Architectural Design - Outsource to India

In the world of architectural and mechanical design, overheads can be significant. Personnel, computer systems, software, office space and drafting equipment require considerable investment by a company. In order to thrive in the business environment of today, companies must seek higher profits not only through increased sales, but also by reducing expenses. In the world of architectural design this need to focus resources on higher profit margin tasks is significant. There is an excess of low margin, repetitive work in architectural design which is not only time consuming, but exhausts one's resources and finances.

While architectural design does require this sort of repetitive work, is it wise to utilize the skills and time of those people who can focus more on the critical design phases of your projects, on these processes? Are you maximizing your return on investment when your designers and equipment are occupied in repetitive, labour-intensive tasks?

Outsource Architectural Design

If reducing your architectural design costs is on the agenda, then a good option would be to consider outsourcing some of these repetitive, labour intensive processes. Outsourcing your architectural design needs will allow you to focus on higher profit margin tasks, such as design creation rather than being tied up with low margin, repetitive work.

Outsource to India - Architectural Design

Cost effective quality work by professionals has made India one of the most popular outsourcing locations. In the field of architectural design there is a wealth of expertise available with quality results at competitive rates. Indian service providers allow you to turn the fixed costs associated with labour intensive work into operating costs, which you bear only when required. These providers can cater to your outsourcing needs in the architectural design field and also that of other engineering and design professions.

Outsourcing Architectural Design - which part of the design process can be outsourced?

There are several architectural design processes that can be outsourced to India. Professionals with the requisite knowledge and expertise provide quality results for processes ranging from paper conversion to digital format to creating 3D models of a structure. Here are some of the design phases that you can outsource to India.

Automated Mapping and Facilities Management (AM/FM)

AM/FM conversion allow for greater cost savings and better management of resources. They provide simplified, centralized, data resource management, which can be accessed by multiple users without concern for mishandling, misinterpretation, or confusion between dissimilar sources.

• Conversion of blue prints, terrain maps.
• Building of structured databases to provide you fast and easy access to data.
• Updating of databases.
• Low cost and rapid turn around time.

Layering

Layering designs are a valuable incentive to offer to prospective property developers, buyers, and long term tenants. Imagine competing for a lucrative project and offering the developer software that can, with the click of a button, highlight where all the electrical wiring is in your design -and their future building.

• Information such as plumbing, electrical, mechanical, air conditioning, etc, can be stored in industry standard layers or in the form required by the client.
• Different colors can be assigned to information and/or layers, which will allow one to comprehend the plan better
• Layers can be viewed in different combinations or individually.

Conversion services

There are several conversion processes involved in architectural design that can be outsourced. Conversions like the following can be performed effectively by Indian Service Providers:

• First Angle to Third Angle Projections.
• Conversion from metric to FPS or vice versa or inclusion of both the units.
• Text fonts and sizes can be changed
• Modification of title blocks based on projections
• Other projections/views can be drawn.
• Layering and colors can be re-organized.
• Loosening up of dimension lines can be done to give more clarity to the drawing.
• 3D models can be extruded.
• Drawings can be checked for errors based on the customer's instructions.

Space Planning

Indian Service Providers have the right combination of technical experience and creative insight to provide optimum space planning solutions that offer substantial space savings as well as innovative efficiency.

Other processes that can be outsourced

Digitization: Indian Service Providers offer conversion from paper to digital format for various types of drawings and designs. Digitization/ Vectorization offer many benefits, costs little, and saves money, time and space. Read more...
 

3D Rendering and Virtual Room Design: These are highly valuable selling and marketing concepts which allow you to depict how your structure will look even before starting the work. Read more...