Design~Build~Ride (A Unified Vision)

These 3 elements are at the core of our company philosophy. We believe that in order to develop a successful bike park or trail system there should be a seamless link between the three.    The advantages of a single company designing it, building it, and riding it or testing it, are overwhelming.  When the DBR elements are combined, one company accepts singular responsibility for the entire project, in turn, creating a unified vision that will ensure overall project efficiency, quality, creative on-site adjustments, and time and cost-savings for the client.

The DBR philosophy is nothing new; it has been at the core of the skate park industry for many years.  And for good reason, too many projects have failed due to discrepancies between the designer and the builder.  The success of a project can be seriously compromised when a specialized professional is hired to do the design and the build is performed by a general contractor who has no tangible connection with the sport, understanding of flow concepts, risk management concepts, or proper construction methods.  The result: a subpar facility and an investment with meager return.   Riders will simply return to illegal renegade trials and the streets.  In order to avoid these potential mishaps, it is important to realize the significance of the DBR philosophy as a unified concept and the only way to achieve a rewarding investment into the quality of life.

DBR Benefits:

• Time & Cost Savings: When the design and build are done by the same company, the client will save significant time, money, and administrative headache.  Since the design/build team knows the time and cost that they will incur from past experience, they can make beneficial decisions to produce better budgets, timetables, schedules, etc…  Also, construction can commence and be completed soon without the burden of redesign time and bidding periods.

• Project Efficiency: When the design and build team overlap, you significantly reduce communication issues, construction lag, change orders, and over extended time schedules. The same team works in unison to ensure an efficiently developed product.

• Quality Assurance: Since the development of bike parks and trail systems are a relatively new and specialized service, the only way to truly ensure that a design will be quality-built as the designer intended it to be is for it to be constructed by the designer.

*Though we provide both design & build services independently, we always encourage our clients to consider the benefits of the DBR philosophy in order to get the most return on their QOL investment.