Impact Design Consultants provide a number of services dependent on what your project needs

We are able to advise you in the early stages of your design which of the following services are relevant to your project.

Wishlist

Wishlist

Wishlist - Word Document / PDF
What I need to know - Word Document / PDF

Feasibility Studies

Feasibility Studies

  • Look at client requirements for potential development opportunities in particular a unit development site
  • Investigate options to best suit the clients budget requirements and project outcomes
  • Prepare a written report to assess the viability of the site for potential development
Conceptual Designs

Conceptual Designs

  • Prepare concept plans based upon client brief and/or ideas to better understand the overall design building project.
  • Concept plans enable client and designer to “thrash out” design ideas and complexities
  • At concept stage we like to investigate building costs so as budgets can be determined early in the design process
3D Visualisations

3D Visualisations

  • 3D visualisations can be created in a black and white image or coloured image
  • Existing site utilisation can be adopted to achieve a more realistic site image
Design & Development

Design & Development

  • On more complex designs it is required to prepare design and development documents to enable construction details to be clarified and building regulations complied with.
  • In particular modern or contemporary designed residences need this type of design work, especially in the more built up areas and inner suburban locations
Planning Applications

Planning Applications

  • Act on behalf of the client to assist in the planning process
  • Prepare initial drawings for statutory planning pre-application meetings
  • Report and prepare required documentation for planning submission
  • Follow through with planning application process to achieved required client 
Working Drawings

Working Drawings

  • Our working drawings are split into 2 stages, Standard Working Drawings and Optional Working Drawings
  • The reason we do this is to give clients options and in some cases budgets restrict how much design work can be done to keep within clients financial control

For an understanding of the two stages and what they include please refer to the list following: 

Standard Working Drawings

  • Site plan
  • Existing conditions plan and demolition
  • Proposed floorplan
  • Proposed elevations
  • Structural sections
  • Framing schedule
  • Overlooking diagrams
  • Overshadowing layouts
  • Electrical & Lighting plans (this can be in optional)

Optional Working Drawings

  • Electrical & Lighting plans
  • Internal elevations of wet areas
  • Internal elevations of storage zones
  • Floor covering plans
  • Roof Plans
  • Window & Door Schedules
  • Earthworks plan
  • Construction details
  • Other details as deemed necessary for the purpose of building

Fixture & Fitting Schedules

  • An option for all clients to take up and have idc prepare. This document gives an extensive list of all internal and external materials, fixtures and fittings to enable a builder to price your project more accurately
Tendering

Tendering

  • Tendering for Builders can be conducted by idc, we have an extensive list of builders that we can tender to, to obtain pricing of your building project
  • We are not limited to our list of builders, we are more than happy to tender to any builder that a client wishes us too. It must be noted that if we are to select the builder all candidates must meet our criteria and allow us to assess their capabilities to construct your building project
Construction Administration

Construction Administration

  • We have the ability to contract administer your project through the building stage.
  • Our role is act on behalf of the client as a 3rd pair of eyes to review the building contract, ensure all clauses in the contract are met, variations are controlled and when stage payments are required, that all works needed to be completed are done.
  • Contract administration is not project management, and we cannot direct the builder on what they should do
Other Resources

Other Resources

  • Title Searches
  • Land Surveying
  • Soil Testing
  • Percolation test
  • Arborist Reports
  • Civil Engineering
  • Landscape Design
  • BAL Reports
  • Land Management Reports
  • Ecological Reports
  • Structural Engineering
  • Energy Reports
  • Building Permits

All of the above consultants are readily available to idc and are more than happy to assist us in achieving your project goals.

Some projects require many of these consultants, some less. We are able to advise you with your design in the early stages what is relevant to your particular project.

It’s been a few years in the making and many changes to the plans along the way, but Impact Design stuck by us and continued to tweak our plans as our local council drew out the process far longer than any of us had anticipated.  Darren did an exceptional job of planning and drawing our dreams out on paper, and Katrina took all the worry and hassle of dealing with third parties out of our hands.  They are a dream team, and even put us in touch with our most incredible builder after our initial builder fell through.  Fast forward 6 months and we’re now only a few months off completing our beautiful new home that is looking even better than we had expected it to, we truly could not be happier.  Impact Design offered us a professional, thorough, personable and incredibly communicative and enjoyable service from start to end, even still regularly checking in on how the build is going, despite them completing their time with us well before the build started.  We’ll be highly recommending them to all of our friends and family that are considering a build of their own!

- Emily Cheung