In a demanding market, any
architecture company is only as good as its latest design - clients want proof
that you can deliver a fine combination of a robust structure that makes the
best use of the land available to build on, with an attractive outlook and well
laid-out interiors that maximise the usable space, and all of the usual
utilities placed where they will not interfere with one another and can be
accessed when maintenance work is needed. CAD
drawings give you a head start on all of these things, even before the
first shovel breaks ground.
Whereas once upon a time,
buildings may have been designed by an architect or mason with decades of
experience, or a degree in engineering just to understand where the
load-bearing structures must be placed, much of that expertise is now a luxury
rather than an essential; CAD drawings can show
the load on any one part of the building, with the software itself capable of
working out how best to reduce any stress points by adjusting the position of
beams and braces elsewhere.
This is visible in the most ambitious construction
projects taking place worldwide - our offices in the United Arab Emirates are
working on probably the biggest and most eye-catching new buildings on the
planet, many of which would be literally impossible to create without the help
of detailed CAD
Services and 21st century methods of
both the design stage and the physical building phase. Even in the UK, new
developments break ground on a daily basis, easing the demand for affordable
housing, raising new places to work from the ground up, and serving communities
with shops, restaurants, hospitals and so on.
In architecture, it's best
to make your mistakes on the drawing board, and CAD drawings are the digital equivalent of pen and paper
architectural plans. 3D computer aided design places you in a virtual world
that resembles the real world down to the finest detail, where you can raise
your structure from its footings to its roof without spending a penny on
materials or building labour; in this way, the investment made in the design
phase is money well spent, and every pound spent will repay you several times over in terms of money saved later into the delivery of
the project.
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