Vol. II · Edition 2026

A briefing for builders & trades

A coordinated technology trade — finally one sub to manage.

A short brief for general contractors, construction managers and the senior trades who run them. How Intuitiv collapses ten low-voltage scopes into a single coordinated package, run from one drawing set, with one accountable consultant.

Prepared for General contractors and senior trade partners

From Intuitiv Spaces — Victoria, BC, a Wenner Group company

INTUITIV — FOR BUILDERS

Contents

— The brief

A short argument, written for the site office.

For the builder running a residence at scale: the technology scope is the most fragmented, most schedule-sensitive, most punch-list-prone part of the project. This document explains how Intuitiv changes that.

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The problemWhy low-voltage breaks schedules — and pushes punch into occupancy.
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Our positionOne sub-consultant the GC can hold accountable.
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What changes on siteRFIs, submittals, change orders, commissioning.
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The commercial arrangementHow we contract, how we are paid, how we share information.
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An introductionHow to bring us onto a project — and what we ask of you.
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Intuitiv Spaces — A Wenner Group company

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i. THE PROBLEM

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— i. The problem

Ten subs, ten scopes, nobody accountable.

On most ultra-luxury residences, the low-voltage and technology scope is split across the AV vendor, the network contractor, the security integrator, the lighting controls trade, the shading installer, the audio specialist, the home-theatre vendor, the access-control installer, the HVAC controls programmer and the central-vac trade. Coordination falls to the GC. Liability falls between the cracks.

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Trades typically managed under "low voltage" on a flagship residence

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Months of schedule typically lost to commissioning & back-and-forth

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Punch items in low-voltage compared to all other trades combined

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Drawing set Intuitiv issues — covering all of it, signed

— What it costs the GC

Conduit pulled to the wrong head end. Backboxes mounted at the wrong height because two trades read different drawings. Speaker cuts in the millwork that don't match the speaker delivered. Network gear arriving after the drywall closes. The GC's superintendent absorbs the cost.

RFIs going to four different consultants. No single technology authority means no single answer. Days of float lost while the GC plays referee between subs.

Punch lists that never close. The principal moves in. Six months later, the GC is still walking the house with the AV vendor. The retention is held. The relationship sours.

Most builders don't lose money on the technology scope. They lose schedule — and the schedule is what loses them the next project.

A senior PM · top-five Pacific Northwest builder

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ii. OUR POSITION

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— ii. Our position

One sub-consultant. One drawing set. One signed result.

Intuitiv is engaged as a design consultant — like a structural engineer or an MEP — and is responsible for the entire technology scope on the drawings. The trades work to our drawings, submittals come to us, and we sit on the project meetings as one accountable voice.

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One drawing set, signed.

Functional layouts, ceiling reflected plans, panel schedules, network diagrams, low-voltage riser, control-system flowcharts. All at the same revision, all in the same title block, all sealed by a single firm.

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One RFI inbox.

RFIs from the AV vendor, the network contractor, the integrator and the security trade come to us. Answered within forty-eight hours. The GC receives a coordinated response, not three contradictory ones.

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One submittal review.

Equipment, fabrications, panel schedules and shop drawings are reviewed by our engineer before they reach the architect. Coordination conflicts are caught at submittal — not at rough-in.

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One schedule commitment.

Programming windows, commissioning windows and the order of trades are committed before the trades arrive on site. Intuitiv's scope sits inside the GC's master schedule — not parallel to it.

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One punch list.

Technology punch is ours. We walk the house with the GC's superintendent, we close the items, we sign the form. The retention releases on time.

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One relationship after move-in.

After commissioning, the residence stays with us. The GC is not called when the homeowner can't get the lights to dim — we are. The builder hands over a working house, and stops getting calls.

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iii. ON SITE

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— iii. On site

What changes when Intuitiv is on the project.

A practical account of how a typical residence runs differently with Intuitiv embedded into the design team.

— Before site

Trade scopes are written by us, with the GC. Speaker counts, panel locations, conduit sizes, headend equipment, network rack capacity, programming hours — written into the trades' bid packages so the bids come back tight, comparable, and accountable to one document. The GC is not buying ten different versions of "low voltage" any more.

— During rough-in

An Intuitiv engineer attends rough-in walks. Backbox heights, gang counts, conduit destinations, junction boxes for future runs — all checked before close-up. We mark up the field. The drywall closes once. The trades come back to a wall they can use.

— During trim & finish

Equipment arrives staged. Programming is written off-site, in parallel, ready to commission the day the network comes alive. Speaker grills are painted to the architect's spec. Keypads are engraved with the household's vocabulary, not Crestron's defaults. The house feels finished on the first walk.

— Commissioning

The house works on day one. Scenes are walked with the household and refined; the panels are calm before the principal first touches them; the network is monitored from move-in forward. The GC hands over a residence that does not need to be "broken in".

It's the first project I've run where the AV scope finished before the kitchen.

Construction manager · a 21,000 sf estate, completed 2024

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iv. COMMERCIAL

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— iv. The commercial arrangement

A simple agreement, written for builders.

We are not a vendor and we do not take rebates. We are a design consultant — paid in fees, by the principal — with a working agreement aligned to the GC's contract.

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Engaged by the principal.

Our contract is with the homeowner. We work to their drawing set, alongside their architect, on their schedule. The GC does not carry our fees and we do not bill against your contingency.

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Inside the GC's schedule.

Our deliverables — programming, commissioning, submittal review, RFI response — sit inside your master schedule. We commit to dates. We hold to them. Pull-planning is welcome.

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No vendor rebates.

We do not take manufacturer rebates. Our equipment specifications are written to serve the design, not to serve a margin. The integrator buys the gear; we sign the spec.

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Open information.

RFIs, submittals, drawings, change orders — all shared in the GC's project management system, on whatever platform the project uses. We work in Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Newforma, or your stack of choice.

— On change orders

Technology change orders are reviewed by us before they reach the GC. We tell you whether the scope is in our drawings; we price it (or oversee its pricing) at the trade level; and we bring the architect a coordinated answer. Most of the change-order traffic on a flagship residence happens in the technology scope. We close that loop.

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v. AN INTRODUCTION

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— v. An introduction

If a project on your schedule would benefit from this work.

A short note on what we ask of you when you bring us into a commission.

Send a short note. Project location, size, the architect engaged, the principal's relationship to the project, current schedule and the technology scope as it stands today. Drawings come later, by mutual consent.
One conversation, with a senior engineer. Held by phone or in person, to understand where the project is and decide together whether our way of working suits the build.
An introduction to the architect. If the architect is not already aware of us, we are happy to be introduced through you. We will not pitch the principal directly.
A scope and a fee, in writing. Issued within ten working days of the first conversation, phased to the GC's milestones. We are happy to be carried as a sub-consultant under the architect's contract or engaged directly by the principal — whichever the project demands.

Speak with the practice principal.

Conversations with builders are held by Ryan Wenner or Adam Stowe, principals, or by the senior engineer most likely to be assigned to the project. We answer within two working days.

By email

studio@intuitiv.space

By introduction

via your principal architect

By referral

a Wenner Group company

Intuitiv Spaces — Victoria, British Columbia

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