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Architecture

Carter Miller Ou provides architectural services to public agencies, led by a California-licensed architect. We design to the requirements of the governing approval authority, whether the Division of the State Architect for school and community college projects or the local building department for civic and municipal work, and for reliable performance across a long service life. Our principals bring direct owner-side experience, which informs designs that account for how a public facility is operated, maintained, and used.

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Project types:

  • Educational facilities, including classrooms, laboratories, and career technical education spaces

  • Civic and community facilities, including community centers, libraries, and recreation buildings

  • Municipal facilities, including administrative, public works, and support structures

  • Specialty facilities, including gymnasiums, aquatic centers, and performing arts spaces

  • Modernization, accessibility, and building systems upgrades
     

We maintain ownership of design intent from concept through construction administration and final approval.

Program Management

Program management is a core discipline of the firm. We manage public capital and bond programs with an emphasis on fiscal accountability, cost control, and transparency. Our president brings owner-side facilities experience, and our reporting is structured for the audiences that govern public programs: boards, councils, and finance officers. We provide clear spend-down planning, current budget and schedule tracking, and documentation that withstands audit.
 

Services we provide:

  • Bond and capital improvement program planning and spend-down strategy

  • Budget development and financial tracking

  • Master scheduling across multi-site portfolios

  • Board and council reporting and community transparency tools

  • Design decision, RFI, submittal, and change-order documentation

  • Funding and regulatory compliance, including DSA, OPSC, and Proposition 2 for schools and applicable requirements for municipal programs

  • Procurement and contractor selection support
     

As a locally owned firm based in Riverside, our principals remain directly engaged throughout the life of each program.

Construction Management

Our construction management practice is grounded in professional credentials, including the Certified Construction Manager (CCM) and Associate DBIA designations, and in our principals' experience delivering public construction. We emphasize proactive management: disciplined submittal and request-for-information processing, early constructability and cost review, and rigorous change management that protects project contingency. We are experienced in the requirements of public delivery, including competitive bidding, prevailing wage compliance, and formal project closeout.
 

Project types:

  • New construction and modernization of public facilities

  • Educational, civic, and recreational buildings

  • Building systems, electrical, and mechanical modernization

  • Site, utility, and public infrastructure improvements

  • Technology and low-voltage infrastructure
     

We are structured to serve a range of project scales, applying the same standard of attention to focused renovations and deferred-maintenance work as to major capital programs.

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