Design and documentation, credited to your build.
Arc Studio designs on the Arc system and takes it to approval-ready drawings — one of our layouts as drawn, one of our layouts modified, an interior laid out inside a kit shell, or a fully custom kit design. Half the design fee is credited against a full Arc Modular build or an Arc Lock-up Supply contract that follows — Arc Kit Supply is not eligible for the credit.
- Design paths
- Four, stock through custom
- Fee credit
- 50% against Modular or Lock-up Supply
- Designed on
- The Arc structural system
Three phases, one fee.
Design, approval, build. Arc carries the documentation through council or private certification before the build contract starts.
Engagement
Brief taken, design path agreed, design fee paid upfront (exclusive of GST).
Development
Concept drawings developed against the site and the brief. The number of amendment rounds is set in your proposal.
Documentation
Drawings progressed to a full construction and approval set.
Lodgement
Arc lodges with council or a private certifier and manages requisitions.
Approval
Arc coordinates engineering where it sits in scope, and notifies you of the outcome.
Post-approval
Approved documentation rolls straight into the Arc Modular build or Arc Lock-up Supply contract, with 50% of the design fee credited. Arc Kit Supply is not eligible for the credit.
Brief to issued-for-construction.
The site gets surveyed, the plan gets drawn to the same 4 m structural grid as the build, then the set is stamped and issued.
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Site set out and surveyed
The boundary and site pegs go in before a single wall gets drawn, so the plan responds to the block it is actually on.
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Sequence shown is diagrammatic. The final sheet is the reference Ground Floor Plan, issued for preliminary.
Four ways in. All of them Arc.
Every path starts from the same place — our layouts and our structural system. What changes is how much of the plan we draw from scratch.
One of our published layouts, documented as drawn. The fastest route to an approval set, because the plan is already resolved and already engineered.
FASTEST TO APPROVALOur layout, adapted. Rooms reworked, openings moved, a wing lengthened to suit your site, orientation and brief — while the structural grid stays exactly where it is.
OUR PLAN, YOUR SITEThe shell is fixed — span, portal centres, envelope. Inside it we lay out rooms, wet areas and joinery around how you actually live.
FIXED SHELL, FREE PLANA one-off dwelling drawn from scratch on the Arc kit chassis. Full freedom in the plan, with the structure, spans and details already systemised underneath it.
CUSTOM, STILL SYSTEMISEDScope, amendment rounds and engineering coordination are set per project and confirmed in your proposal before design starts.
What you arrange. What Arc manages.
The design agreement splits responsibility clearly, so nothing sits in a grey area during approval.
Client responsibilities
- 01 Survey and soil report
- 02 Zoning certificates, boundaries and overlays
- 03 Site access for the design team
- 04 Utility connection coordination
- 05 Neighbour notifications where required
- 06 Timely sign-off and response to queries
Approval responsibilities
- 01 Documentation preparation
- 02 Lodgement with council or certifier
- 03 Requisition responses
- 04 Engineer coordination, where it sits in scope
- 05 Notification of the approval outcome
- 06 Council fees, certifier fees, levies and notification costs remain payable by the client
What's included. What isn't.
The exclusions list matters as much as the inclusions — it's what keeps the fixed design fee fixed.
Included
- ＋ Concept and developed design drawings
- ＋ Full construction and approval documentation set
- ＋ Council or private certifier lodgement
- ＋ Requisition management through to approval
- ＋ Structural engineering coordination, where written into your proposal
Excluded
- － Council, certifier and levy fees
- － Survey and geotechnical costs
- － Structural engineering fees, unless written into your proposal
- － Hydraulic and services engineering
- － Landscape, external works and site earthworks
- － Utility connection costs
The design fee credit.
The core commercial term of the Design Agreement — half of what's paid at engagement comes back off a full build.
The design fee is payable upfront, exclusive of GST. 50% of the design fee is credited against a full Arc Modular build or an Arc Lock-up Supply contract once it is signed; Arc Kit Supply is not eligible for the credit. The credit is non-transferable. Arc retains intellectual property in the drawings until the build contract is fully executed and paid. If a client terminates, 14 days' notice applies and the deposit is non-refundable. The agreement is governed by Queensland law.
Studio questions.
What if none of the stock layouts suit my site?
Then you are on path two, three or four. A modified modular layout reworks one of ours around your site; a custom kit design starts the plan from scratch. Both give you control of the layout with the structural system already resolved underneath, which is what keeps it buildable and quotable as an Arc.
What happens to the design fee if I don't proceed to a build?
It's a standalone design and documentation fee. The 50% credit only applies if you go on to sign a full Arc Modular build or an Arc Lock-up Supply contract — Arc Kit Supply is not eligible.
Who arranges structural engineering?
It depends on the design path and the site. Where engineering is written into your proposal, Arc coordinates it as part of the approval pathway; otherwise it is arranged separately. Either way it is settled in writing before design starts.
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