Architectural, BIM & Drafting Services
2D Site Plans
2D Site Plans helps civil or landscape practices needing production drafting under their standards and professional direction. Brownsofts prepares site-plan base files assembled from client-supplied survey, civil, architectural, landscape, or reference information according to the client’s standards, review milestones, and intended file use.
Delivery model: Remote visualization, BIM, CAD documentation, and engineering-support drafting
- 600+happy clients
- 6,561+projects delivered via freelance platformsSince 2007
- 19 yearsof experience
What you need
The problem this service can help solve
Architecture teams may need drafting capacity to coordinate a building footprint with client-supplied survey and site information. Before work begins, the client should identify the governing survey, coordinate system, datum, site features, consultant references, CAD standards, output formats, and licensed or qualified reviewer. Brownsofts can assemble the site-plan base, draft the included features, record overlay conflicts, and issue final CAD and PDF files after review. Changes to site area, feature density, sources, coordination, or delivery requirements require a scope review.
Service overview
About 2D Site Plans
For this scope, Brownsofts prepares site-plan base files assembled from client-supplied survey, civil, architectural, landscape, or reference information. Review can also cover property, building, access, parking, hardscape, utility, topographic, or landscape features drafted where included in scope, while the handoff records final CAD and PDF outputs issued after the designated licensed or qualified reviewer approves the content. Survey authority, coordinate system, datum, property information, utilities, grading, drainage, and code interpretation remain client responsibilities. Xrefs and source hierarchy should be defined when architectural, civil, landscape, and utility files overlap. Apparent conflicts are logged for the client's designated reviewer rather than treated as new design instructions. Brownsofts is not the architect or engineer of record. The client's licensed or otherwise qualified professionals retain design authorship, calculations, code interpretation, survey authority, professional review, approval, sealing, and construction responsibility where applicable.
Buyer guidance
When this service makes sense
Site area and feature density should be documented before scope and schedule are confirmed. The client should provide the approved survey, civil, architectural, landscape, utility, or other reference files, identify the governing coordinate and datum information, and name the licensed or qualified reviewer. Source conflicts, missing survey authority, added overlays, or extra outputs may change scope.
What’s included
What your project can include
- Site-plan base files assembled from client-supplied survey, civil, architectural, landscape, or reference information.
- Property, building, access, parking, hardscape, utility, topographic, or landscape features drafted where included in scope.
- Dimensions, coordinates, levels, north point, legends, notes, and references added from approved sources.
- Layers, line types, title blocks, and sheet conventions aligned with the client’s CAD standards.
- Overlay and coordination markups documenting conflicts or missing information for client resolution.
- Final CAD and PDF outputs issued after the designated licensed or qualified reviewer approves the content.
Benefits
What improves after the work
- Site-plan base files assembled from client-supplied survey, civil, architectural, landscape, or reference information can give reviewers a coordinated base for the designated site reviewer.
- Dimensions, coordinates, levels, north point, legends, notes, and references added from approved sources can be checked during coordinate, level, note, and reference review.
- Brownsofts performs drafting support and is not the architect, engineer, surveyor, or other professional of record.
- Final CAD and PDF outputs issued after the designated licensed or qualified reviewer approves the content can preserve approved CAD and PDF issue files tied to reviewer decisions.
- Defining site extent and feature density early helps separate base drafting from survey, civil, and design decisions retained by the client.
Who it can help
Who this service is for
- Architecture firms
- Engineering firms
- Construction professionals
- Licensed design professionals
- Architecture teams coordinating a building footprint with client-supplied survey and site information.
- Civil or landscape practices needing production drafting under their standards and professional direction.
- Contractors consolidating approved site information for internal coordination; the brief defines number of consultant references and overlays and the responsible reviewer.
- Project teams converting marked-up or legacy site plans into controlled CAD files.
Service process
How the work moves forward
- 01
Establish the working brief
The client confirms the intended use of 2D Site Plans, applicable standards, decision boundaries, one owner for consolidated review, and this scope driver: Site area and feature density.
- 02
Audit inputs and dependencies
Brownsofts checks source completeness, access, versions, and unresolved decisions against this key consideration: Survey authority, coordinate system, datum, property information, utilities, grading, drainage, and code interpretation remain client responsibilities.
- 03
Prepare the first controlled output
Brownsofts prepares an initial sample for review: Site-plan base files assembled from client-supplied survey, civil, architectural, landscape, or reference information. The client confirms interpretation and quality standards before Brownsofts completes the remaining files.
- 04
Complete scoped production
After the initial direction is confirmed, Brownsofts advances the remaining work and applies documented checks to this related output: Property, building, access, parking, hardscape, utility, topographic, or landscape features drafted where included in scope.
- 05
Coordinate review and revisions
The client returns consolidated comments against a named version, with this technical boundary guiding decisions: Xrefs and source hierarchy should be defined when architectural, civil, landscape, and utility files overlap.
- 06
Package the handoff
The final package records status, unresolved items, and the agreed receiving files or logs, including this scoped result: Final CAD and PDF outputs issued after the designated licensed or qualified reviewer approves the content.
Client inputs
What to prepare before scoping
Clear source material and a named decision owner help Brownsofts scope the work accurately.
- Provide the current client-approved drawings, models, surveys, specifications, markups, and standards needed to produce site-plan base files assembled from client-supplied survey, civil, architectural, landscape, or reference information.
