Commercial architectural design in Milton Keynes:
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CIAT chartered practice
SafeContractor approved
Projects from £1m to over £25m
Internal and external NDA agreements
We’re a CIAT Chartered architectural design practice with an office at Midsummer Court in central Milton Keynes. Most of our work is food production, warehouse, distribution and industrial buildings for businesses across Milton Keynes, the Midlands and the wider UK. Every service below can sit within one appointment, so you deal with one point of contact from the brief all the way through to handover.
Warehouse and industrial building design in Milton Keynes
Building extension design
More space added to a building you already run, planned around the work inside.
Alteration and retrofit design
Changes to an existing commercial building so it fits how you work now.
As-built drawing services
Accurate drawings of the building as it stands today, not as first planned.
3D walkthrough visualisation
Walk your board through the building before the steel goes up.
Planning and building regulations drawings in Milton Keynes
Planning applications and drawings
We prepare the drawings and the application, then answer the council’s questions.
Building regulations drawings
Drawings and details that show building control the design meets the regulations.
Change of use applications
Applications to change what an existing commercial building can be used for.
Pre-application enquiries
Early talks with the planners so you know where you stand before applying.
Planning and regulatory advice
Plain answers on what needs approval and the likely route through it.
Principal Designer services (CDM 2015)
We take on the Principal Designer duties under CDM 2015 for your project.
Tender packages and tender comparison
Complete tender packages, then a side-by-side comparison of what comes back.
Procurement and contractor selection
Help choosing the right contractor and the right way to buy the build.
Contract administration
We run the building contract on site, from start to handover.
Project management
We manage the build for you, if you’d rather one practice ran it all.
Project coordination
Keeping the design team, engineers and contractor working from the same information.
Structural and civil engineer coordination
We get three quotes, appoint the engineer for you and coordinate them.
Site audits
We visit and record what’s on site before any design decisions are made.
Building Safety Act compliance support
Support with the design duties the Building Safety Act puts on your project.
Property development consulting
Advice on what a commercial site or building could be developed into.
Technical drawings and CAD in Milton Keynes
Technical drawings
Clear, coordinated drawings a site team can build from.
CAD and architectural drafting
Your sketches, surveys or old paper drawings turned into accurate CAD.
Construction drawings
The full drawing set the contractor works to on site.
Detail drawings
How the junctions, fixings and build-ups go together, drawn at scale.
General arrangement drawings
Plans, sections and elevations showing the whole building and how it’s laid out.
CAD subcontract and overflow drawing work
Draughtsman support for contractors and practices when their own teams are stretched.
Food production facility design in Milton Keynes
Food factory design and re-fit
New food factories, and re-fits of the ones you already run.
FMCG facility design
Production and packing buildings for fast-moving consumer goods, laid out around product flow.
High-care and low-risk area layout design
Zones, routes and barriers that keep high-care and low-risk areas apart.
BRC compliant facility design
Layouts and finishes designed to meet the BRCGS standard your auditor checks.
Food safety compliance design
Designed to the standard your retailer audits against, whether that’s M&S or Tesco.
Hygienic design and zoning
Clean, dry floors, straight drains and finishes that stand up to washdown.
Warehouse design and layout in Milton Keynes
Distribution centre design
Dock numbers, yard depth and racking grids planned around how stock moves.
Logistics facility design
Buildings for logistics operators, designed around vehicles, loading and throughput.
Chilled and cold store design
Temperature-controlled stores with the insulation, doors and zoning worked out early.
Mezzanine floor design
First-floor mezzanines designed into the building and made compliant with the regulations.
Industrial building design in Milton Keynes
Industrial unit design
New industrial units on business parks, designed as working buildings first.
Manufacturing facility design
Production buildings laid out around your process and the plant inside it.
Factory extension design
Extensions planned so the factory keeps running while the work goes on.
Commercial architectural design in Milton Keynes
Architectural design services
One point of contact from the brief all the way through to handover.
Commercial building design
New commercial buildings designed around the operation going inside them.
Commercial fit-out design
Fitting out a shell or an existing unit so it’s ready to work in.
Office design
Office space in commercial and industrial buildings, planned around how your team works.
Space planning
Working out where everything goes before you commit to walls and steel.
Facade design
The outside of the building, designed to suit the planners and the budget.
Adaptive reuse design
Giving an existing building a new commercial use instead of starting again.
Concept and schematic design
Early layouts and options you can take to the board for sign-off.
Feasibility studies and site analysis
Whether the site can take what you’re planning, and what it’ll involve.
Site master planning
A plan for the whole site, so today’s building doesn’t block tomorrow’s.
Sustainable building design
Efficient buildings designed to keep running costs and energy use down.
Accessible design
Access designed in to meet Approved Document M from the first drawing.
Material selection advice
Help choosing materials that suit the use and the budget.
NBS specification writing
Written specifications in NBS format, so every contractor prices the same thing.
3D architectural rendering
Realistic images of the finished building for your board, the planners or tenants.
Measured building surveys
We measure the existing building so the design starts from accurate drawings.
Topographical surveys
Levels and features of the site recorded before the design starts.
Architectural technologist
Designs that are functional, compliant and coordinated, ready to be built.
Not sure what you need?
Tell us what you’re planning and we’ll tell you honestly where we’d start. The earlier we’re involved, the more options you keep.