It is modeled, not drawn · CONIKA for companies
The drawings, the images and the plumbing and electrical routing all come out of one model.
A developer arrives in one of two ways: with a phase still to design, or with one already designed that has to be sold. Either way, everything comes out of the same model. And if the design is ours, that model is already paid for: the images are not modeled twice.
The system
The full design and, on the same model, the plumbing and electrical routing as a guide.
BIM model at LOD 300: every element with its real size, shape and position. The model ships as IFC and the drawings as DWG and PDF.
To start we need the site survey and the program.
The combos
- Design only: 75%
- + Plumbing: 13%
- + Electrical: 12%
- Full package: 100%
The design always goes in. Add plumbing, electrical or both.
What is not included
The package is complete in its scope, not in the problem of building. These parts are not ours, and it is worth knowing before we start.
- Structural design: Not even as a guide. You hire it.
- Engineering calculations and seals: Delivered as a routing guide. Calculating them, sealing them and being liable for them is the job of the specialist you hire.
- The construction budget: The drawings are dimensioned and your team measures on them. We do not put the quantity schedule together or price it.
- Clash detection: Not included in any case: we do not check the model against other disciplines' models. That review is done by your BIM coordinator.
- Geotechnical reports and gas lines: You provide them.
- The survey of the existing condition: You provide it. If we bring it into BIM, it is from your drawings: we do not measure on site.
- The building permit: Filing before planning authorities is yours.
- Site supervision and inspection: Construction is run by your team. Those two roles are yours to provide.
- Commercial graphic design: It is not done in any of our lines.
Scale
A developer's project is almost never a single building: they are types that repeat, and several different types in the same development. Repeating brings the price down; each new type pushes it up.
For units of up to 100 m², if you repeat the same design sixty times, you pay as if there were ten. And if the development has several different types, each one after the first adds 60%, not 100%. For larger units the design does not drop below USD 2.70 per square meter of the development, so the savings are somewhat smaller. The scale counts up to sixty units per type; above that, it is quoted individually on the call.
The Alliance
What is above brings the price down inside one project. This brings it down between one project and the next.
- First project: Full rate
- Second project: −10%
- Third and after: −15%
It is not a volume discount: it drops for having worked together before, not for contracting several at once.
No master agreement, no exclusivity, no committed volume. When the second project arrives, if the first has been delivered, the discount is already in the proposal.
Every project we have delivered to you counts, design and visualization alike, from USD 1,500 (or its equivalent in pesos).
The commissions
Each one started with a site, a client and a case file of its own.
Whoever books now deals directly with Sofía and Juan José, not with an account executive.
What comes out of the model
The whole project exists as a three-dimensional model before it exists on paper. The pieces you sell and approve with come out of it.
- The images The finished project, as it will look. For the sales center and the committee.
- The video The camera enters and walks the project. To convince whoever will not read anything.
- The 360 tour The buyer stands inside and looks around, from their phone, before it exists.
If the design already exists
Sometimes it is yours, sometimes another studio's, and what is missing is showing it. That is another line, with published pricing.
Charged per image Per image, not per square meter. Pricing is published and drops with quantity.
On whatever you already have Your 3D model, or your drawings or a sketch if there is no model. The design does not have to be ours.
With your name You hand them over under your name, with a broad license: for any use, advertising included, with no time limit and no further payments, granted once the full price is paid. We do not ask for credit, and our name does not appear on the images. If we show them in our portfolio, it is without your name or the location, and you can object before or after.
The video, the tour and any images beyond the six in the package are quoted separately. If the design is ours, the model already exists and is not built twice.
The seal
In Colombia
In Colombia, the drawings are sealed by our design lead, under her current Colombian license, and that is included in the price. Plumbing and electrical are routed as a guide: the specialist you hire calculates and seals them, working from that guide.
Outside Colombia
Outside Colombia we deliver design, model and routing. Where local law reserves the project to a local architect, we work with one from there from day one: they hold responsible control of the project, seal it and file it. If you already work with a local studio, there is no one to look for.
Price
There are three ways to hire us, and all three with the rate in plain sight. The calculator below does nothing but apply them.
Design package · drawings, BIM, renders and engineering routing
- Project base (This is the minimum. Covers start-up and the first 80 m²): USD 1,500
- Each m² above 80: USD 12.50 to 4.50
Design drawings, BIM model, six renders and the routing of plumbing and electrical as a guide. You hire licensed professionals for the engineering calculations and seals. Each additional image, USD 100. The total never drops as the area grows.
Below 80 m² the minimum applies, so the price per square meter goes up. If your project is smaller, write to us: another way of contracting it may suit you better.
The square meter, by project size
- Up to 200 m²: USD 12.50
- Up to 300 m²: USD 12
- Up to 450 m²: USD 11.50
- Up to 650 m²: USD 11
- Up to 900 m²: USD 10.50
- Up to 1,300 m²: USD 10
- Up to 2,000 m²: USD 9.50
- Up to 3,200 m²: USD 9
- Up to 5,500 m²: USD 8.50
- Up to 8,000 m²: USD 7.50
- Up to 12,000 m²: USD 6.50
- Up to 20,000 m²: USD 5.50
- Over 20,000 m²: USD 4.50
Each tier is charged at its own rate, not the whole area at the last one. At 200 m² the average is 15.00; at 5,000, 9.50. These are full rates: in Colombia and the rest of Latin America the calculator already shows them 5% lower.
With the full rate, the complete package comes to: 120 m², USD 2,000; 300 m², USD 4,200; 1,000 m², USD 11,750. The base covers the first 80 m², and each tier is charged from there.
Renders only · if you already have your architect
- Each image (Comes down if you order more. We work on your three-dimensional model): USD 125
- Minimum order · six images: USD 750
For clients whose project is already designed. With your three-dimensional model a flat USD 250 scene setup is added; if you only have two-dimensional drawings or a sketch, modeling is added, once, from USD 250 by size and building type.
Remodel · when you work on an existing building
- The design costs less (The structure, the envelope and the siting already exist and are not designed): -25%
- Existing-conditions model, from your drawings (From USD 175 per project, and a third of that if they come in DWG or IFC): USD 2 / m2
The design costs less because much of the building is already resolved. What is added is bringing the existing condition into the BIM model, from the drawings you provide, whose accuracy you are responsible for: we do not measure or verify anything on site.
If the type repeats
- The first unit: 100% of the project
- The next 4: 40% each
- The next 5: 30% each
- The next 10: 20% each
- The next 30: 10% each
- Units 51 to 60: 7.5% each
For units of up to 100 m², sixty identical houses come out at 16.4% of the price each, under the fee scale for repetitive construction recognized in Colombia since 1989. For larger units the design does not drop below USD 2.70 per square meter of the development. The scale counts up to sixty units per type; above that, it is quoted individually on the call.
Repetition scale · Decree 2090 of 1989, Category F, taken as a methodological reference.
The final price is set in the contract you sign, based on the proposal you accept, after reviewing scope and area. The estimate assumes standard complexity: a technically complex project, a sloped site for instance, carries 25% more on the design, and the proposal says so before you sign. Schedule a conversation