Customized in Design.
Standardized in Delivery.

We begin with price. If the preliminary pricing does not align with the project budget, there is no reason for either party to invest time in further development.

What the Client Provides

• Available drawings and specifications
• Product, furniture, signage, or lighting schedules
• Preliminary quantities
• Reference images
• Material and finish expectations
• Project location and jurisdiction
• Owner, operator, or brand standards
• Known testing, certification, or performance requirements
• Required delivery date

What Carve Creation Manages

We review the available information, identify major cost drivers, assess manufacturing feasibility, and establish the assumptions needed for preliminary pricing.

Known fire, electrical, structural, accessibility, environmental, testing, or certification requirements that may affect the price or schedule are identified when information is available.

Carve Creation Deliverables

A preliminary pricing package containing:

• Estimated scope and quantities
• Preliminary pricing
• Pricing assumptions
• Inclusions and exclusions
• Delivery basis
• Indicative production schedule
• Preliminary compliance assumptions
• Testing and certification allowances when known
• Major information still required

What Is Reviewed or Approved

Preliminary price, general scope, assumptions, exclusions, delivery basis, schedule, and known technical requirements.

What Releases the Next Stage

The client confirms that the preliminary price is within the project budget.

If physical samples are required, the client also approves the sample-development scope and pays the applicable sample development fee.

Preliminary pricing remains subject to final quantities, approved drawings, physical samples, specifications, testing requirements, packaging, and delivery conditions.

Once the preliminary price is aligned, the products, materials, finishes, expected quality, and technical requirements are developed far enough to define what the client intends to purchase.

Project-specific physical samples, custom finishes, prototypes, and mock-ups require a sample development fee before work begins.

What the Client Provides

• Design intent
• Available product drawings
• Material and finish references
• Color standards
• Performance requirements
• Applicable project specifications
• Owner, operator, or brand standards
• Code and certification requirements identified by the project team
• Consolidated comments from the designated approver
• Required sample development fee

What Carve Creation Manages

We coordinate product drawings, dimensions, construction details, material samples, finish samples, color swatches, hardware, prototypes, mock-ups, and required revisions.

We also coordinate the agreed technical requirements applicable to each product, including fire performance, electrical certification, structural performance, material durability, finish resistance, and product-specific testing.

Project-specific regulatory requirements remain subject to confirmation by the client’s architect, consultant, or authority having jurisdiction.

Carve Creation Deliverables

A drawing, sample, and technical package containing:

• Drawings for each product or product family
• Drawing register with revision status
• Material and finish schedule
• Physical material and finish samples
• Hardware samples when applicable
• Prototype or mock-up when included
• Sample register
• Preliminary code and compliance matrix
• Testing and certification schedule
• Proposed test methods and acceptance criteria
• Responsibility schedule for testing and certification

The sample-development proposal will define:

• Samples being produced
• Materials and dimensions
• Number of included revisions
• Sample development fee
• Production time
• Shipping charges
• Sample ownership
• Return requirements when applicable
• Whether any portion of the fee will be credited toward the production order

What Is Reviewed or Approved

• Product dimensions and configuration
• Materials, colors, textures, and sheen
• Hardware and construction details
• Physical samples and prototypes
• Expected quality
• Applicable standards
• Required testing and certifications
• Test methods and acceptance criteria
• Responsibility for testing and third-party review

What Releases the Next Stage

The drawings, physical samples, technical requirements, testing responsibilities, and acceptance criteria are approved and ready to be incorporated into the agreement package.

Approved physical samples become the control standards for production and quality review.

The approved commercial, design, and technical information is assembled into one controlled agreement package.

What the Client Provides

• Final quantities
• Contracting and billing information
• Final delivery requirements
• Confirmed project specifications
• Confirmation of the authorized signatory
• Confirmation of the designated project approver

What Carve Creation Manages

We finalize pricing, responsibilities, exclusions, payment milestones, production schedule, testing requirements, packaging, delivery terms, and installation responsibilities.

We also verify that the approved drawings, physical samples, technical requirements, and commercial terms are correctly referenced in the agreement.

Carve Creation Deliverables

A complete agreement package containing:

• Commercial terms
• Final quantity and pricing schedule
• Approved product drawings
• Approved drawing register
• Material and finish schedule
• Approved physical sample register
• Scope, responsibilities, and exclusions
• Code and compliance schedule
• Fire-performance requirements
• Electrical certification requirements
• Structural or accessibility requirements when applicable
• Product-testing schedule
• Test methods and acceptance criteria
• Testing and certification responsibilities
• Payment milestones
• Production and delivery schedule
• Packaging and freight terms
• Installation responsibilities when applicable

Each approved physical sample is referenced by:

• Sample identification number
• Related product or item code
• Material and finish description
• Photograph
• Revision
• Approval date
• Approved by
• Accepted comments or variations
• Location of the retained control sample

What Is Reviewed or Approved

The complete commercial, design, technical, testing, and delivery basis of the production order.

What Releases the Next Stage

The agreement is executed, the required mobilization payment is received, and the complete production package is confirmed ready for release.

Before manufacturing begins, the approved agreement package is checked and formally released to the production team.

What the Client Provides

Any final information expressly identified as a condition of production release.

