client
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley: Interdisciplinary Engineering and Academic Building
facility
53,390 sf Edinburg, TX services
• furniture planning
• technical specifications
• installation oversight
notable
• furniture delivered on time and came in under its nearly $1M budget
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
case study
CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
“The kimiko team demonstrated expertise in every service they performed for us. They understood our goals and priorities.”
D NEITEK CARRUTH PROJECT MANAGER, FF&E UT
• Flawlessly coordinate deep South Texas project with UT leadership, multiple vendors, and large multidisciplinary team—remotely.
• Perform bolder, better, faster furniture planning and technical specification early in the project timeline to head off errors and protect the schedule and budget.
• Win confidence of campus project managers with non-stop oversight of every step in the process and seamlessly handle all issues on their behalf with experience, knowledge and skill.
• Communicate team updates with a can-do manner to shield client from frenetic activity and stress that can come with a large furniture project.
OUTCOME
UT-RGV’s new Interdisciplinary Engineering and Academic Building tells a highly successful—and uneventful—furniture project story. kimiko designs made the complex undertaking “look easy” through detailed coordination and proactive communication.
