Your drawing office, without the overhead

Structural design, detailing and takeoff services

Permit sets, MEP, Tekla steel and timber detailing, BIM and estimating from one remote team, so your crews never wait on drawings.

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2,100+
Projects completed: 1,700+
Permits supported: 116+
Clients served: 7+
Years in practice

What we do

Every drawing your project needs

Hand us a whole project, or just the discipline you are short on. Every service can be delivered on its own.

Structural Engineering

Steel, concrete and timber design with calculations and drawings, laid out for your engineer of record.

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Architectural Design

Plans, elevations, sections and permit sets, from first concept to the final drawing set.

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MEP Design

HVAC, electrical and plumbing layouts and calculations, modeled and clash-checked in Revit.

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Steel Detailing (Tekla)

Tekla Structures models, connection design, GA and shop drawings for fabricators and steel contractors.

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Timber & LGS Detailing

Timber framing and FrameCAD light gauge steel detailing that frame and truss suppliers can build from.

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BIM & 3D Modeling

One federated Revit model, clash-checked across every discipline.

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Estimation & Takeoff

Quantity takeoffs, BOQs and cost estimates measured digitally, with every item marked up on the plan.

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Not sure where to start?

Send us your plans. We will scope it, price it and tell you what your approval body will ask for.

Send your plans

Estimation and takeoff

Every quantity marked up and traceable

Real markups from recent US projects. Each item is measured on screen, colour-coded on the sheet and totalled, so you can check any number against the drawing.

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TAKEOFF SUMMARY

Example quantities from a takeoff
Item	Quantity
3" shredded bark mulch	5,466.3 SF
8"-12" fieldstone over weed barrier	14,680.4 SF
4" steel edging	1,321.9 LF
3' dia. fieldstone boulder	11 EA
1" irrigation mainline, PVC Cl. 200	1,850.9 LF
1" irrigation lateral line, PVC Cl. 200	2,828.0 LF
1" automatic control valve	22 EA

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12 hrs

Concept drawings

Architectural concept to confirm geometry and openings.

3 days

Full permit package

Structural drawings, calculations and permit set, in working days.

Next morning

Revision turnaround

Our day overlaps with UK hours and US mornings. Markups at close of play are back by morning.

Portfolio

Selected projects

All projects

Structural · Residential · Manhattan, New York

NYC Townhouse LGS Structural Set

LGS framing, wall panels and rebar detailing for a Manhattan townhouse, modeled in Revit.

Architecture · Commercial · Cumming, Georgia

Sydney Oaks Retail Development

An architectural approval set in Revit for Building 1 of a four-building retail development.

Architecture · Residential · Parker County, Texas

Texas Residence Permit Drawings

A Revit architectural permit set: plans, reflected ceiling plan, roof and elevations.

How it works

From your plans to finished drawings

Send your brief
Share drawings, photos or a rough sketch, plus the site location and what you need the package to do.
Get a quote
We review the scope and reply with a quote and timeline within 1 business day.
Design and review
We develop the design with your input. Drawings and calculations are checked internally before they reach you.
Receive the package
Final documents arrive in the formats you need, with revisions handled until they are ready to submit or build from.

Cross venture · Pakistan

Designed by Defteng. Built by Micro Art.

Since 2019 clients in the USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand have trusted Defteng with their projects. That experience now backs our work in Pakistan, with architectural and structural design for brick and concrete homes and shops. Our partner Micro Art, a Faisalabad builder since 2008, builds them with its own team on site.