What Carve Creation Manages

We verify that the following are complete, approved, and current:

• Product drawings and revisions
• Physical control samples
• Quantities
• Materials and finishes
• Specifications
• Code and compliance requirements
• Testing plan and acceptance criteria
• Commercial agreement
• Required mobilization payment
• Production and delivery schedule

The controlled production package is then issued to the manufacturing team.

Carve Creation Deliverables

A production-release package containing:

• Production-release confirmation
• Controlled manufacturing package
• Approved drawing register
• Approved sample register
• Code, compliance, and testing schedule
• Baseline production schedule
• Manufacturing kickoff record
• Progress-reporting milestones
• Initial list of production responsibilities

What Is Reviewed or Approved

Production readiness, document revisions, physical control samples, quantities, schedule, testing requirements, and any unresolved information.

What Releases the Next Stage

The controlled production package is formally issued, the manufacturing kickoff is recorded, and production begins.

Production is coordinated against the approved package, with progress reviewed, recorded, and communicated at defined milestones.

What the Client Provides

Timely responses to:

• Production questions
• Proposed substitutions
• Technical exceptions
• Requested changes
• Issues requiring a design or commercial decision

What Carve Creation Manages

We coordinate:

• Material procurement
• Manufacturing partners
• Production requirements
• Production schedule
• In-process inspections
• Testing preparations
• Corrective actions
• Approved changes
• Change control

At agreed milestones, we review production progress, document current conditions, record issues, and communicate the project status to the client.

Carve Creation Deliverables

Periodic production-progress reports containing:

• Reporting date
• Current production milestone
• Progress photographs or videos
• Schedule status
• In-process inspection status
• Open issues
• Corrective actions
• Client decisions required
• Next milestone
• Expected date of the next update

What Is Reviewed or Approved

Progress against the approved production package and schedule, together with any deviation, substitution, corrective action, or change requiring a client decision.

What Releases the Next Stage

Production is complete, required progress reviews are recorded, and outstanding production issues are resolved.

Completed work is inspected and tested against the approved drawings, specifications, physical control samples, and agreed acceptance criteria.

What the Client Provides

Any agreed client-side or third-party inspection requirements and participation when applicable.

What Carve Creation Manages

We coordinate:

• Quantity verification
• Dimensional checks
• Material and finish inspections
• Hardware and functional reviews
• Product-performance testing
• Compliance documentation
• Issue tracking
• Corrective work
• Final verification

Testing may include, as applicable:

• Fire and flammability testing
• Electrical safety or listing requirements
• Load and stability testing
• Hardware-cycle testing
• Moisture and finish-resistance testing
• Ice-bucket testing
• Stain and chemical resistance
• Abrasion and durability testing
• Outdoor weather-resistance testing

Carve Creation Deliverables

A quality and compliance package containing:

• Final quality-control report
• Inspection checklist
• Completed-product photographs
• Quantity verification
• Test records and results
• Fire-performance documentation
• Electrical certificates or listings when applicable
• Ice-bucket or moisture-resistance test records when required
• Third-party inspection or laboratory reports
• Compliance and exception log
• Correction and resolution log
• Shipment-release confirmation

What Is Reviewed or Approved

Quantities, dimensions, materials, colors, finishes, hardware, workmanship, function, test results, certifications, and alignment with the approved production package.

What Releases the Next Stage

Quality approval is recorded, required tests have passed or documented exceptions have been accepted, compliance documents are complete, corrective items are resolved, and any required pre-shipment payment is received.

Packaging, freight, receiving, and installation requirements are confirmed before the products leave production.

What the Client Provides

• Final delivery address
• Receiving contact
• Permitted delivery hours
• Access restrictions
• Site-readiness confirmation
• Storage conditions
• Installation information

What Carve Creation Manages

We coordinate:

• Packaging
• Freight
• Shipping documents
• Shipment tracking
• Delivery scheduling
• Receiving requirements
• Agreed installation responsibilities

Carve Creation Deliverables

A delivery package containing:

• Confirmed delivery plan
• Packing list
• Shipping documents
• Tracking information
• Receiving requirements
• Delivery schedule
• Installation plan when applicable

What Is Reviewed or Approved

Packaging, shipping information, delivery schedule, receiving conditions, site access, and installation responsibilities.

What Releases the Next Stage

The shipment is released, delivered, and formally received at the agreed destination.

The project record continues through delivery confirmation and resolution of agreed post-delivery items.

What the Client Provides

• Delivery confirmation
• One consolidated punch list submitted within the agreed review period
• Photographs or documentation of any reported issues
• Timely confirmation after corrective work is completed

What Carve Creation Manages

We coordinate:

• Punch-item review
• Agreed corrections
• Replacement parts
• Warranty information
• Maintenance guidance
• Final testing and compliance records
• Final project documentation

Carve Creation Deliverables

A closeout package containing:

• Delivery confirmation
• Punch-list record
• Corrective-action log
• Replacement-part record
• Warranty information
• Maintenance guidance
• Final testing and compliance documents
• Final project documentation

What Is Reviewed or Approved

Delivery condition, punch items, corrective actions, warranty information, compliance documents, and closeout records.

What Completes the Project

Agreed punch items are resolved, final acceptance is recorded, and the project record is closed.