Design Development definition

Design Development means architectural plans and specifications that are fifty percent (50%) complete and generally include: outline specifications (detention hardware, equipment, and furnishings); floor plans (to scale with dimensions, room designations, references, wall types, and ratings); building sections (heights and dimensions); interior elevations; and preliminary structural, mechanical, and electrical drawings.

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Design Development. Coordinate with architectural, electrical, structural and civil engineering plans. Develop outline specifications and cost estimate.

Design Development means architectural plans and specifications that are 50 percent complete and generally include: outline specifications (detention hardware, equipment and furnishings); floor plans (to scale with dimensions, room designation, references, wall types and ratings); building sections (heights and dimensions); interior elevations; and, preliminary structural, mechanical and electrical drawings. This term correlates with the SPWB term – “preliminary plans”.

Examples of Design Development in a sentence

• The Construction Documents shall illustrate and describe the further development of the approved Design Development Documents and shall consist of Drawings and Specifications setting forth in detail the quality levels and performance criteria of materials and systems and other requirements for the construction of the Work.

• The Design Development Documents shall also include outline specifications that identify major materials and systems and establish, in general, their quality levels.

• This information shall be provided at the completion of the Design Development Phase when requested by the Owner.

• The Design Development Documents shall illustrate and describe the development of the approved Schematic Design Documents and shall consist of drawings and other documents including plans, sections, elevations, typical construction details, and diagrammatic layouts of building systems to fix and describe the size and character of the Project as to architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical systems, and other appropriate elements.

• Site evaluation and planning functions should proceed concurrently with the accomplishment of Schematic Design, Design Development, and Construction Documents.

More Definitions of Design Development

Design Development means architectural plans and specifications that are fifty percent (50%) complete and generally include: outline specifications (detention hardware, equipment, and furnishings); floor plans (to scale with dimensions, room designation,

Design Development means the stage of design as defined in the Scope of Services and Deliverables particularly stated for this stage within this document. This represents Key Stage B of the Project.

Design Development means the design development phase as described in the Hard Rock Development Standards.

Design Development. Prepare building cross sections; coordinate structural, mechanical, electrical and civil engineering concepts with a revised cost estimate. Prepare outline specification.

Design Development means a clear and coordinated description of all aspects of the design including architectural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and fire protection systems, providing a basis for the preparation of construction documents; including assistance in determining potential cost savings, energy efficiency, and constructability improvements; and the site plan, floor plans and exterior elevations.

Design Development means the process in which the Contractor prepares and revises Design Documents.

Design Development means the phase in a project’s evolution equivalent to the architect’s services in Design Development Phase described by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, wherein, based on client approval of schematic design documents, the architect shall prepare design development documents consisting of drawings and other documents to describe the size and character of the entire project, including the architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical systems, materials and such other elements as may be appropriate (A Guide to Determining Appropriate Fees for the Services of an Architect, The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, 2009).