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Proactive process
Over the past four years, Cocozza has built on its success by actively participating as part of the design team. Although it is essentially
responsible for the physical construction, the company has developed its analysis process to perform‘ budget lease design build.’
Reed says:“ The traditional approach to construction is known as‘ design bid build’, but we’ ve modified our process to get involved from the beginning and bring the contractor in at the design stage. This allows us to maintain budget and schedule more easily, ensuring these restaurants open on time and in the right season for their operation.”
One such project is NYC-based restaurant Massara, the success of which is down to understanding its complexity, explains Reed:“ This repeat client was evaluating a building which we were involved in prior to the purchase. We spent a lot of time on the
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“ With the difficulties of fire codes and building regulations, all three of those
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