Get a Free Quote

A quote is only as accurate as the information it's based on, so the fastest way to get a genuinely useful number back is to be specific about scope. Tell us the discipline (mechanical, structural, architectural, civil, electrical or BIM), roughly how many drawings or sheets are involved, what format you need the output delivered in, and any deadline you're working to. Attaching whatever reference material you already have — existing drawings, sketches, PDFs, photos of a physical part, or a written brief — lets us scope accurately on the first pass rather than needing a follow-up round of questions.

If you don't yet know some of these details — a final sheet count, for instance, before a design is finalised — that's fine to leave approximate. We'll ask directly if something material to the price still needs clarifying, rather than guessing and risking an inaccurate quote.

Once we understand scope, discipline and complexity, we put together a fixed price and turnaround rather than an open-ended hourly estimate. This means you know the full cost before committing to anything, and it removes the risk of a project running over budget purely because it took longer than expected on our side — that risk sits with us, not with you, once a quote is agreed.

For larger or less clearly defined projects, we may propose a staged approach — quoting an initial phase firmly, with later phases quoted once the project has progressed enough to scope them accurately. This is more honest than quoting an entire large, uncertain project as a single fixed number based on assumptions that might not hold.

Turnaround depends on the scope and complexity of what's being requested, and on current capacity at the time of your enquiry. A quote will always include a specific turnaround estimate for your project rather than a generic range, so you can plan around it with confidence.

Requesting a quote doesn't commit you to proceeding. We'd rather provide an honest, accurate quote — including telling you if a project isn't a good fit for us, or if we think a simpler approach than what's been requested would serve you better — than push every enquiry toward a sale regardless of fit.

Not every quote request starts with a clean, complete brief, and that's genuinely fine — a rough sketch, a verbal description relayed in writing, or a partially complete set of existing drawings are all workable starting points. Where reference material is incomplete, we'll flag exactly what's missing and how it affects the quote, rather than quoting confidently against assumptions that might not hold once the full picture becomes clear.

If you're comparing quotes across more than one drafting provider, it's worth checking that both quotes cover the same scope, deliverable format and revision allowance before comparing the headline price alone — a lower quote that excludes revisions, or delivers in a less useful format, isn't necessarily the better value once those gaps are accounted for. We're glad to clarify exactly what's included in our quote if that makes a like-for-like comparison easier.

We'd also rather lose a project to a genuinely better-suited provider than win one by quoting a scope we don't think will actually serve the project well — if something about your requirements suggests a different approach than what's been requested, we'll say so as part of the quote rather than silently quoting exactly what was asked even where we think it's not quite the right fit.

For a project where the design itself is still being finalised — a building still in schematic design, a product still being iterated — it's often more useful to quote an initial phase of drafting work firmly, with later phases quoted once the design has stabilised enough to scope accurately. This avoids either an inflated early quote padded for uncertainty, or a low early quote that ends up needing significant revision once the real scope becomes clear.

A quote covers the drafting or design deliverable itself — the agreed drawings, models or documentation, produced to the agreed standard and format, including the agreed number of revision rounds. It doesn't include engineering certification, professional sign-off, or site-based services unless these are explicitly discussed and included as part of the scope, since those typically sit with a licensed engineer or architect of record rather than a drafting service.

If you're looking for ongoing capacity rather than a single project, mention that in your request — the pricing structure for recurring or overflow work is usually different from a one-off project quote, often reflecting a standing arrangement rather than a per-drawing price agreed fresh each time. Describing your expected typical volume and cadence helps us propose a structure that actually fits an ongoing relationship rather than forcing a recurring need through a one-off quote process every time.

A quote is based on the scope as described at the time it's issued — if requirements change meaningfully before work begins, it's worth confirming the quote still applies rather than assuming it automatically covers a revised scope. This is a quick check that avoids a mismatch being discovered only once work is already underway.