Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Take CDC approval to another builder 13May 22, 2020 12:07 pm alexp79 Thanks for explanation, it looks that the legal system will be always inclined towards protecting the interest of the builder. Considering that builder has probably already charged customer with deposit before customer decided to switch the builder, what is exactly a builder interest here for NOT giving out the design to the customer (or simply selling it out for a little extra)? Just another source of revenue? It's very unfair on the client in this situation, as majority are completely unaware and the builder already has the money. Re: Take CDC approval to another builder 14May 22, 2020 12:13 pm l_vanslyke alexp79 Thanks for explanation, it looks that the legal system will be always inclined towards protecting the interest of the builder. Considering that builder has probably already charged customer with deposit before customer decided to switch the builder, what is exactly a builder interest here for NOT giving out the design to the customer (or simply selling it out for a little extra)? Just another source of revenue? It's very unfair on the client in this situation, as majority are completely unaware and the builder already has the money. Sorry, not getting it. Unfair to which client? Who "buys" the plans out of the builder? There are builders on the market which do release plans to the clients if requested. Re: Take CDC approval to another builder 15May 23, 2020 12:45 am One of my previous employers who did mostly project homes in county WA took a drafting company and there client to court over copyright infringement. The client had come to the building company I worked for first but didn't sign up, he took the plans and combined them with another builders plans to come up with his final design. The builder won the court case as it was proved that some aspects of the original design were used by the drafting company. The damages awarded were 50/50 split between the drafting company and client. It got super messy as the client then went on and sued the drafting company Re: Take CDC approval to another builder 16May 23, 2020 8:04 am BTW, It's not just the 2D drawings/plans/elevations which is subject to copyright, all information is also included,ie the 3D Bim Model, data and quantities, "the whole kit and caboodle" In my case the clients prefers a better AEC service, for those clients they sign forms indemnifying BDC from copyright prosecution, Basically they take full responsibility. Here's a Tip Boro , " Don't waste too much time and money finessing another design with a salesman... move quickly to CDs, data and accurate pricing" Otherwise you may end up with expensive wallpaper ( ie, Colour renderings and Images of the House you didn't build) OT, I get swamped with projects weekly, 80% are copyright infringements, do the math it's not worth it If your builder signs a release, then all associated drawings and approvals needs to be done again Cheers Chris Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Take CDC approval to another builder 17May 28, 2020 10:24 am Thanks StructuralBIMGuy, in the end, decided to proceed with the same builder, but was considering the available options... Hi Minho I have heaps of experience in Ku-ring-gai with both DAs and CDC ( this is the main area we build in). DA's are taking 12-18months and CDC's we have been doing… 1 3148 Hi Mofflepop, I would recommend finding a building designer to prepare plans, they should design to your specified budget. The benefit is you can tender the project out… 9 20354 Hi All, see above image. The required setback from the rear boundary in my case is 5m, as you can see the shape of the site and location of the boundary is slightly… 0 8432 |