Milestone crunch
A DD or CD issue date is fixed, and the telecom sheets are still behind the rest of the set.
Remote Division 27 support for A/E firms
Extend your A/E team with remote Division 27 design support.
Part-time or project-based telecommunications design capacity for architecture and engineering firms. Telecom drawings, Division 27 specifications, and construction-administration responses, produced in your standards and returned for your review.
When outside telecom capacity makes sense.
Overflow support works best when the telecom scope is real but temporary, uneven, or more specialized than your team usually handles.
Backlog across projects
Several projects need Division 27 work in the same few weeks, and your team cannot cover all of it.
Scope too small for a hire
You have steady telecom work, but not enough to justify another full-time designer.
Specialist documentation
The project needs MDF/IDF layouts, rack elevations, backbone diagrams, or a spec rewrite your team rarely does.
CA workload spike
RFIs, submittals, and bulletins are arriving faster than the original designer can answer them.
Credential requirement
The owner or RFP asks for RCDD-led design or review, and the requirement needs a real design role.
Hand off the whole telecom package, or one piece of it.
Every engagement is scoped to specific sheets, sections, or tasks. These are the pieces A/E teams most often hand off.
Drawings
Telecom sheets produced in your title block, layers, and sheet numbering.
- Telecom floor plans and outlet layouts
- Enlarged MDF / IDF / TR plans
- Rack, cabinet, and wall-field elevations
- Backbone and riser diagrams
- Pathway, sleeve, and entrance coordination
- Details, schedules, legends, and general notes
Specifications
Division 27 sections edited from your master, the owner standard, or a project template.
- Section edits for pathways, grounding and bonding, identification, cabling, and testing
- Products and performance aligned with what the drawings show
- Submittal, labeling, testing, and closeout requirements
- Drawing-to-spec cross-check before issue
- Edits tracked so your reviewer can see what changed
Construction administration
Responses drafted for your review and issued through your CA process.
- Draft RFI responses with sheet and section references
- Submittal review comments against the specification
- Sheet revisions for bulletins, ASIs, and approved changes
- Video coordination with the field team when useful
- Closeout and record-document review when scoped
For the full scope of a telecom package, see Division 27 telecommunications design, MDF and IDF room design, and structured cabling design.
How we work inside your project.
The goal is for the telecom sheets to look and read like the rest of your set, with no surprises at your QA review.
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Share the package
Backgrounds, title block, CAD or BIM standards, specification master, owner standards, and the milestone dates you have to hit.
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Agree scope and responsibility
A short written scope lists the sheets, sections, review cycles, meetings, and who reviews, signs, and issues each deliverable.
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Set up in your environment
Work happens in your file platform and naming convention, with a drawing register so both sides see the same status.
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Produce and coordinate
Scheduled check-ins and a running open-item log. Questions go to one named contact on your team rather than piling up until the deadline.
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QC before handback
Each package is checked for completeness, sheet-to-sheet consistency, and drawing-to-spec agreement before your reviewer sees it.
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Hand back and revise
Deliverables come back through your transmittal path. Redlines are tracked to closure so nothing is lost between rounds.
Responsibility
Your firm stays in control of the design.
When we work under your firm, your firm normally issues the documents and keeps final review and professional responsibility under its own contract. We are responsible for our work within the agreed scope, and RCDD review is included when the scope calls for it.
ICT Design Partners is not a professional engineering firm and does not seal engineering drawings. If the AHJ or contract needs a PE seal, that stays with the licensed professional responsible for the work. The RCDD vs. PE comparison explains the difference.
Three ways to set it up.
Rates are quoted after a short scope review. There is no published rate card, because the right number depends on the package.
Recurring part-time support
Hours per week or month
A standing block of capacity for firms with a steady flow of telecom work. Good for multiple projects at different phases.
- Agreed weekly or monthly hours
- One onboarding to your standards
- Work assigned project by project
- Usage reviewed each month
Project-specific package
Defined scope
A set list of sheets, sections, and review cycles for one project, at a fee agreed before work starts.
- Sheets and sections listed
- Milestones tied to your schedule
- Change process agreed up front
- Fits a single DD or CD push
Hourly with a cap
Not-to-exceed
For CA support or work that is hard to size in advance. Billed against actual time, up to an agreed ceiling.
- Agreed rate and ceiling
- Time reported by task
- Approval before the ceiling moves
- Useful for RFIs and submittals
See how design fees are scoped for the factors that drive cost.
Overflow FAQ
Questions A/E firms ask before handing off telecom work.
Have a different question? Ask it directly.
Yes. Overflow work is set up as a project-specific or recurring subconsultant arrangement under your project number, file structure, and title blocks. The agreement covers scope, confidentiality, client-contact boundaries, insurance, and invoicing before work starts.
Yes, that is the normal arrangement for overflow work. Send your standards at onboarding. If a project has no written standard, we propose a sheet, layer, and naming convention for your approval rather than inventing one silently.
Yes. Typical partial scopes are enlarged telecom room plans and rack elevations, a Division 27 specification edit, backbone diagrams, or construction-administration responses. The scope lists the exact sheets, sections, or tasks and the handoff points to your team.
When we work under your firm, your firm normally issues the documents and keeps final review and professional responsibility under its own contract. We are responsible for our work within the agreed scope, and RCDD review or sign-off is provided when the scope calls for it. ICT Design Partners is not a professional engineering firm and does not seal engineering drawings; where a seal is required, it stays with the licensed professional responsible for that work.
Yes, remotely, when meetings are part of the scope. We agree the cadence up front, for example a weekly coordination call plus milestone reviews, so meeting time is planned rather than open-ended.
Yes, depending on scope. We can draft RFI responses, review submittals against the specification, and revise sheets for bulletins or approved changes. Responses go back to your team so they can be issued through your CA process.
The project type, size, location, and phase; the sheets, sections, or CA tasks you expect to hand off; your CAD platform and standards; milestone dates; expected weekly hours or package size; and any RCDD or owner-standard requirement. Drawings can wait until we have agreed how files will be transferred.
It depends on current commitments. The practice is deliberately small and does not overbook. You will get a real start date in the first reply, and if the schedule does not work we will say so rather than accept work we cannot staff.
Availability check
What to include in the first message.
You don’t need drawings to start. These details are enough to confirm fit and availability.
Controlled documents: do not send CUI, ITAR-controlled, export-controlled, or classified material through the website or ordinary email.
- Project type, size, location, and current phase (SD, DD, CD, bid, or CA)
- The sheets, spec sections, or CA tasks you expect to hand off
- Your CAD or BIM platform, title block, and drafting standards
- Milestone dates and how many review rounds to expect
- Expected hours per week, or whether this is a one-project package
- Any RCDD, owner-standard, or credential requirement in the RFP or project manual
Have telecom work your team can't get to?
Tell us the project, the phase, and what you want to hand off. You'll get a direct answer on fit, scope, and start date within one business day.