Terms of Service

Scope of services

We produce dimensioned CAD dock plans, framing and section details, and — depending on the tier you choose — photorealistic renderings and an independent professional engineer (PE) review and stamp. The exact deliverables for each tier are listed on our pricing page, which is part of these terms by reference. Every one-time tier includes 2 rounds of revisions (the Builder Retainer follows its own retainer terms); see our revision policy for what counts as a round and what additional revisions cost (currently $150 each).

What’s not provided

To be clear about where our work ends and yours (or your builder’s, or your permitting agency’s) begins:

• Permit submission, on the Sales Rendering, Design Set, Design Set + Renderings, and Engineered Package tiers. Those are drawings only; agency submittal is included on the Permit-Filed Package and Permit-Filed Engineered Package.
• Licensed structural engineering, except the independent PE review and stamp included with the Engineered Package and Permit-Filed Engineered Package tiers. Our other tiers do not include engineering certification.
• Agency and county fees, and property survey costs. These are paid by you directly to the agency or surveyor and are never invoiced by us.
• Construction administration. We don't manage, inspect, or oversee the build once drawings are delivered.
• Guaranteed permit approval. We build drawings to the requirements we understand apply to your project, but the reviewing agency makes the final call, and approval is never guaranteed by us.

Client-supplied information & field verification

Your drawings are built from the property details, rough sketch, lake-authority or HOA constraints, and shoreline frontage you give us, supplemented by GIS and bathymetric data where it’s available for your lake. We don’t perform a site survey, and we’re not responsible for inaccuracies in the information you provide.

All dimensions must be field-verified before construction begins. This is standard practice for any dock design, not something specific to your project — conditions on the ground (water depth, actual property lines, existing structures) can differ from the information used to produce the drawings, and it’s your and your builder’s responsibility to confirm them before building.

Ownership of drawings

Once we’ve delivered your drawings and received payment in full, they’re yours. You can take them to any builder, or to several builders to compare bids, without further permission or fee from us. Until payment is received in full, the drawings remain our property and are provided for your review only.

Limitation of liability

We are not licensed structural engineers (outside the PE review included with the Engineered Package and Permit-Filed Engineered Package Package), we don’t inspect or supervise construction, and we don’t control whether a permitting agency approves your submission. Our responsibility is limited to producing drawings that reasonably reflect the information you give us and the requirements we understand apply to your project.

We are not liable for construction defects, structural failure, injury, property damage, or permit denial arising from the project, except to the extent caused by our own error in the drawings themselves. To the fullest extent allowed by law, our total liability for any claim related to a project is limited to the amount you paid us for that project.