.
#integrateddesignbuild #designbuild #architecture #construction #projectmanagement #RocConstrution #TeamMDB #TeamWork #officereno #acousticalceilings #acousticdesign
As Construction Appreciation Week comes to a close, we want to recognize everyone who plays a part in bringing a project from an idea to reality.
A jobsite meeting like this may capture only a few people at one moment in time, but behind every project is a much larger team. Owners, designers, engineers, project managers, superintendents, skilled tradespeople, subcontractors, suppliers, vendors, inspectors, and many others each contribute their expertise along the way.
Throughout this week, we’ve highlighted just a few pieces of that process—from the planning and coordination behind foundation work, to construction within active facilities, to crews working through the challenges of a Western New York winter.
Every project brings different challenges, and no single person or company makes it happen alone. It takes communication, craftsmanship, problem-solving, adaptability, and, most importantly, teamwork.
Construction Appreciation Week may give us a reason to put an extra spotlight on the people behind the work, but our appreciation extends throughout the year.
Thank you to our team, our trade partners, our clients, and everyone we have the opportunity to build alongside.
Here’s to the people behind the projects and the work we accomplish together.
#integrateddesignbuild #designbuild #architecture #construction #projectmanagement #RocConstrution #TeamMDB #constructionappreciationweek
Construction in Western New York doesn’t always come with ideal conditions.
This winter footage from the @mcclurg_autogroup project is a reminder of the dedication it takes to keep a project moving through changing weather and challenging site conditions. Snow, cold temperatures, material deliveries, equipment operation, and day-to-day coordination all become part of getting the job done.
It takes skilled tradespeople, field supervision, project management, and a long list of partners working together and adapting as conditions change.
During Construction Appreciation Week, we’re especially grateful for the people in the field who show up, solve problems, and continue turning plans into progress—no matter what Western New York weather brings their way.
Video by @infocusrealmedia.
A finished building may be what everyone sees, but there’s a tremendous amount of work that happens before it begins taking shape above ground.
Foundation work at the new Bright Flite facility for Maguire Family Properties in Victor is a great example. Excavation, underground utilities, foundations, site work, equipment, deliveries, and multiple trades all need to be carefully planned and coordinated to keep the project moving forward.
It takes everyone working together—from the teams developing the plans to the crews executing them in the field—to turn lines on a drawing into a building.
For Construction Appreciation Week, we’re recognizing all the planning, coordination, and hard work that happens below the surface and sets the stage for everything that follows.
#integrateddesignbuild #designbuild #architecture #construction #projectmanagement #RocConstrution #TeamMDB #constructionappreciationweek
Happy Construction Appreciation Week!
At MDB, we believe great projects are built on more than steel and concrete—they’re built by people working together toward a common goal.
Our integrated Design-Build approach brings design and construction together from the earliest stages of a project through completion. Designers, project managers, field teams, trade partners, suppliers, and clients all play an important role in turning an idea into a finished project.
This week, we’re taking the opportunity to recognize the people behind the process and highlight the planning, craftsmanship, coordination, and teamwork that go into the work we do every day.
Throughout Construction Appreciation Week, we’ll be sharing a few examples from our projects that showcase the many people and moving parts it takes to bring a project to life.
Here’s to the people who build—and to building better, together.
#integrateddesignbuild #designbuild #architecture #construction #projectmanagement #RocConstrution #TeamMDB #constructionappreciationweek
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