Services / Design Consultation
№ 05 Advice, drawings, plans

Design
Consultation.

Advice, drawings, and a plan.

Discipline
Design + Build
Service area
Austin & Hill Country
Engagement
By phase or full
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Design Consultation — completed project by CBA Design & Build
The Brief

More than an update — a considered approach to the work.

Sometimes you have a builder you trust and a project that needs the right plan. We provide design services as a stand-alone discipline — drawings, materials, and the considered detail that makes a project worth building.

Engage us for a single room, an addition, a whole house, or a feasibility study. We deliver schematic design, design development, finish schedules, and as much construction documentation as your contractor needs to execute. Our role can end at design or extend through construction administration — whichever serves the project best.

What’s Included

Six disciplines
under one roof.

A complete project is not one workstream — it is a dozen, played in concert. We conduct all twelve.

i.

Programming

Translating how you live into a brief — square footage, adjacencies, rituals, and the rooms you actually need.

ii.

Schematic design

Plans, massing studies, and 3D visualisation of the design intent.

iii.

Design development

Material palettes, finish schedules, lighting plans, and built-in detail at a level the trades can build from.

iv.

Construction documents

Coordinated CDs to the level required by your jurisdiction and your contractor.

v.

Specifications

Plumbing, lighting, hardware, appliances, and finishes — specified and sourced.

vi.

Construction administration

Optional ongoing support during the build — RFI responses, submittal review, and on-site visits.

The Method

Four chapters — each one planned,
scheduled, and kept.

01

Conversation

We meet to understand the brief, the site, and the contractor relationship.

02

Schematic

Programming and schematic plans, presented and refined.

03

Documents

Design development and construction documents, coordinated with engineering as needed.

04

Build Support

Optional CA — site visits, submittal review, and design intent kept honest in the field.

A few honest questions,
answered.

Can you work alongside our contractor?

Yes — most consultation projects do. We hand off complete drawings and remain available for questions through the build.

How are your fees structured?

It depends on the scope of the work. We’ll outline fees once we understand what the project needs.

Will the drawings be permittable?

For residential projects in our service area, yes. Out-of-area projects may require a local architect of record, which we are happy to coordinate.

Need the right plan ?

Let’s discuss your vision and create a plan. Schedule a free conversation today.

512.820.8004