CAD Drafting and Conversions for Residential Projects (Architectural and Structural Disciplines)
About Birchwood Properties
Birchwood Properties is owned and managed by a group of professionals with experience in housing, land and real estate development.
They are known for infusing their single-family and multifamily homes with bright open interiors and exquisite exterior details, all designed to create ideal homes for modern living.
Company-wide, they are committed to encourage energy-efficiency and sustainability in their work. PrograF/X, another client of BluEnt, was the CAD drafting partner for Birchwood Properties Corp.
Project Requirements
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Homes with double attached garages, show homes
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Cougar Ridge Project: single-family homes
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Jack & Jill: side-by-side homes
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Coachman’s Crossings: villas with intricate craftsman detailing
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Individual homes
Project Challenges
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Different specifications and guidelines for each project: The garage homes set had a typical arch checklist to be followed. Show projects were to be mirrored as per the client’s specifications.
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Inputs: PDFs/scanned images with markups and redlines.
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Each floor plan was divided into two images: We had to join the two images and draft the redlines/markups provided. This was challenging and time consuming as the files’ names were quite confusing and the information was not organized.
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Dependant and sequential drawing sets: This made assigning more than one architect on a single drawing/project challenging.
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Last-minute changes in design
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Tight deadlines
The BluEnt Approach
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BluEnt started with the first project, which consisted of 3 garage homes and 2 porches. These homes were designed with 2 options, A & B, and as per the redlines and checklist.
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For P4 &P5, we converted the structural drawings to AutoCAD.
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Drafting for Jack & Jill, Coachman’s Crossings, and various individual homes was successfully completed.
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Daily updates and weekly meetings were scheduled to continuously review the progress of the projects.
Maximum Value. Achieved.
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Drafting of 40+ residential projects of different types was successfully completed.
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BluEnt worked in two phases with this client.
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Time zone advantage was effectively used as the volume of work and project deliverables required on a daily basis was high.
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