Define the project
Write down the intended use, approximate size, ownership goal, comfort priorities, design direction, budget context, and timing.
Planning guide
Seven conversations before the panels arrive.
Use this guide to organize the site, team, enclosure, services, logistics, and verification plan.
Project checklist
Make the invisible decisions visible.
The order can change, but none of these conversations should be left to chance.
Understand the land
Review zoning, access, utilities, drainage, soils, easements, setbacks, surveys, and permit requirements.
Build the right team
Identify architecture, structural engineering, mechanical design, panel manufacturing, construction, and inspection responsibilities.
Coordinate the enclosure
Connect water, air, heat, and vapor control through walls, roofs, foundations, openings, and penetrations.
Plan the services
Locate electrical chases, plumbing routes, ducts, equipment, ventilation, and service access before manufacturing.
Prepare the site
Confirm foundation tolerances, storage, lifting, weather protection, crew readiness, sequence, and field checks.
Document decisions
Keep current drawings, responsibilities, approvals, substitutions, tests, and unresolved items visible to the team.
Start a project
Turn the guide into a project brief.
Share what is known, what is undecided, and where the project needs direction.
Share your project