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AMARA ASSOCIATES

ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING CONSULTING

ABOUT US

Amara Associates is a young, enthusiastic and aggressive architectural and engineering firm specializing in the commercial and residential sectors. The company was founded by Principals and brothers Peter Amara, AIA, NCARB and David Amara, PE, CDT. Integrity, accountability and quality are not only core values upon which the business was built, but also adjectives that characterize Peter and David alike.

At Amara, our primary goal is to be successful, as our success directly correlates to our client’s success, and to their respective project’s overall success. We go above and beyond project requirements to demonstrate our technical competency and reliability. We work tirelessly to complete projects on time and within budget. We are committed to building strong, lasting relationships – regardless of the time and resources we expend to achieve these goals. We want our clients to count on our expertise and professionalism, and we work so that our core values – honesty, integrity, accountability, responsiveness, and humility – resonate from start of the project well after construction completion.

We’re in the business of helping property owners, developers, tenants and builders create, design, build and do more business. We develop creative, yet practical, design solutions for the challenges our clients face. From initial design to occupancy, we firmly believe that effective, open communication is the foundation of productive client relationships. We create and maintain an open dialogue with our clients and understand the importance of clarity and responsiveness. We stay true to our core values and work to ensure every customer is a repeat customer. We are sensitive to financial targets and schedule objectives. Our goal is for our clients realize their project vision and objectives with complete satisfaction and appreciation for how we conducted ourselves as hard-working, honest professionals.

SERVICES

ARCHITECTURE

Architecture begins with ideas and creative vision. It’s followed closely by project oversight and implementation. Amara Associates provides comprehensive services in conceptual design, schematic design, design development, construction documents, bid negotiation, and construction administration. We provide feasibility studies, master-planning and interior design services as well.

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

Our Structural Engineering expertise assures total building integrity. We understand and consult on foundation systems, concrete or steel beams and columns, concrete/steel composite floors/roof decking, concrete slabs, load bearing wall systems, lateral forces design, steel moment frames, steel or wood trusses, traditional or engineered lumber, and seismic bracing of electrical, mechanical and fire protection systems. We also provide design and structural-connection solutions for miscellaneous steel and ornamental steel; specializing in the connections to steel, concrete and wood.

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CONSULTING

Amara Associates supports clients through every step of building, providing a full range of construction support services. During the bid phase, we assist by finding qualified contractors and preparing documentation such as plan holders lists, responses to questions, addenda, bid tabulation and award recommendation. Construction administration services are provided to ensure conformance to plans, specifications and overall design objectives during construction. This phase typically entails preconstruction and regular progress meetings, submittal and shop drawing review, Requests for Information, coordination with contractor on change orders, site visits and inspections for the duration of construction. Additionally, Amara Associates offers clients a wide range of project close out services.

INTERIORS

ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION

To keep our clients fully informed we produce photo-realistic computer-generated renderings, and animated walkthroughs or fly-bys using the industries latest sofware, 3D Studio, V-Ray, and Lumion.