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Essay on Stages in Land Development and Construction
Stage One - Inception of an Idea
Each development project begins with the inception of an idea. If you had an empty lot, what would you build? Would you build a park, residential housing, retail space or office buildings? Would your determination be based on spatial constraints, code analysis, financial limitations, demographics, market analysis, environmental concerns or feasibility studies?
Constructed entities, regardless of their nature or size, begin with an idea or a need. A developer may envision a new regional shopping center; a school district may require new campuses to meet population growth; a city may need to rehabilitate its sewerage treatment facilities; a state or federal agency may launch new highway construction projects; or a family may simply decide to build a new home.
During this phase typically the Owner defines their needs and requirements for a particular constructed entity. They may conduct market research to help identify customers (users), there spending habits, as well as other existing facilities or potential markets. The informational documentation may take many forms, both written, graphic, and verbal. The information presented during this phase is used by the participants in the Pre-design Phase of the "life cycle".
Stage Two - Refinement of the Idea
This Phase will expand on the identification of needs. An owner may perform, or retain the services of an A/E or others to perform or assist, in one or more pre-design phase activities of a project, such as financial feasibility studies, facilities planning, site analysis, budgeting, or environmental impact analysis. Feasibility studies and market analysis help identify existing conditions and future trends, and define specific needs. For example, a major hotel corporation, before committing substantial funds toward a specific project development, may assess the economic condition of a community, its population growth, travel and tourism industry, the existing supply of competing hotels and their occupancy rates, local construction costs, and land prices....
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