Capabilities Statement

Prime Architects is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business architecture firm founded in 2013, with offices in San Antonio and Dallas, Texas and Norman, Oklahoma. We provide architecture, interior design, planning, feasibility studies, facility assessments and construction-phase services to the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Courts, Texas state agencies, tribal governments and commercial owners. We team as prime, subconsultant, joint venture partner and architect of record for design-build contractors.

Company Data

Legal name	Lavastida Development Group, LLC dba Prime Architects
Business type	Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Small Disadvantaged Business
UEI	M34GPJWKR1K4
DUNS	172214996
CAGE code	6DAH8
NAICS codes	541310 Architectural Services (primary) 541330 Engineering Services 561210 Facilities Support Services 531120 Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings
State of Texas Vendor ID	1273150402800
Texas architect license	Gene Lavastida, AIA, Texas License No. 24186
TBAE firm registration	BR 2574
Certifications	SBA VetCert SDVOSB; Texas Comptroller VetHUB; SCTRCA Veteran Business Enterprise; NMSDC MBE
SAM registration	Active
Point of contact	Gene Lavastida, AIA, President · gene@prime-arch.com · (405) 369-5797
Offices	423 Blue Star, San Antonio, TX 78204 · 3010 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1200, Dallas, TX 75234 · 425 W. Gray Street, Norman, OK 73069

Core Competencies

Architectural design from schematic design through construction administration for federal, state and commercial facilities
Interior architecture for healthcare, office and institutional space, including VA design guide compliance
Planning: feasibility studies, facility condition assessments, space programming, site and master planning
Supplemental services: cost estimating, as-built documentation, code research, construction-phase support
Renovation of occupied healthcare, correctional and government facilities with ICRA, ILSM and phasing documentation
Architect of record for design-build contractors

Past Performance Highlights

Project	Agency	Location	Scope
Community Based Outpatient Clinic	Department of Veterans Affairs	Shenandoah, IA	9,965 SF build-to-suit clinic; architecture, interiors, planning, PM
Patient Room Renovations	Department of Veterans Affairs	Dallas, TX	Phased inpatient room renovation
Fire Detection System Modernization, FCC Beaumont	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Beaumont, TX	Campus-wide life safety upgrade
Install A/C in Inmate Housing Units	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Seagoville, TX	Mechanical design in occupied housing
Emergency Response Center	Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes	Concho, OK	New public safety facility
Training Facility and Administration Office	Oklahoma Safety Council	Oklahoma City, OK	New training and office facility
Historic Renovation, Oklahoma National Bank Building	Private owner	Oklahoma	Historic building renovation
Multi-Tenant Office Facility	Private owner	Oklahoma	Commercial office design

Additional experience includes design-build support at Tinker Air Force Base, U.S. Courts facilities, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission A/E IDIQ and the Texas GLO/VLB IDIQ 27-001-085. Browse all projects under Our Work.