- Applicable CAD, BIM, rendering, measurement, or file standards for this requirement: Survey authority, coordinate system, datum, property information, utilities, grading, drainage, and code interpretation remain client responsibilities.
- A statement of intended use, required detail or LOD, issue milestones, and the licensed or qualified reviewer responsible for approval.
- Provide one consolidated set of comments and decisions for property, building, access, parking, hardscape, utility, topographic, or landscape features drafted where included in scope.
- Handoff requirements covering this final scoped result: Final CAD and PDF outputs issued after the designated licensed or qualified reviewer approves the content.
Timeline
Timing guidance
Timing for 2D Site Plans is set after input readiness, production volume, technical complexity, dependencies, client review windows, and the number of controlled revision cycles are understood. A backlog or incomplete source set may be divided into stages so assumptions and exceptions are resolved before the full queue or file package advances.
Delivery and responsibility boundaries
Service constraints
These points clarify the delivery model, client responsibilities, and limits that apply to the work.
Delivery modelRemote visualization, BIM, CAD documentation, and engineering-support drafting
Professional responsibilityEngineering-support drafting is performed under the direction and specifications of the client's licensed design professionals where applicable.
Professional responsibilityBrownsofts is not the architect or engineer of record unless separately verified.
Scope and planning
What affects the work and quote
These points help a buyer separate the core service from dependencies, options, and work that may need its own scope.
Scope boundaries
- Usually included: Site-plan base files assembled from client-supplied survey, civil, architectural, landscape, or reference information, property, building, access, parking, hardscape, utility, topographic, or landscape features drafted where included in scope, and agreed review milestones, issue documentation, and the specified final formats.
- A scope review is needed when site area, feature density, source hierarchy, coordination needs, or delivery requirements change after approval.
- Professional design, calculations, surveys, code interpretation, permit authority, sealing, and construction decisions remain with the client’s qualified professionals.
Technical or operational considerations
- Survey authority, coordinate system, datum, property information, utilities, grading, drainage, and code interpretation remain client responsibilities.
- Xrefs and source hierarchy should be defined when architectural, civil, landscape, and utility files overlap.
- Brownsofts performs drafting support and is not the architect, engineer, surveyor, or other professional of record.
Quote factors
- Site area and feature density
- Survey, coordinate, and base-file readiness
- Number of consultant references and overlays
- Annotation, sheet, and CAD-standard requirements
- Coordination and revision cycles
Pricing
A scope-specific quote
The quote reflects the documented scope, input condition, production volume, platform or file complexity, review workflow, reporting or handoff requirements, and any separately approved backlog or change work. No rate or fixed turnaround is assumed from the service label alone.
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Production support tied to the service brief
Brownsofts works within the client’s established site-documentation process, using approved survey, civil, architectural, landscape, and utility references as the production basis. The team applies the required CAD conventions, identifies source conflicts for review, and issues final CAD and PDF files only after the designated licensed or qualified reviewer approves the content. Client-appointed professionals remain responsible for coordinates, levels, property information, grading, drainage, code interpretation, and other technical decisions. These figures describe Brownsofts company experience rather than results promised for a specific service.
- 600+happy clients
- 6,561+projects delivered via freelance platformsSince 2007
- 19 yearsof experience
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Questions
2D Site Plans FAQ
Does Brownsofts verify property boundaries or survey data?
No. Boundary, easement, legal description, coordinate, and survey accuracy must be established by the client’s qualified survey or design professionals. Brownsofts drafts from the approved information and flags apparent conflicts for review.
Is Brownsofts the architect or engineer of record?
No. In 2D Site Plans, Brownsofts prepares this production output: Site-plan base files assembled from client-supplied survey, civil, architectural, landscape, or reference information. The client’s qualified professionals retain design authorship, calculations, code decisions, direction, review, approval, sealing, and construction responsibility where applicable.
Which source files are useful at the start?
The input set for 2D Site Plans should support this output: Site-plan base files assembled from client-supplied survey, civil, architectural, landscape, or reference information. Depending on scope, it may include current drawings, models, surveys, specifications, schedules, markups, reference images, coordinates, standards, software versions, and an issue register.
How are revisions coordinated?
The client returns consolidated comments against a named 2D Site Plans drawing, model, image, workbook, or video version. Brownsofts records changes and unresolved items, while design conflicts and regulated decisions return to the responsible qualified professional.
What affects the production schedule?
Schedule reflects these service-specific factors: Site area and feature density; and Survey, coordinate, and base-file readiness. Source-file condition, technical dependencies, client review speed, and changes to approved project information also affect confirmed milestones.
What is included in the final handoff?
The 2D Site Plans handoff can include this scoped result: Final CAD and PDF outputs issued after the designated licensed or qualified reviewer approves the content. Native files, exchange formats, linked assets, ownership terms, permitted uses, and unresolved issues are documented according to the approved scope and client review process.
Who approves technical or regulated content?
The client names the qualified reviewer for 2D Site Plans. Licensed professionals retain direction, design, calculations, code interpretation, professional approval, and sealing where applicable; Brownsofts resolves production comments within that review structure.
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Discuss requirements for 2D Site Plans
Share the intended use, available source files, required standards, detail or LOD, review milestones, and handoff formats for 2D Site Plans. Brownsofts can identify input gaps, confirm the production boundary, and prepare a scope-specific quote.