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Production design support
For manufacturers taking a scheme into the factory. At RIBA Stage 5 we produce the final production information, including the DfMA drawings, and answer the factory's questions while it builds from them.


01What Stage 5 covers
Stage 5 is where the design becomes production information. We take the coordinated design, build the 3D Revit model the factory will work from and issue a production-ready DfMA drawing pack. Assembly drawings, schedules, bills of materials and machine files come out per box or per panel, in the order the line needs them. Approval and permit sets come from the same model, so they describe the same building as the factory set.
02Support from the shop floor
When the factory raises a query, we answer it against the model and reissue the drawing, so the fix is recorded and the next operator sees it. Comment registers are closed line by line. What the factory tells us is written back into our templates, and the next job starts from that factory's rules.
03Release and change
Production information goes to the factory once it is agreed and released. Design changes after factory release fall outside this service, because by then a change means a remade part. Bring changes to us before release, while they cost a drawing revision.
04Not included
On-site installation support, QA documentation and temporary works or lifting design are not part of this service.
Ask about production design support
Tell us a little about the project. We reply within one working day.
Or call 0151 708 6121, or email info@by-design.group.
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- 04Site packsInstall sequences, setting out and interfaces for the site team.
Something else to talk through?
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