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Who we serve · Design development support
Design development support that keeps momentum
Concept designs developed into coordinated models and design development drawings, so your team keeps making the design decisions while we take care of the production behind them.
Services involved
Services for design development
We can join at concept or partway through and carry the model forward.
BIM services
BIM services3D BIM modeling
Data-rich 3D models from drawings, sketches or scans.
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CAD servicesArchitectural CAD drafting
Plans, sections, elevations and details to your standards.
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Find and report conflicts before they reach site.
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VisualizationArchitectural visualization
Renderings and CGIs for clients, planners and marketing.
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CAD servicesConstruction documentation
Complete, coordinated drawing sets ready to issue.
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What we deliver
From concept to coordinated design
Design development is where a concept becomes a building. Rooms are sized, structure and services find their place, and materials start to be fixed. It's also where the production workload jumps.
We develop your concept into a properly structured model and DD set, integrate the consultants' input and keep a running log of open questions. Your team answers them in one review instead of chasing them for weeks.
Practices use us when a project grows faster than the team, when several projects hit DD at once, or when a concept model needs rebuilding properly before it can go any further.
What we need from you
- Concept drawings or model
- Design brief
- Consultant inputs
- BIM template and standards
- Material intentions
- Milestone dates
Developed models
Concept models rebuilt properly for DD.
DD plans
Plans with rooms, dimensions and key notes.
Sections and elevations
Developed sections and facades.
Key details
Typical details that fix the design intent.
Consultant coordination
Structure and services integrated and checked.
Area schedules
Areas and room data tracked against the brief.
Design visuals
Quick views to support design reviews.
Question log
Open questions recorded for your team.
What's included
A typical DD package
A typical scope for this kind of project. Your quotation confirms the details.
| Item | What you get | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Developed model | Levels, grids, families, structure | Native model |
| DD plans | Rooms, dimensions, key notes | Sheets · CAD |
| Sections and elevations | Developed building form | Sheets · CAD |
| Key details | Typical details fixing intent | Sheets · CAD |
| Question log | Open points for your team | Spreadsheet |
How a project runs
Support through the design stages
Design decisions stay with your team. We develop, document and ask, but we never redesign.
Every project starts with a written quotation, a named point of contact and a firm delivery date, and you can begin with a small trial task.
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Day 1
Concept
Massing and early studies.
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Week 1
Schematic design
Model set up for development.
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Weeks 2–4
Coordination
Consultant inputs integrated.
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Review
Design development
DD drawings issued.
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Issue
Reviews
Changes from client reviews.
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Handover
Handover to CD
Clean model for documents.
Case studies
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Our promise
Practices use us when a project grows faster than the team, when several projects hit DD at once, or when a concept model needs rebuilding properly before it can go any further.
Why Cadbricks
What you can count on
Four things every project gets, whatever its size.
Your standards first
Templates, title blocks, families and naming are set up before any work starts.
Independent QA
A separate reviewer checks every set against your brief and markups before delivery.
Overlapping hours
Shifts overlap US and UK working hours for calls, reviews and quick turnarounds.
Confidential by default
NDAs on request, controlled access and secure transfer for every project file.
FAQs
Design development support questions
Quick answers about design responsibility, models, coordination and timelines for design development.
No. We develop and document your decisions and raise questions where information is missing.
Yes. Concept models often need restructuring for DD, with proper levels, grids and families.
Yes. Structural and services input is integrated and checked.
Yes, quick views and simple renders straight from the model.
Yes. With shared access we use worksets and follow your file rules.
Yes. The DD model carries straight into documentation without rework.
Usually within a few working days of receiving the brief.
Files are shared only with the people working on your project, through secure transfer or your own platform. We sign NDAs on request and never reuse your drawings, models or data on other work.
Use whatever suits you: email, a file-sharing link or your own common data environment. Within a working day of receiving the package, we send a short list of questions so nothing is left to guesswork.
Relevant industries
Design support for every building type
Design development support for offices, residential blocks, schools, hospitals, hotels and cultural buildings.
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