[A-200] Architecture / Drawings
Drawings
Permit and construction drawing sets, signed by registered practitioners, that your builder can price and build from without guessing.
- Sheet series :
- A-200
- Deliverables :
- 7 documents
- Hire :
- On its own or with other stages
[01] Included
What you get
A construction set is an instruction manual for the building. Ours are fully dimensioned, cross-referenced and issued under revision control, so the builder finds the answer on the sheet instead of calling you on site. Permit sets are signed and stamped by architects and engineers on the government's register of construction practitioners and checked by a registered checker where the authority requires it.
Site plan
Boundaries, setbacks, levels, parking, drainage and utility connections.
Floor plans
Every wall, opening and fixture dimensioned to the millimetre.
Elevations
All faces of the building with materials and heights.
Sections
Cuts through the building showing structure, floors and roof build-up.
Construction details
Junctions at large scale: foundations, eaves, thresholds, wet areas, and marine-grade fixings for coastal exposure.
Schedules
Doors, windows and finishes listed room by room.
Structural and services drawings
Structure from our engineers, a foundation design and geotechnical report where required, fire drawings, electrical layouts to the Utility Regulatory Authority's installation standards, and plumbing and drainage to its water and sewerage rules.
[02] Sample
When you need it
- —You have an approved design and need it built
- —Your builder needs a set they can price accurately
- —You need permit drawings for the city or island council, HDC or the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation
- —Work has finished and you need as-built drawings
Outcome
A complete, revision-controlled drawing set issued as PDF and CAD files.
[03] Questions
About drawings
Can you draw up someone else's design?
Yes. We can take a design from another architect or a sketch of your own and produce the permit and construction set from it.
Who has to sign the drawings?
Permit drawings must be signed and stamped by architects and engineers registered under the Construction Industry Practitioners Regulation, and in many cases reviewed by a registered architectural or structural checker before a drawing approval is issued. HDC applies its own drawing checks in Hulhumalé. Ours are signed by registered practitioners, and we arrange the checker's review.
What do we need before construction starts?
A building permit on approved drawings stamped by registered checkers and, for projects of MVR 1.5 million or more or any structural work, a project licence. Since June 2025 the project licence needs proof of third-party construction insurance. Malé City Council fines owners who build without a permit or without an engineer supervising, so we line all of it up before the contractor starts.
Does the foundation need separate approval?
Tall buildings and some sensitive sites need a foundation system approval from the Ministry of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development before work starts. We prepare the foundation design and soil report for it alongside the drawings.
What file formats do we receive?
Every issue comes as PDF for printing and site use, plus DWG files for consultants and the builder.
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Start a project
Send us your
island and plot
Tell us what you want to build, attach any drawings you already have and give us a rough budget in MVR. We come back with a fee proposal for the stages you need.