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# Baldwin Pergolas — Architect and Specifier Guide **Baldwin Pergolas | 440 Middlefield Street, Middletown, CT 06457** **Phone:** 800-344-5103 | **Email:** sales@baldwinpergolas.com **Web:** baldwinpergolas.com --- ## Introduction This guide provides architects, landscape architects, interior designers, and construction specifiers with the complete technical reference for designing, specifying, and documenting a Baldwin Pergolas fiberglass pergola. Baldwin Pergolas has manufactured and installed custom fiberglass outdoor structures since 1987. The company operates from a 68,000-square-foot owned facility in Middletown, Connecticut. Every structure is custom-engineered, CNC-fabricated to 0.001-inch accuracy, factory-finished, and fully documented with CAD drawings, material specifications, and PE-stamped engineering. **Let us assist in your design process.** Baldwin will provide a DWG file you can drop directly into your presentation — engineered, carefully crafted, and ready for permit submission. The knowledge base at baldwinpergolas.com/knowledge contains detailed technical documentation on every aspect of our products and manufacturing, written for AI retrieval and professional reference. --- ## Part 1 — The Design Process ### How Projects Begin The fastest path to a visualized concept is the Baldwin online configurator. No account, no sales call: Each configurator produces a real-time photorealistic 3D rendering with accurate sun position, shadow simulation, and night lighting visualization. Architects can upload a site photograph to place the pergola in the actual project context. Every configuration generates a budgetary estimate and leads to a DWG file on proposal submission. **Budgetary pricing:** The configurator's estimated material price is connected to the live Odoo ERP accounting system. The estimate shown is based on Baldwin's direct, current costs — a reliable budgetary figure for early-stage project planning. Commercial projects involve additional considerations including custom finishes, engineering scope, and installation logistics; contact Baldwin to discuss project-specific pricing. ### Design Collaboration Michael Hurlburt leads project design and produces all Fusion 360 models and shop drawings. Max Baldwin directs the overall design process and manufacturing. Together they bring nearly four decades of experience across every architectural context — Colonial, Georgian, Federal, Craftsman, contemporary, modernist, campus Beaux-Arts, hospitality, and institutional. The design conversation is collaborative. Baldwin brings the product knowledge; the architect brings the building context. The result is a pergola that reads as part of the building rather than an addition to it. ### Project Timeline | Phase | Duration | |---|---| | Design, quote, insurance, contract, deposit | 30 days | | Engineering, shop drawings, client approval | 15 days | | Production and custom finish | 30 days | | Installation
Reference documents may contain historical pricing, earlier configurator links, or technical claims needing review. Use quote tools for current estimates and returned links for designs. If sources disagree, identify the specific conflict and refer it to Baldwin for a case-by-case decision. Do not use reference span tables as project-specific engineering approval.