OUR SERVICES
CiC Living
Inception
Step1. Concept design to planning permission.
Continuous developed design workbook and CGI visualisation.
Working together to design your dream home collaboratively.
Creation
Step 2. Technical and Construction design detail.
3D printed model presented in a gift box. Our vision at scale, providing you with a 3D model to hold representing the beginnings of space, your space, your future home.
Living
Step 3. Enjoyment
Your full scale model for living – your vision, your home delivered.
CiC Development
Site Survey
Step 1.
Site visit and background research
Site Development Appraisal
Step 2.
Site Appraisal – constraints and opportunities
Feasibility Options
Step 3.
Development Options –
From sketch schemes to detailed development plans
THE DESIGN TOOLBOX
Both CiC Living and Development Use the Design Tool Box Approach
The design tool box allows you to pick and choose how much or how little of use you need to help complete your project. The toolbox focuses on the necessary drawing stages you will need to go through to complete your project. We can offer a full service providing all stage drawings, from Concept to Construction.
You may only need us from Concept – Planning stage, or Building Regulations only, we can help, whatever stage your project is at.
Our workstages are based on the RIBA stages of work and are broken down into three sections
SITE AND BUILDING DESIGN : DETAILED DESIGN : PRE&POST CONTRACT
THE DESIGN TOOL BOX EXPLAINED
DESIGN TOOLBOX: BUILDING DESIGN
The Building Design Stage focuses on the necessary drawing stages you will need to go through to complete your project. We can offer a full service providing all stage drawings, from Concept to Construction.
You may only need us from Concept – Planning stage, or Building Regulations only, we can help, whatever stage your project is at.
SERVICES
You will be presented with a design workbook which is updated during the design process until we have a fixed design at planning stage. The workbook will also serve as a lovely record of the design journey to creating your dream home.
Planning Design and Building Regulations Design services will include handling the necessary local authority application and approval processes.
Construction Drawings will include the construction information required to complete construction of the building elements, including necessary design details.
For information on Detailed Design, please see our Detailed Design Section below.
DESIGN TOOLBOX: DETAILED DESIGN
The Detail Design Stage is where the real fun starts. We can offer a full service providing input and detailed designs from lighting and electrical layouts, to internal design features and staircase design.
With our help, you can pick and choose exactly what level of detail design you want.
SERVICES
The detailed design stage is where you begin to see your project come to life. You might have very specific ideas or you might want our input, we will work closely with you to achieve the design you want.
We will prepare a design finishes workbook that we can add to as the project progresses.
We can work with manufacturers, provide detailed working drawings for important design features such as staircase design, internal lighting design or detailed joinery design.
DESIGN TOOLBOX: PRE AND POST CONTRACT
There are various ways to deliver the project on site and we can provide services in a variety of ways. This might be in a support role if you would prefer to project manage the development yourselves. Brining a project manager on board to procure individual trades working as a team to deliver the project through to more traditional architectural services including the formal tender process and post contract service.
Our pre contract services include preparation of the specification of works, tender package information, form of tender and management of the tender process. We will provide a tender report, deal with tender negotiations and advise on the appropriate construction contract. Once contracts are signed, we can provide a post contract quality and design inspection role on site, deal with site queries, contract administration (provided by a partner service), and handle the completion and handover process.