Interior Design and Build Coordination In Saskatoon
We design your space, then project manage and coordinate the full scope through to the final finish. We align the right trade partners for the build and hold them to our quality standard, so you have one team accountable the whole way through.
Most projects go wrong in the gaps. The designer specifies something the builder cannot get in time, the millwork is ordered before the plumbing rough-in is confirmed, a decision gets made on site by whoever is standing there, and nobody finds out until the tile is down.
Metric Design is a Saskatoon interior design studio that handles both the interior design and the coordination of the build. We are the single point of contact from the first conversation to the last delivery, and we bring in and coordinate the builders, architects, engineers, trades and suppliers a project needs. The design intent that was agreed at the drawing stage is the one that arrives on site.
What we are doing while your project is running
It is a vague phrase in most studios' hands, so here is the specific list.
Assembling the right team for the project, and matching each professional to the scope in front of us rather than to whoever happens to be available
Holding the drawing set as the single source of truth, and updating it when something changes
Getting decisions made before the trades need them, in the sequence the build requires
Specifying, sourcing and ordering finishes, fixtures, millwork and furnishings, with lead times planned backwards from the install date
Site visits at the points where a decision is about to be made permanent
Reviewing the work against the drawings, and catching a variance while it is still cheap to fix
Being the one phone call, so you are not translating between six trades
We are not the general contractor
Metric Design is an interior design studio. We do not act as a general contractor, we do not hold the construction contract, and we are not a home builder.
We work alongside your builder rather than in place of them. You keep your own contractor, or we introduce you to trades and contractors we work with regularly. What we carry is the design and the coordination of it, which is a different responsibility and a different relationship, and it is the one that keeps a project coherent from end to end.
The same service, two audiences
Whole-home renovations and new builds
You are living in it, or waiting to. We hold the schedule and the selections so you are not project managing a build around a job and a family.
Kitchens, ensuites, primary suites, basements and full interior remodels, in the city and out on the acreages.
Fit-outs and tenant improvements
You have a lease date, and every week the doors stay shut is a week of rent on an empty space. We plan the design backwards from when you need to open.
Dental, medical and veterinary clinics, professional and legal offices, retail, restaurants and hospitality.
How it starts
Start with a complimentary fifteen minute introductory call. Tell us what you are thinking about, ask us anything you like, and we will walk you through how a project like yours usually works. Then we welcome you to a meet and greet at the studio at 213 Wall Street, where you can see the work and meet some of the team. Both of those are free and nothing is committed until you decide it is.