Assisting in the design of new homes, extensions, dual occupancy and multi-unit developments, commercial concepts & master plans, ENV Design promotes the incorporation of efficient planning, sustainable design strategies and whole-of-site design thinking to help make the best use of your whole site.
BUILDING DESIGN SERVICES PROCESS
Below is the general outline of our typical process and charges (Building Design and similarly for Landscape design projects). We prefer to work in clear and staged way rather than locking people into multi-stage fee agreements upfront or too early on. ENV Design is happy to help you up to any stage you should wish us to and in any way we can to assist you with your design challenges.
STEP 1 - INITIAL MEETING
FREE INITIAL CONSULATION - A Free, no obligation meeting to discuss your project needs and goals, and see how we may be able to help. (Canberra onsite or over zoom) Prior to or following this meeting you’ll be asked to complete a short questionnaire to help define your project requirements and aspirations. Ready to begin? Click here to download the questionnaire and click below to organise a time to meet.
STEP 2 - RETURN BRIEF & PRELIMINARY Planning OPTIONS report
The purpose of preparing this report is to confirm our understanding of your brief requirements, understand site constraints, planning restrictions and opportunities, take a ‘broad brush’ approach to explore various planning arrangement options to fit the site/project & through the process do the necessary ‘ground work’ in order to get onto the ‘same page’ about your project goals & design direction.
TYPICAL REPORT COSTS (However exact quote may be provided following initial free consultation to suit your unique design challenge:
Garages: $700 (plus GST)
Detached Granny Flats / Secondary Dwellings: $1080 (plus GST)
New homes, Extensions & Internal Reconfigurations: $1680 (plus GST)
Dual Occ, Multi-Unit Developments, Fee indicated following initial consultation.
STEP 3 - Concept Design Report
Following on from the selection of a planning arrangement this will be developed further to accommodate your brief requirements. The Concept design, and associated report contains all the key and major ideas of the design. At this stage we will develop the 3D model of the existing site/house/building to begin to further explore Form & Massing. This is presented in the form of a ‘Concept Design Report’ including key ideas and environmental design opportunities, Concept Site / Landscape plan, Concept Floorplan/s, Concept Sections, Shading Studies & concept 3D perspectives, and suggested selections and materials.
Indicative costs, project specific quote will be provided with Planning report/discounts available for multiple options developed to Concept Design level:
Garages: $1900 (plus GST) per selected planning option developed to concept level.
Detached Granny Flats/ Secondary Dwellings: $2200 (plus GST) per selected planning option developed to concept level.
New homes & Extensions: $3090 (plus GST) per selected planning option developed to concept level.
Dual Occ, Multi-Unit Developments: Fee indicated as part of Preliminary Planning Report.
STAGE 1
PLANNING OPTIONS, CONCEPTS & DESIGN DEVELOPMENT (PSP & FSP)
Stage 1 is the main ‘Design Phase’ and incorporates the three steps and reports above as well as PSP & FSP drawing sets. Following the Concept Design Report and having developed an understanding of your needs and project requirements we prepare and issue to you a Fee Proposal for the remaining works for your consideration and approval. (As an indication, and depending upon the particular requirements of your project the fee is likely to be in the order of 5-12% of the total build cost of your project depending upon the needs of your project.)
Following on from approval and feedback on the Concept Design Report we prepare PSP (Preliminary Sketch Plans) for review. PSP Sets contain floor plan with overall dimensions, room dimensions, draft site plan, draft elevations & draft sections. Following review, feedback and client approval of the PSP set we prepare FSP (Final Sketch Plans), Final Sketch Plans include a detailed site plan, dimensioned floor plan/s, internal and external elevations & sections, dimensioned joinery & furniture set-out plans, FSP report addressing accessibility and adaptability, as well as professional 3D digital renderings if requested.
Click here to see an example ‘FSP’ “Final Sketch Plan” issue for a new single residence.
STAGE 2
DOCUMENTATION & APPROVALS
Following client approval of the FSP set we move into detailed documentation and approvals. This includes the preparation of drawings, reports and specifications and schedules as required for Development Application, Building Approval and Tender.
There is a number of authority consultations, pre-approval submissions and other actions that can be taken to ensure your project is most likely to achieve relevant approvals. We have extensive experience and systems in place to help make the approval process as streamlined as possible.
Tender documentation require the coordination and incorporation of authority advice, consultant documentation and preparation of robust and extensive tender documentation, schedules, specifications and additional details in order to make the tender and following construction process as pain-free as possible.
Throughout the Documentation phase we discuss and coordinate with you detailed documentation items not already resolved in the Design phase particularly joinery and construction details.
For a visual representation of how the 3 stages fit together and a timeline of activities involved in each stage download the ‘Example Typical Project Program’ on the Resources page.
STAGE 3
TENDER & CONSTRUCTION
Following the award of contract we are able to continue to give assistance in a number of ways through the construction phase.