Custom House: DRAFTING PACKAGE

      1. Estimate

The Customer can obtained an preliminary Estimate independently online, call our office, or come in person to the office. This Estimate is a rough calculation of requested services. Once the Customer is ready to proceed with our services then he/she would receive a Quote.

      2. Quote & Deposit

The Customer could receive a Quote by e-mail, by phone, or by coming to our office. When additional information is collected, if needed, the Customer will be presented with a Quote that becomes a Contract once signed. When the Customer is satisfied with the price and the offered services he/ she will sign the Quote and pay Deposit. No work on the project will continue until the Deposit is paid. Once the Deposit is paid the Preliminary Drawing will be prepared.  

      3. Information Gathering Stage

During the Initial Meeting we will collect the needed information in order to start working on your project.  We will also require the Customer to provide us with to scale drawings of the floor plans and of the 4 elevations of the building he or she desires.

This package does not include Schematic Design or Preliminary Design Stages.

      4. Preliminary Drawing Stage

Based on the drawings we receive from the Customer at the Initial Meeting, we will produce Preliminary Drawings consisting of floor plans and Elevations.  Once these drawings are produced they will be sent to the Customer for a review.

           a) 1 Minor Design Change Orders

Once Customer receives the Preliminary Drawings he or she will be able to prepare a Change Order with a list of Minor Design Changes to the drawings.  When the Customer is ready to have a Progress Meeting he or she has to schedule this meeting by phone.  The Progress Meeting could be held in person in our office, by phone, or via Skype.  If the Progress Meeting is requested to be held by phone or Skype, the Customer has to send us the changes to the drawings prior to the meeting.  During this meeting we will go over the changes the Customer wants and over any questions that might arise from the review of the drawings.  The Progress Meetings have an allocated maximum time limit of 1 hour.  The allocated time is usually sufficient if the Customer comes prepared.

           b) Approval of  the Preliminary Drawings

When the Customer approves the Preliminary Drawings we will start working on Working Drawings.  If the Customer will want further changes to the drawings, such will be charged on hourly basis as per our current Price List.

      5. Working Drawings Stage

After Customer approves Preliminary Drawings we will proceed with the production of Working Drawings.  Once we complete the Working Drawings we will deliver them to the Customer on the media ordered.

      6. Release of Finish Drawing

Once Working Drawing are ready the Customer must pay the invoice prior to the release of the Finial Drawing.