Designing a home?
Renovations, additions, and new custom homes for Brockville-area homeowners — design and permit drawings included.
Residential services →SHEET A-01
Building design that gets permits — and gets built
Complete design packages for residential, commercial, institutional, municipal, and industrial buildings — coordinated with our structural and civil teams under one roof.
What we do
Our building design group takes projects from concept sketches to sealed permit and construction documents. Because structural, civil, and surveying live in the same office, coordination problems get solved at the drawing board instead of on site.
- Architectural design and permit drawings
- New homes, additions, and renovations
- Commercial fit-ups and change-of-use projects
- Institutional and municipal buildings
- Ontario Building Code consulting and code data matrices
- Adaptive reuse and building conversions
- Mechanical and electrical engineering through our consultants
- Project management and contract administration
Code-first design
Every project begins with a building code analysis under OBC 2024 — occupancy classification, construction type, fire separations, exiting, and barrier-free requirements — so the design that goes to your building department is the design that gets approved.
- Sectors
- Residential · Commercial · Institutional · Municipal · Industrial · Government
- Code basis
- Ontario Building Code 2024
- Deliverables
- Permit sets · Construction documents · Code matrices
- Coordination
- Structural & civil in-house · M&E via consultants
Every drawing and report we issue is prepared under our PEO Certificate of Authorization and sealed by a licensed Professional Engineer where the Ontario Building Code or your authority having jurisdiction requires it.
FAQ
Common questions
Who can prepare building permit drawings in Ontario?
Ontario requires permit drawings to be prepared by a qualified designer or an exempt professional such as a Professional Engineer. Our drawings are prepared under our PEO Certificate of Authorization and are accepted by building departments across the region.
What drawings do I need for a building permit?
Typically a site plan, floor plans, elevations, sections, and construction details, plus structural drawings where required. Requirements vary by municipality and project — we assemble the complete set your building department asks for.
Can you review or complete drawings I already have?
Yes. We regularly review, correct, and complete drawing sets started elsewhere, check them against the Ontario Building Code, and respond to plan-review comments so your permit can be issued.
Do you handle Ontario Building Code compliance?
Yes. Every set is designed to OBC 2024, and we provide code consulting for change-of-use, occupancy classification, and renovation projects in existing buildings.
Do you design commercial fit-ups?
Yes — retail, office, restaurant, and industrial fit-ups and change-of-use conversions, with the code review and permit support to get you open on schedule.
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Need the structure engineered?
Our structural team designs and seals the beams, foundations, and framing behind every set of building plans.
Structural engineering →Commercial fit-up or new build?
Coordinated permit and tender packages for general contractors and developers — one firm, one schedule.
For contractors & developers →Start your project with a free quote
Tell us about your site, your building, or your drawings. A member of our engineering team will respond with a clear scope and fee — usually within two business days.