Services
The right level of information for your project
No two projects, clients or appointments are the same.
Following a detailed review of your project, I compile a bespoke package appropriate to its particular requirements. The package sets out a clearly defined scope of individual services, together with a fixed price.
The aim is simple: the right information, in the right place, at the right level of detail – no more, no less.
A bespoke scope
I encourage collaboration from the outset. Before committing to the package, if there are services within my proposed scope that you would like to add, remove or amend to better suit your requirements, I'm more than happy to discuss these with you.
This allows us to establish and agree what I will provide, what your project requires and the fixed price for that work before proceeding.
How I put the package together?
Following my review of your project, I select the individual services appropriate to its particular requirements.
It isn't a checklist of what you need to choose from. Some projects require only a limited selection, while others may benefit from a more comprehensive scope.
I assemble the package around your project, requirements and budget, providing the level of information I consider appropriate — no more, no less.
What services can be included in the package?
Drawings & detailing
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Setting-out drawings, including below-ground service runs, access chambers, preliminary beam-and-block layouts and footing widths coordinated with standard excavator bucket sizes where required
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Floor and roof plans, typically at 1:50, incorporating relevant construction information including services and runs, manholes, SVPs, gullies, extracts and ducting, door leaf dimensions, distribution boards, stopcocks, boilers / heat pumps, soakaways, treatment plants, public sewers, AAVs, meters, UFH manifolds, smoke / carbon monoxide / heat detectors, means of egress, RWPs and structure
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Complete building sections at appropriate scales, with relevant construction information and detail call-outs
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Construction details, typically at 1:5, fully annotated with materials, build-ups and relevant technical information
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Elevations
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Window and door schedules
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M&E and electrical layouts
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Reflected ceiling plans
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Internal elevations
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Information for truss, flooring and other specialist suppliers
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Bespoke staircase and construction detailing
Technical information
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Principal Designer services under the Building Regulations – subject to project scope and requirements
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Future proofing for the Future Homes Standard (24 March 2027 onwards)
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Design optimisation to facilitate buildability, cost reduction, sequencing and compliance
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Area-weighted U-value calculations to address excessive glazing where required
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Thermal and U-value calculations
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Dew-point analysis
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Construction build-up documents
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Specifications
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Brick and block coordination checks
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Radon overview
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Timber-frame consultancy and detailing, including oak framing, direct glazing, softwood and glulam
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Sustainable construction advice, specification and detailing
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Construction notes
Coordination
Coordination with trusted and relevant specialists where required:
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Energy Assessors (SAP / forthcoming HEM)
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Part O overheating assessments (Simplified and TM59 standards)
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Structural Engineers
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Building Control (private sector and local authority)
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Ecologists and arboricultural consultants
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Planning consultants
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Specialist surveyors
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Manufacturers and other project-specific specialists
Surveys & existing buildings
For comprehensive refurbishment and extension projects, undertaking the existing survey in-house can be invaluable to the later technical design.
By undertaking the survey myself, I am studying the existing building first-hand with the proposed technical design already in mind. This allows me to identify and record the information I will need when developing the construction details, concentrating the survey on what will actually inform the proposed work, rather than simply producing a generic record of the existing building.
Accurate and relevant survey information at the outset can save considerable time and cost later in the project. Existing construction, levels, services and site conditions can directly influence proposed details, build-ups, materials, budgets and timescales. Establishing these as early as reasonably possible can help identify constraints before they become more expensive to resolve.
Full measured building and site analysis, with the scope tailored to the requirements of the project, can include:
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Plans and elevations
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Sections at appropriate scales and levels of detail, dependent on the project
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Services and runs, including invert and cover levels, head of drain / SVP, oil tank compliance, flues, boilers, extracts and smoke detectors, where accessible
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Existing construction build-ups and materials, where visibly accessible
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Intrusive surveys and trial holes arranged where necessary
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Survey of exposed structure
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Details of eaves, verges, jambs, sills, lintels, joinery profiles and other relevant existing construction
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Existing M&E infrastructure
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Topographical surveys using a Leica rotary level, referenced to a relevant datum
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Location and block plans using licensed Ordnance Survey mapping, available in CAD / PDF format
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Relevant Building Regulations compliance checks for refurbishment and extension projects, including Parts B, F, H, J, K, L and M where applicable
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Reports on construction defects and condition, including damp testing and advice where required
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General reporting on visible site matters that may affect later stages of the project, including flood risk indicators, evidence of bats, boundary or access issues, potential soakaway / treatment plant positioning and proximity to public sewers
If you require a service, technical input, construction detailing or investigation that isn't listed above, please get in touch. If it falls within my experience and expertise, I'm happy to discuss how it could form part of your project-specific scope.