ith the rise of the want it positioned. You would
Internet, many kinds of give this information for each
work involving only floor of the building.
information can be done in
lower-cost parts of the world. The architects would come back to
(This awareness has a long way to you with some preliminary
go before it becomes sketches of floor plans. You and
commonplace.) A relevant example the architects would look at them
is how you can reduce the cost of and brainstorm, after which they
architectural design by involving would come back with revised
service providers overseas. sketches. After two or three
repetitions of this procedure,
When you go to architects for the floor plans would be
developing the design of a finalized.
building, the first thing you
would naturally do is tell them The architects would then have
about the kind of building you the floor plans drawn on a
had in mind. You would describe computer using a
its use and its size as well as computer-aided-design (CAD)
give them a drawing of your program. These are known as
property's boundaries and a schematic plans.
contour map.
All this could cost you anywhere
The architects would then ask you up to $1.35 per square foot.
for your ideas on the rooms you However, you could save as much
wanted the building to contain. as 50% on this by going to
You would identify the rooms; you competent architects in other
would talk about roughly how big countries for your schematic
each should be and approximately plans. Think of how much this
where in the building you would would come to for a 4,000 square
foot house! These costs are naturally passed
on to you with a suitable markup.
A small search on the Internet is This leads us to the second
all you need to do to locate cost-saving strategy.
suitable overseas firms.
To save up to 50% on these costs,
Once you have your schematic direct the architects to a
plans, the architects will put in suitable CAD drafting service
detailed information for your provider overseas. Again, you can
builder. This includes locate such firms by doing a
information on the materials to simple Internet search.
be used as well as the design of
doors, windows, stairs and the Using both these methods you
roof. The finished set of could save as much as $1 per
drawings is called the set of square foot in your architectural
‘construction documents'. The design costs. This adds up to
architects must stamp this for a some real money, and it's all on
builder to be able to proceed the table, ready for you to take
with them. with very little effort.
The architects spend a great deal My advice you is understandably
of money getting these drawings simple: Go for the methods NOW,
prepared on a computer (which my friend!
involves much more CAD than
schematic design production).
About the Author:
Lucky Balaraman runs one of India's prime architecture and CAD drafting service providers, The Magnum Group. Learn more about the Company at http://cad-drafting-services.com
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