Drafting Buddies delivers residential and commercial architectural drafting for architects, builders, contractors, and homeowners across Utah — floor plans, elevations, permit-ready construction sets, as-built drawings, and Revit/BIM modeling, backed by a 100+ drafter team with 500+ completed projects.
Plans, elevations, and permit sets
Overview
Utah's residential and commercial construction runs through a patchwork of city and county building departments layered on top of the state-adopted Uniform Building Standard Act and IRC/IBC editions. A floor plan set that clears review in Salt Lake City can still bounce in St. George or Park City over a missing dimension, an unclear egress note, or a submittal format the local plan checker doesn't recognize.
Drafting Buddies pairs a 100+ person drafting team with 500+ completed projects to produce architectural drafting that's built for real submittal — clean floor plans, accurate elevations and sections, and permit sets formatted to match your city or county's actual checklist, whether you're an architect outsourcing production work, a builder needing construction drawings, or a homeowner converting a sketch into buildable plans.
Our Services
Nine core drafting services covering residential, commercial, permit, as-built, renovation, and BIM work for architects, builders, and homeowners across Utah.
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Full residential drafting for new custom homes, additions, and remodels across Utah, from Salt Lake Valley infill lots to St. George new construction. We produce floor plans, elevations, and construction drawings that respond to lot conditions and local zoning, formatted for homeowner review and contractor bidding.
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Commercial architectural drafting and tenant improvement drawings for retail, office, restaurant, and hospitality buildouts across Utah. We produce layout plans, egress and accessibility documentation, and TI drawing sets formatted for landlord approval and local building department permit submittal.
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Precise, dimensioned floor plan drafting for new construction, renovations, and hand-sketch conversions across Utah. We produce clean 2D floor plans in CAD, matched to your scale and annotation standards, ready for contractor pricing, homeowner review, or permit submittal.
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Exterior and interior elevation drawings, building sections, and wall sections for Utah residential and commercial projects. We detail material callouts, roof pitch, and dimension strings needed for accurate visualization and to satisfy building department review requirements.
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Complete permit and construction document packages built to match Utah's state-adopted IRC/IBC editions and the specific submittal checklist of your city or county building department. Cover sheets, plan sets, schedules, and details formatted for first-pass approval across Utah jurisdictions.
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As-built and existing condition drawings for Utah renovation, addition, and remodeling projects. We convert field measurements or an outdated plan set into an accurate current-state drawing, giving architects and contractors a reliable baseline before design work begins.
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Drafting for kitchen and bathroom remodels, basement finishes, home additions, and full renovations across Utah. We coordinate new construction with existing structure, producing drawings precise enough for contractor bidding and permit-ready submittal.
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Revit and BIM modeling for architects, builders, and design-build firms across Utah who need coordinated 3D models rather than flat 2D drawings. We build models that generate accurate schedules and construction documentation, matched to your firm's standards and delivery format.
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Conversion of hand sketches, scanned blueprints, and PDF drawings into clean CAD files or Revit models for Utah clients. We rebuild dimensions, layers, and annotation from source material that's otherwise unusable for bidding, permitting, or further design work.
Industries We Serve
From single-family homes to retail tenant improvements, our drafting team supports a wide range of Utah project types.
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Why Choose Us
A dedicated bench of architectural drafters means your Utah project moves forward without waiting on a single freelancer's schedule.
Architectural drafting experience across dozens of U.S. markets, including local code and jurisdiction awareness for Utah's cities and counties.
Drawings prepared against Utah's state-adopted building codes and local amendments, aimed at reducing plan-check revisions and permit delays.
Architects and builders use us as production drafting capacity for overflow work, without adding headcount or losing control of the drawing standard.
Clear scoping and milestone updates keep architects, builders, and homeowners informed from concept sketch through final permit set.
NDA-protected project handling and built-in revision rounds so the final drawing set matches what you actually approved.
Utah Codes & Local Requirements
Utah adopts statewide building codes through the Uniform Building Standard Act, but individual cities and counties layer on their own review requirements, from historic-district design guidelines to specific permit submittal checklists. Our team designs and drafts with these local realities in mind rather than treating Utah as a single uniform market.
Statewide adoption of IRC/IBC editions that establish the baseline structural, life-safety, and accessibility requirements for architectural drafting across Utah jurisdictions.
Jurisdictions such as Salt Lake City and Park City apply additional design-review, historic-overlay, and submittal requirements beyond the state baseline.
Roof and structural drafting for mountain and foothill properties accounts for local snow-load requirements that differ from valley-floor construction.
Commercial and tenant improvement drafting is checked against occupancy, egress, and accessibility standards that apply across Utah's commercial building stock.
Where We Work
From the Salt Lake Valley to Utah Valley, southern Utah, and northern Utah markets. See also our drafting services in Utah and CAD drafting in Utah.
Salt Lake City
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Provo
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Ogden
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St. George
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West Jordan
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Orem
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Sandy
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Layton
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Lehi
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South Jordan
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Draper
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Logan
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Murray
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Bountiful
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Park City
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Tooele
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Spanish Fork
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Springville
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Cedar City
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Kaysville
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We provide residential and commercial architectural drafting, floor plan and elevation drawings, permit and construction document sets, as-built drawings, renovation and addition drafting, Revit/BIM modeling, and PDF, sketch, or blueprint to CAD conversion for clients across Utah.
Get Started
Send us your sketch, plans, or scope and we'll quote drafting against your city's permit requirements.