What is the process of getting my project designed and a building permit?
As a Marin County Architect, my services are to design and obtain all the necessary personal and jurisdictional approvals to see your project from start to end. This is generally a two part process. The first is: Programming, the process of figuring out what you need/want in changing your house. Measuring existing conditions to draw what you have. Schematic Design, the sketching or drawing of possible solutions, with variables. And lastly Design Development, refining the choices into a single plan and then further study and clarification of that plan. The second part takes place after approval of the design by the local jurisdiction. Construction Drawings and Specifications phase is taking the approved design into a working set of documents that can be submitted for a building permit and, after plan check review and approval, built by a contractor. Construction Administration, the process of timely site visits to review the progress on the project and problem solve as needed.
