ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES
1. Predesign and Concept Design
This includes initial site visit during design, initial meetings, council policy checking, ideas for overall master planning, client briefing and clarification, sketches and presentation drawings of which include plans and elevations.
2. Developed Design
Further development of concept design ideas, prior to resource consent or working drawings proceeding. It includes detailed plans, elevations, sections, hard landscaping and some critical site works, materials palettes / specs, images and a model. This would be the point a quantity surveyor would be engaged if desired.
3. Resource Consent
If this is required on you property due to zoning requirements or infringements in the design, i.e. coverage then this will take place between stages 2 and 3 of our documentation. It involves an environmental report and forms, resource consent information transposed onto drawings, meetings with consultants and integration of their information, negotiations with council, and site meetings with council as well as lodgement of the application.
4. Detailed Design (used for Building Consent)
Drawings suitable for Building Consent application, detailed to level required by local territorial authority. This includes, plans, elevations, cross sections, and construction details to the new building code and Act, specification as
appropriate, meetings with consultants such as the Engineers and Surveyors and the integration of their information for lodgement at Council.
5. Building Consent through Council
This stage sees us working with council to push through the building consent.
6. Site & Contract Administration
This stage varies depending on each client and the degree of difficulty. It involves any additional information required for construction. This service is not in any way a project management role, but could involve periodic site visits to view progress and assist the main contractor with any construction queries, taking file notes and carrying out any additional drawings or variations to the consent set of drawings.
