Originally from New York, I was fortunate enough to have an early exposure to the real estate development and construction industries thru family business. Working on construction sites in the most interesting and fast-paced city in the world opened my eyes to the potential talented designers and buildings offer to others.
This fared well with my deeply rooted design and artistic predisposition. All throughout adolescence and young adulthood my focus was on the arts. Whether it was drawing, painting, sculpture or photography my attention was given to anything that served as an outlet for creative expression. This was coupled with my fascination of building and the understanding of how things went together and worked to serve their purpose.
This fared well with my deeply rooted design and artistic predisposition. All throughout adolescence and young adulthood my focus was on the arts. Whether it was drawing, painting, sculpture or photography my attention was given to anything that served as an outlet for creative expression. This was coupled with my fascination of building and the understanding of how things went together and worked to serve their purpose.
Services
BCA is a fully integrated Design/Build architecture firm located in Briarcliff Manor, NY equipped to handle a variety of projects from start to finish, regardless of their unique requirements. Sound design solutions appropriate to the individual project are placed at the center of the firm's core values.
The services that an architect typically provides include concept design development, preparation of construction documents, and construction administration. Architects also provide a wide variety of additional services including feasibility studies, architectural programming and project management.
Architectural programming can be defined as the research and decision-making process that helps to identify the scope of work to be designed and performed. Gathering and analyzing data early in the process so the design is based on sound decisions. Efficient use of time by avoiding redesign as requirements emerge during architectural design development.
Bidding & Negotiation involves organizing a bidding process, making a contractor selection, and negotiating a construction contract. While in some cases clients have a contractor in mind there are other situations where clients may have a favored contractor but also wants to consider other contractors and create competitive bidding.
Here at BCA we feel skillfully negotiating construction contracts should go beyond contracts that clients can live with, to contracts that are designed to lean in their favor. A truly successful construction contract gets as close as possible to a win-win position for each party. If this is not the case one of the parties may leave the relationship, or ends the project, without performing up to the standards that are expected.
Reviews (3)
Jennifer Villani
Dec 20, 2019
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The patience of a saint... !! I contacted Brian and team after reading great reviews online. My husband and I were set to purchase a house- but only if we were able to make the renovations we wanted. Brian and his team agreed to meet us at the house and walk room by room while I gave my "wish list". In fact, they came out 3x- which is above and beyond the service anyone else would have provided- to help us prioritize as we tried to finalize what we wanted. Unfortunately after a bad inspection report we all had to walk away. So while I can't attest to their actual construction, I still give them
John Zefi
Nov 29, 2018
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Mariana Taormina
Jul 11, 2018
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Brian did an outstanding job designing a complete make over to the back of our house and deck/yard. He created a design that was not only balanced and beautiful, but enhanced our home to the point that we wondered how it was ever any other way! Brian is thorough and extremely easy to work with - for sure a 5 star rating.
