Accurate As-Built Drawings
Black Diamond provides as built drawing services for homeowners, property owners, and contractors in Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley. We measure your property on site and deliver accurate CAD drawings of what is actually there today.
What Are As-Built Drawings?
As-built drawings document a building exactly as it stands today, including walls, openings, dimensions, and site conditions, which often differ from the original plans. They give owners, designers, and the city an accurate record to work from.
Existing Conditions Survey Is The First Step in Major Remodels
Accurate as-builts are the starting point for almost any project on an existing building. They let you permit unpermitted work, plan a remodel or addition with confidence, and give lenders, insurers, and buyers a clear record of the property.
For commercial owners, as-builts also support tenant improvements, leasing, and space planning across a building.
Why Hire a Professional for As-Built Drawings
Every decision that follows depends on the accuracy of your base drawings. A measured building survey done by a team that also designs and permits projects captures the details the next phase will need, from wall thicknesses and ceiling heights to structural elements and utility locations.
Because Black Diamond also handles design and permitting, your as-builts can carry straight into a remodel or addition or a permit submittal without starting over. We draw to the standard the building department expects at intake.
What As-Builts Are Used For
Permitting Existing Work
Unpermitted additions, garage conversions, and patio covers need accurate drawings before the city can review them. We document the work as built and prepare the drawings for submittal.
Base Drawings for a Remodel
Every remodel, addition, or tenant improvement starts from what is already there. Accurate base drawings keep new work aligned with existing walls, structure, and utilities.
Refinance, Insurance, and Sale
Lenders, insurers, and buyers often need a clear record of a property's square footage and layout. Our as-builts give you documentation you can share with confidence.
Serving Indio, La Quinta, Palm Desert and the Desert Cities
How It Works
01
Schedule the field measure
We visit the property and measure the existing structure, openings, and site conditions.
02
Draft the existing conditions
Field measurements are converted into accurate floor plans, elevations, and site plans in CAD.
03
Put them to work
Use the as-builts to permit existing work, support a refinance or insurance claim, or serve as the base for your next remodel. We can carry them straight into design and permitting.
Here's What People Are Saying
“Exceeded my expectations”
Thank you, Black Diamond, for your professionalism and prompt service. You have definitely exceeded my expectations. I will definitely keep doing business with you on my future projects.
“He keeps his word”
God has truly blessed this young man, as he is a very creative designer, both exterior and outdoors. I love that you work with the owner of the company throughout the entire project. I appreciate his hard work and honesty above all. He keeps his word; everything he said he was going to do, he did and beyond! Highly recommend Black Diamond Drafting & Design! God bless!
“Enrique was there all along the way”
I used Black Diamond Drafting & Design to help me with my attached ADU build. Enrique came up with different designs to give me an idea of how to lay it all out. Eventually we ended up with a design that we loved, and even though it wasn’t a complicated build, the City of Desert Hot Springs gave us a hard time. I had a bad experience in the past with a designer bailing on me when things got hard, so I was honestly worried about that, but Enrique was there all along the way, contacting the city and the plan checkers until the plans were approved! The plans weren’t cheap, but for all the work Enrique did and him showing up until the end, it was well worth it! It’s hard trusting people in the construction business, but I definitely recommend Enrique’s work.
Explore Our Portfolio of Designs
Custom homes, outdoor living spaces, and commercial projects designed by Black Diamond across Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley.
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