Urban Development Infrastructure Design
Residential Urban Development + Roads + Utilities Infrastructure
Papagayo Design Center begins with the developed Master Plan or the Site Plan (for smaller projects) and performs a detail review of all the considerations taken at the design of the Master Plan, restrictions, land plan for zoning and selected sites, the business strategy plan, and the development program.
We take a holistic approach to sustainable residential developments, with careful integration of the design of roads and utilities infrastructure with the natural ecological ecosystems of the site.
We develop full construction drawings and technical specifications, building permit approvals, and property fractioning and entitlements, for the following type of projects:
Residential urban developments, roads and utilities infrastructure, including land fractioning with development parcels and individual lots.
Urban development design for multifamily vertical condominiums under the Horizontal and Vertical Condominium Laws and Regulations, until property fractioning and registration of individual cadastral plans.
Housing urban developments under the Horizontal Condominium Laws and Regulations, with property fractioning and entitlement of individual cadastral plans.
Hotel and Resorts site designs and utilities infrastructure design, including parking lots, entrance roads, intersections with public roads, loading docks, service roads, retaining walls, fences and entrance gates.
The design and development of construction drawings and technical specifications has the following process:
Topographical surveys.
Preliminary consultations to regulatory institutions, local government, and environmental officials.
Basic studies and site investigations: soil studies, geotechnical studies, hydrological studies and natural drainage, hydrogeology studies, forest maps and tree surveys.
Environmental studies and permits
Master Plan review, validation, and sign-off
Design program and design guidelines
Schematic design and drawings, definition of design guidelines and parameters, and definition of control budget.
60% Design Development Construction drawings, definition of construction standards & details, and control budget update. Value engineering is applied to reduce cost.
90% Design Development Construction drawings, preliminary technical specifications, and control budget update. Value engineering is applied if needed to reduce cost.
100% Construction Drawings and Construction Specifications, and control budget update.
Coordination of documentation for Building Permits and permit processing.
Construction Technical Inspection and Quality Control
The design expertise and development of construction drawings include the following specialties:
Roadways geometrical design
Pavement structural design
Earth movement design and volume calculations
Land stability works, retaining walls, slope design
Hydrology studies, storm water discharge analysis and permits, and flood control
Culvert and small bridge design.
Potable water distribution system.
Potable water supply, storage tanks, water wells, and pumping stations.
Potable water purification plants.
Storm water drainage systems and discharge control points design.
Sewage water recollection systems & pumping stations.
Sewage water treatment plants, and effluent water reuse in irrigation.
Irrigation water distribution systems and final vegetation irrigation.
Electric energy distribution network, aerial or underground, low and medium voltage.
Solar energy systems.
Telecommunication supply systems, cooper or fiber optic cables (aerial or underground), and wireless, for telephone, internet and cable TV.
Landscape and hardscape design.
Special architectonic buildings, entrance gates, and features design.