Forte Estimating — Drafting Services

Drafting services USA convert the intention of the design from an architect’s sketch, engineering calculations, or contractor’s field measurements, into precise and buildable construction drawings. A drafting company USA accepts design data and generates dimensioned, annotated and cross-referenced drawings that contractors use to construct, inspectors use to inspect, and owners use to approve.

We’re a full-service CAD drafting company, offering architectural drafting services for permit and construction documents,structural drafting services for engineering coordination, and mechanical drafting services for MEP systems, as well as shop drawing services for fabricated components that must be checked to ensure they are constructed as specified by the design.

All CAD drafting services projects start with an initial review of the material that is available to use, whether it be existing drawings, existing design files, field survey data or mark-ups. Drawing Standards, Sheet Format and Layering conventions are confirmed in advance and delivered drawing suites are compatible and integrated with your current drawing suites.

We do our work in AutoCAD, Revit and other industry-standard software, and deliver AutoCAD drafting services or BIM-based drawings in formats your team is already familiar with, without any conversion required by you.

We have a team of experts at our drafting company USA that offers drafting services for all kinds of drawings from residential, commercial and industrial projects. We have the ability to offer 2D drafting services for traditional plan and elevation projects, and 3D drafting services for projects that require rendered views and/or 3D coordination models.

Our BIM drafting services create Revit-based models for projects heading toward model based delivery for clash detection, quantity extraction and downstream coordination, rather than to document. Contractors can also benefit from our construction drawings service for providing as-built documentation or construction documents when changes have been made to the design.

Our residential drafting services assist home builders, architects, and homeowners with new home, addition and renovation floor plans, elevations and construction information that are ready for use for a building permit. Drafting for contractors on the residential market, we create drawings that are suitable for the local building department and can be submitted for permit in the same format.

Our commercial drafting services includes tenant improvements, new construction for commercial facilities, and building modernization projects for office, retail, healthcare, and hospitality building types. Our structural drafting services and MEP drawing production work in conjunction with each other to provide a coordinated drawing package to contractors instead of disparate sets of drawings, for larger-scale projects.

Industrial clients trust us with drawings for the layout of equipment, engineering documentation for process piping, and drawings of facility expansion where coordination with existing facilities and utilities is critical.

Our  AutoCAD drafting services are experienced in working with the latest version of AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D and AutoCAD MEP and create drawings that are compatible with contractors and engineers throughout the USA. For those clients who need BIM drafting services, we create Revit models to the project’s specified LOD to aid in model based quantity take-offs, clash detection, and coordination.

Unlike a one-size-fits-all approach , drafting consultants USA abide by your office drawing standards, and every drawing we make for you feels as if it’s your very own, but at the speed and cost of a specialized outsourcing drafting services partner.

Another aspect of determining estimation accuracy is that the margins are frequently narrower on residential work than on commercial work. The residential project estimating team at our company is aware of the pressure that builders experience and will provide you with an estimate that is sufficiently detailed to not compromise your margins while meeting the deadline required for competitive bidding.

We also have pricing benchmarks in a variety of markets across the country and with numerous residential markets so whether you’re building in a high cost coastal market or a more moderate inland market your price is based on realistic material and labour costs in your local area, not a generic national average.

We can also format the estimates in a standard format that facilitates comparison cost per square foot in multiple homes or floor plans, so that any discrepancies in cost can be identified and any causes of cost discrepancies determined, including changes in design or specification.