When you hire a multidisciplinary engineering firm, you aren’t just hiring separate teams for mechanical, structural, or electrical design. You’re hiring one company — and that means accountability matters more than anything else.

As our VP Ty Seifeddine put it:

“When one discipline falls short, it's Design Works. It's not mechanical, it's not structural, it's not electrical — it's just Design Works.”

That statement captures both the opportunity and the challenge of a multidisciplinary model. Unlike firms that subcontract or bolt disciplines together under a holding company, our engineers work side by side under one roof. That integration creates enormous value for clients, but it also means the standard has to be higher.

If something goes wrong, there’s no hiding behind scope boundaries. The client doesn’t want to hear “that was mechanical’s fault” or “electrical missed that detail.” They see one firm. They see Design Works.

And they’re right to.

Accountability means:
• 𝗢𝘄𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲. The drawings, the coordination, and the results on site.
• 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆. Asking hard questions in kickoff meetings, surfacing potential issues before they become change orders.
• 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀. When every team is aligned, it shows in the constructability, efficiency, and confidence of the final design package.

That’s why accountability isn’t a tagline for us — it’s a system. From dedicated project management built into overhead, to cross-discipline design reviews, to making sure every team member comes prepared to meetings, the philosophy is simple: If our name is on it, we own it.

And in a world where projects hinge on trust, that’s what makes the multidisciplinary model work.