Healthcare · Commercial · Restaurants — Jacksonville, FL

About ACT

A design firm with the contractor already in the room.

ACT Architects is a team of contractors, architects and support staff in Jacksonville, Florida. Thirty years in, we still build the way we always have — by listening first and planning the work with the people who will actually do it.

Who we are

Built around a set of values, then around the work

Our success in Northeast Florida came from our principals agreeing on a set of fundamental values, building a business around those values, and then executing projects that exceeded every expectation. That order matters: the values came first, and the work has followed them ever since.

The firm brings together architects, contractors and support personnel with a wide range of experience and interests, and puts the resulting synergies to work for our clients, our community and the environment. Every one of our people is highly skilled in their part of the process, whether that is design, production, administration or construction.

What we believe

Four things we will not trade away

Listening comes first

Listening to consultants, clients and staff is what carries a project to a level of quality and service nobody can match by working alone.

One team, not opposing sides

Owners, engineers, subcontractors and the owner's own staff work as one group focused on winning for everyone — not on finding someone to blame.

Creativity, action and technology

The latest tools in architectural design, fast responses and genuinely different viewpoints are what make the service personal rather than procedural.

Responsibility to the environment

We encourage environmentally responsible design and sustainable practice wherever the project allows it — and we have proven it does not have to cost more.

Leadership

Who you will be working with

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Brad Hollett, LEED AP BD+C

Co-owner, ACT Architects · Managing Member, Accelerated Contracting, LLC

Roughly 30 years in the construction industry, across medical facilities, offices, restaurants and retail. A LEED Accredited Professional and a long-standing advocate for sustainable building practice — the reason we can offer green construction at no additional cost.

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David Christine, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB

Vice President, Architecture, Planning and Design · FL Lic. # AR92185

Nearly four decades of programming, planning and design on large, complex, multi-disciplinary projects. Known for a collaborative management style that gets design teams, consultants and owners agreeing on design, budget and schedule — before the disagreements get expensive.

Sustainability

Green building, without the green premium

ACT encourages environmentally responsible design and sustainable practice wherever a project allows it, along with alternate energy sources and alternative building materials and methods. Brad Hollett, a LEED Accredited Professional, leads that work. LEED — Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design — is the standard most green buildings are measured against, and it looks at four things in particular.

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Sustainable site development

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Water savings

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Energy efficiency

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Indoor environmental quality

30

Years in business

LEED

Accredited professional on staff

AR92185

Florida architect license

Let's talk about your project

The first conversation is free, and it is the one where most of the money gets saved.