Process
Seven stages, in the order they happen.
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01Brief
What the building has to do, who for, and what it cannot cost more than. Written down and agreed before anything is drawn.
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02Site and feasibility
What the site allows, what the rules allow, and whether the brief fits inside both. This is where a project is saved or lost.
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03Concept design
The idea, in plan and section, at a size you can argue with. Two or three options, not one, so there is something to choose between.
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04Design development
The chosen option taken to real dimensions, real materials and real openings. Changes are still cheap here, and they stop being cheap next.
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05Approvals
The application, the consultants and the conditions. Timelines here belong to the authority, not to us, and we say so rather than guess.
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06Construction drawings
The set the building is priced and built from. One convention throughout, so a drawing made in month one reads against one made in month nine.
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07On site
Questions answered, work checked against the drawings, and decisions made when the two differ. The stage most often dropped.