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Early Design Assistance

Efficiency in construction begins here.

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Built with your challenges in mind.

You need answers early, not RFIs late. Our Design Assistance team combines real-world field experience with advanced modeling and coordination tools to help you make smarter decisions sooner. We bring decades of insight from complex healthcare, sports, and commercial projects to simplify coordination and deliver predictable results.

Why Trust Marek?

A partner you can trust to think ahead.

Complex projects need proactive coordination, not reactive problem-solving. Our team brings the experience and foresight to support even the most demanding schedules and budgets. With decades of design-assist and field-driven expertise, we help general contractors, developers, and owners move from design intent to buildable reality with confidence.

Over 30 years of design assist experience supporting healthcare, sports, and commercial projects.

In-house modelers who combine construction knowledge with VDC/BIM expertise.

Proven field-driven insights that translate design intent into buildable solutions.

Trusted by top general contractors and developers for complex, high-stake builds.

Early Design Assistance

Design smarter. Build better.

Early alignment and assistance is the key to success. Our design assistance process integrates VDC, prefabrication planning, and constructability reviews to eliminate rework and reduce costs before construction begins.

Prevent conflicts with clash detection and layout validation.

Maintain your schedule with early shop drawings and sequencing input.

Unlock cost savings through value engineering and prefabrication strategies.

Strengthen your reputation with seamless coordination across trades.

Featured Early Design Assistance Projects

Projects built on partnerships.

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  • Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral

    Houston, TX

  • National Medal of Honor Museum

    National Medal of Honor Museum 

    Arlington, TX

  • Piedmont Hospital Marcus Tower

    Atlanta, GA

  • Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Hospital

    Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Hospital

    Atlanta, GA

  • Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Clinic Building

    Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Clinic Building

    Atlanta, GA

  • Kinder Museum of Fine Arts

    Houston, TX

  • T Dot

    TxDOT Stassney Campus

    Austin, TX

  • Cowboy Stadium

    Arlington, TX

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Explanatory

No guesswork. Only progress.

Construction is complex enough. Our Design Assistance process brings structure, foresight, and field-tested solutions to every project. We align early with your team on purpose, identify risks before they become issues, and leverage trade-specific VDC modeling, MEP+D integration, and prefabrication planning to keep your project moving. The result is fewer RFIs, smoother installation, and greater confidence from design to delivery.

Testimonials

  • “We always look forward to working on MAREK projects because we know we have a highly competent partner.”

    Ross P.
    Senior Project Manager

  • “MAREK consistently performs at a high level, employs quality, ethical people, and their communication from top to bottom is unmatched.” 

    Joe J.
    COO/Partner

  • “Not only were you able to get materials here on time for our schedule, but you were also able to provide alternatives when needed, and the quality of your team’s installations was of the highest level.”

    David G.
    Vice President

  • “The overall attention to safety and quality was key to our success through the coordination with all trades related to complicated scaffolding systems and elaborate framing details throughout the project.”

    Michael S.
    Operations Manager

  • “MAREK Brothers field supervision and workers are respectful, knowledgeable, and some of the very best craftsmen you’ll find in this industry.” 

    Brad W.
    Business Unit Leader
FAQS

Covering the details 
that matter to you.

Design assistance bridges the gap between design intent and constructability. Our team works with architects, engineers, and contractors early in the process to identify conflicts, validate layouts, and create solutions and prevent costly rework and schedule delays.

You gain greater control over cost, quality, and delivery when you do the hard work up front.

The earlier, the better. Involving our team during schematic design allows us to identify challenges before they impact budget or schedule.

VDC creates a digital model of the project that identifies clashes between trades, validates system layouts, and informs prefabrication opportunities for faster, safer installation.

Yes. Our VDC-driven coordination and prefabrication planning work hand-in-hand to ensure assemblies are buildable, accurate, and delivered on time.

We provide support for healthcare, commercial, education, aviation, sports, and government projects across all markets we serve.

MAREK’s MEP+D is a unique approach to the most complicated and challenging projects. For decades, the construction industry has used mechanical, electrical, and plumbing as its primary subcontractors as their preconstruction partners. As projects became more complex, coordination with the drywall contractor was found to be equally as important. MEP+D is our approach to working alongside those three critical trades, including the drywall trade in the preconstruction process.

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Make your vision a reality with a full range of expertise.

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