Stages

Services Provided to Clients & Stages of Design & Documentation Building Design - Drafting & Planning

STEP 1

We can provide initial site analysis advice specific to your site & planning controls.
With this information we may be able to provide a fee quote.
We can also provide detailed consultation specific to your site & planning controls.
This allows us to provide you with a comprehensive Site analysis – solar access, aspect, views, neighbouring properties, prevailing winds, and bushfire considerations & zoning controls. You will be informed of any potential permit requirements at this stage.
This stage will most likely require a site visit.
Depending on the amount of information required by the client at this stage, a consultation service fee may apply.
With this information we can put together a fee quote.

STEP 2

Upon your acceptance, we will arrange a site survey and we will proceed with the initial concept drafting stage, the concept design stage may require a number of drafts until we find the desired result for your project. From this stage we then continue to develop the design plans and will order a site survey. Next step is to engage consultants that will be needed, mainly a structural engineer and an energy rating assessor. We also have qualifications in the National Energy Rating Scheme (Nathers). We feel it important to engage consultants early in the design process. Once this stage is reached and the design plans are at an advanced level, we may then obtain a builders quotation. If a planning permit is required, we will then proceed with a town planning application. Note, that a planning permit may not always be required to build, we will determine what is needed for you.

STEP 3

The next stage is construction drawings and drafting required for a building permit application. This involves fully documented drafting plans – construction plans that are compliant with all legislation and planning. We generally offer to organise all independent consultants and their documentation input. (You may wish to organise some consultants yourself) Such consultants may include soil reports, engineers computations, energy ratings, bushfire, landscaping & environmental consultants.

STEP 4

Once the construction drawings are finalised, we can submit all the required documentation to the building surveyor (RBS) for assessment and a building permit application, you also have the option of submitting the building permit yourself. We will continue working with the building surveyor until the building permit is approved.

STEP 5

We also offer further advice during the construction stage for yourself or the builder. In any case we do like to follow through the building progress on our projects.

Services

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For all your building design and documentation services for residential projects and small scale commercial/industrial projects