In the best firms, designers and builders work together from day one, not in silos, preventing costly miscommunication and design conflicts. This integrated approach keeps the design vision intact through construction and delivers better quality outcomes because the team building the project owns accountability for the design. When designers and builders are separated or outsourced, accountability becomes unclear and change orders multiply. Kingdom & Co. structures their office layout and workflow around designer-builder collaboration, which reduces revisions and keeps projects on timeline and budget.