Review before commitments become expensive
A design audit is useful when drawings exist but questions remain about the envelope, building services or coordination between disciplines. Review is particularly valuable before ordering windows, starting foundations or concealing services. Its purpose is to identify contradictions and missing information while corrections can still be made in the documentation rather than in completed construction.
Provide a coherent document set
Send current plans, sections, junctions, specifications and available calculations with revision identifiers. Note components already ordered and decisions that cannot change. An isolated photograph of a drawing cannot show relationships between packages; an incomplete set limits the review. Missing inputs should become questions for the designer, rather than unmarked assumptions that appear to be established project facts.
Use the findings as an action register
The agreed audit output is a prioritised register of observations and recommendations. Each issue should identify its location, reason, potential effect and next action. A ventilation-route conflict may need both structural and services responses. After revisions, check the connected drawings so that resolving one detail does not create another inconsistency. The register is most useful when responses can be traced to specific document versions.
Scope and initial contact
Document review cannot establish the actual quality of an already built assembly or replace independent certification. Visits, surveys, specialist calculations and rechecking revisions require an explicitly agreed scope. State the project stage, principal concern and pending decision in your enquiry. The form supports private attachments; remove unrelated documents and unnecessary personal information before sending them. The first exchange establishes what can be assessed from the material available.