Concept design stage
Preparation of concept design incorporating outline proposals from Structural engineer and Services engineer. Presentations will allow for comments to be incorporated in a timely manner as the work progresses.
During this phase, the architects will incorporate any additional client comments and will submit any amendments to the planning application if required.
Detail Design stage
Detail Design progresses the Concept Design phase and incorporates further comments from the Client to produce a more developed design. It also allows the refinement of the Client brief into the full project brief and the production of design intent technical drawings.
The scheme will be further developed to incorporate the major structural elements prepared by the structural engineer in a co-ordinated manner. The Architects will take primary responsibility for the submission of co-ordinated Architectural Detail Design to the Client and will assist with selection of finishes.
This stage will be completed with the formal issue of co-ordinated General Arrangement drawings together with all relevant design intent technical details and the outline schedule of works.
Specialist sub-contractor details are not included in this stage of works
On completion of this work stage, tenders may be sought from Contractors.
The architect’s scope includes involvement in the contractor selection and tender return review process.
The architects will provide design intent drawings to the contractor for Building Regulations review but it is the contractor’s responsibility to liaise with Building Control and ensure their requirements are fulfilled and information is issued on time in order to achieve Building Regulations certificate issue. The architects will overview this process.
