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Our website is www.TheDesignGuyVA.com. Your plan is guaranteed to obtain a building permit.Plans submitted for building permits are rejected at alarmingly high rates. In 2003 Henrico rejected 75% of plans submitted for building permit and Chesterfield follows closely with 50%. The high rejection rate indicates a lack of knowledge of codes and/or attention to detail. We average 98.5% pass rate on the 1st submittal, saving you time, money, and unnecessary stressful trips to the inspections department.Experience.Both of our residential design specialists have over 19 years full-time design experience each and have completed projects in many states including Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina and Alabama. We know the home design business inside and out and can deliver easy to read, well detailed, and permit ready plan sets for all areas of Virginia.Reputation.We have earned the respect of architects, building inspectors, contractors, framers, and truss manufacturers by producing consistent quality home designs that are easy to understand, review, and build. Simply, we are known for plans that work as they are drawn, with no surprises to cost extra time or money during construction.Our focus on accurate construction documents.At SD & D we know flawed plans lead to construction problems, delays and broken dreams. Our job is to create solid designs that allow you to focus your valuable time on the construction process, instead of finding solutions to fix avoidable problems. We use a time proven proprietary system of design , verifying all pertinent information is on the plan set. Career HighlightsVirginia state president American Institute of Building Design (AIBD)Certified as Certified Professional Building Designer (CPBD) by (NCBDC)NCBDC Northeast district examiner. Giving national CPBD exams.National Vice President for The National Council of Building Designer Certification (NCBDC)Re-wrote the structural exam for NCBDC.