Architectural Drafting Services · Missouri
Drafting Buddies turns sketches, PDFs, and design concepts into clean, permit-ready architectural drawings for Missouri homeowners, builders, and firms - drafted to the code edition and submittal format the local building department actually requires.
In-house drafters
Completed projects
Typical drawing turnaround
Sheet A-101 · Floor Plan
Missouri
Permit set
SCALE 1/4" = 1'-0"
Missouri overview
Drafting Buddies is a CAD, BIM, and architectural outsourcing partner built for the pace of U.S. design and construction firms. In Missouri, that means drawings produced with the state's own code landscape in mind: a home-rule system with no single statewide building code, where St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia each set their own IBC or IRC edition, submittal checklist, and review process.
Every set - floor plans, elevations, sections, or a full permit package - is drafted against the requirements of the specific jurisdiction a project sits in, not a generic template. That's the difference between a drawing set that clears review the first time and one that comes back with a stack of correction comments.
What's included
Nine services covering everything from a first floor plan sketch to a stamped, permit-ready construction document set.
Custom home, addition, and new-construction drafting for Missouri homeowners and builders, from concept floor plans through construction-ready drawings. Covers single-family homes, ADUs, townhouses, and multifamily buildings, drafted to match the lot's actual zoning and the local jurisdiction's submittal requirements. See our residential drafting service.
Drafting for offices, retail spaces, restaurants, and hospitality buildings, including floor plans, egress and accessibility layouts, and coordination with structural and MEP drawing sets. Built for commercial contractors and developers navigating municipal review across Missouri's largest and fastest-growing cities. See our commercial drafting service.
Detailed, dimensionally accurate floor plans for residential and commercial projects, drafted in 2D CAD or Revit from a sketch, verbal brief, or existing drawing set. Room layouts, door and window placement, and square footage are drawn precisely enough for permitting, bidding, and construction.
Exterior and interior elevations plus building sections showing height, materials, and structural relationships. Coordinated with the floor plan set so what's drawn in section matches what's shown in plan, avoiding conflicts during a Missouri building department's plan review.
Complete construction document packages assembled to the code edition and submittal checklist required by the project's specific city or county, since Missouri has no single statewide standard. Includes cover sheets, plans, elevations, sections, and details formatted for a smooth first-pass review. See our permit drawing and construction document services.
Field-measured as-built drawings for existing Missouri properties with no accurate current record, common in older neighborhoods across St. Louis and Kansas City. Provides the accurate base drawing set a renovation, addition, or permit application needs to start from.
Drawings for kitchen and bathroom remodels, home additions, basement finishes, and full renovations, built from existing conditions and coordinated with structural changes. Prepared to the renovation permit requirements of the specific Missouri jurisdiction the property sits in.
Architectural drafting in Revit for firms that need a coordinated 3D model rather than flat 2D drawings, including family creation and construction documentation generated directly from the model. Supports architects and engineers already working in a BIM-based project delivery process.
Converts hand sketches, scanned blueprints, and PDF drawings into clean, editable CAD or Revit files. Common for legacy Missouri properties where the only existing record is a decades-old paper drawing that needs to be digitized before any new design work can begin.
Industries served
The same drawing-accurate approach adapts to residential, commercial, and institutional projects of any size.
Custom homes, renovations, and additions
Offices, storefronts, and shopping centers
Clinics and medical office buildings
Schools and institutional facilities
Hotels and restaurant build-outs
Warehouses and light-industrial buildings
Apartments, condos, and townhomes
Civic and public-sector buildings
Why choose us
Every Missouri project is drafted by a team that checks local requirements before the first line is drawn.
Code edition, zoning, and submittal checklists are confirmed against the specific Missouri city or county before a drawing set is finalized.
Most floor plans and initial drawing sets are delivered within 48 hours of a confirmed brief.
Sketches, PDFs, scanned blueprints, or an existing CAD file - no need to start from a blank sheet.
A dedicated bench of CAD and Revit drafters, not a single freelancer, so capacity scales with project volume.
Drawings are refined until layout and details match the brief - revisions are part of the process, not an extra fee.
A proven track record across residential and commercial drafting, with NDAs available for every engagement.
Tools & pipeline
2D Drafting
Floor plans, elevations, and permit sets
BIM
Architectural BIM and construction documentation
BIM
Alternative BIM authoring on request
Concept / 3D
Massing studies and 3D visualization
Residential
Home design and residential plan sets
Markup
Redline review and submittal markups
Coordination
Clash detection and model coordination
Presentation
Presentation graphics and sheet markup
Local accuracy
Missouri has no single statewide building code, which makes local awareness part of getting a drawing set right.
Missouri leaves building code adoption to individual cities and counties rather than a state agency, so the applicable IBC or IRC edition depends entirely on the project's address.
St. Louis and Kansas City each maintain their own locally amended editions of the IBC and IRC, with separate permit submittal checklists and review timelines.
Where a local jurisdiction hasn't adopted a code, Missouri's Architecture Practice Act points to Section 107 of the 2012 IBC as the default reference for licensed professionals.
Submittal requirements - sheet formats, required stamps, and review fees - vary by department, so drawing sets are formatted to match the specific building department's checklist before submission.
County-level wind, snow, and frost-depth requirements are factored into structural notes and foundation details shown on the drawing set.
This is a general reference for drafting coordination purposes and is not legal or code-compliance advice. Always confirm the exact code edition and local amendments with the relevant Missouri building department before finalizing construction documents.
Coverage
Remote delivery means the same 48-hour turnaround and jurisdiction-aware drafting wherever a project sits in the state. See also our drafting services in Missouri.
St. Louis
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Kansas City
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Springfield
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Columbia
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Independence
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Lee's Summit
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O'Fallon
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St. Joseph
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St. Charles
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Blue Springs
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Joplin
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Chesterfield
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Jefferson City
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Cape Girardeau
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Branson
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Client feedback
“Our permit set went through St. Louis review with zero correction comments. First time that's happened on one of our projects.”
General Contractor
St. Louis, MO
“We handed over a 1960s hand-drawn floor plan and got back an accurate as-built we could actually design an addition from.”
Homeowner
Kansas City, MO
“Fast turnaround and they knew exactly what our county's submittal checklist required without us having to explain it.”
Residential Builder
Columbia, MO
No. Missouri leaves building code adoption to individual cities and counties, so the applicable IBC or IRC edition depends on the project address. St. Louis and Kansas City each maintain their own locally amended editions and submittal checklists. Where a local jurisdiction has not adopted a code, Missouri’s Architecture Practice Act points to Section 107 of the 2012 IBC as the default reference for licensed professionals.
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