★FOR ARCHITECTS · DOCUMENT-PHASE INTEGRATION
Specified inthe documents.Not after closing.
IntegrateIT joins your project in DD or CD, not after the homeowner has moved in. We write the AV spec into the documents your client signs — keypad locations on the RCP, speaker call-outs on the audio set, conduit pulls on the electrical, rack rooms on the floor plan. The result: the AV system reads like millwork, not retrofit.
Working with high-end residential architects in Kansas City and the Midwest — BNIM, El Dorado, Hufft, Studio Build, Forum Studio, and the rest of the KCAIA network.
How we work with architects
Five reasons to bring us in at DD, not at punch list.
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AV spec lives in your CD set
We write the AV scope as a discipline section in your construction documents — dedicated drawings, equipment schedules, conduit + back-box requirements coordinated with the electrical engineer. The homeowner reviews + signs ONE document, not a separate AV addendum.
- 02
Keypads land where you drew them
No retrofit cable chases. No "we ran out of space" surface-mount keypads on the millwork. Pre-construction coordination means every keypad sits flush in the location you specified, every speaker grille matches the ceiling pattern, every display recess is the right depth.
- 03
Concealed everything
In-ceiling speakers, in-wall subs, hidden displays behind motorized art, invisible Sonance speakers behind drywall, recessed iPad docks. The architecture wins; the technology disappears. We have specific install patterns for board-formed concrete, exposed steel, wood plank ceilings — send the section detail, we’ll write the install.
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No surprises at punch list
Most architects inherit AV problems at punch list — keypads in wrong locations, exposed cable runs, missing back-boxes. When we’re in the CD phase, those problems are caught on paper. Your punch list shrinks by every AV-related line item.
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Lifetime relationship for your client
Once we install, the homeowner has a direct line to our support team for the life of the home. Your firm isn’t on the hook for "the smart-home stopped working" calls five years later — IntegrateIT handles it directly.
Process
Where we fit in the project phases.
SD
Schematic Design
We meet with you + the client to scope the AV intent at the same time you scope finishes + millwork. Tier picker (Essentials / Premium / Concierge) gives the homeowner a fixed price range to plan around without locking specific products yet.
DD
Design Development
We submit AV equipment selection + room-by-room infrastructure requirements to the design team. Coordinated with electrical engineer (circuits, panel capacity, conduit), structural (in-ceiling speaker weights + cuts), and mechanical (display heat loads in tight enclosures).
CD
Construction Documents
AV scope becomes its own discipline section in your CD set — keypad/speaker/display locations on the RCP, back-box schedule, conduit notes, equipment schedule. The contractor bids the AV scope from the documents your client signed.
CA
Construction Administration
We attend the same OAC meetings you do. RFIs that touch AV come to us, not back to your office. Punch-list issues with AV root in our scope, get resolved by us. You don’t manage another consultant — we operate inside the project the way the electrical engineer does.
Best fit
The architects we partner with best.
Modernist residential firms
Firms designing high-spec contemporary homes where concealed technology matters as much as concealed plumbing. KC, OP, Mission Hills, Brookside, and weekend houses across the Midwest.
Boutique design-build practices
Firms running architecture + interiors + construction in-house. We collaborate with all three roles — spec at the architecture phase, finishes at the interiors phase, install at the construction phase.
High-spec adaptive-reuse
Lofts, converted commercial, historic homes. Tough infrastructure constraints — stone walls, exposed structural, no back-box depth — are the projects we live for. Send the structural section.
If we’re in the project at CD, the AV system reads like part of the architecture. If we show up at punch list, it reads like a retrofit. Same equipment, same install team — the difference is whether we were in the documents.
— Daniel Alon · Founder · IntegrateIT
Bring IntegrateIT into the documents.
Send us a current project at SD or DD. We’ll review the program with you, write an initial AV scope memo for the client, and meet with your design team for the AV-coordination charrette. No fee for the first project — it’s the audition.