Designing across borders

Local licences, local entities

Each country decides who may practise, sign and submit drawings. We work through entities that are registered and licensed where the project is, and name them in the agreement, so the client knows who is responsible for what.

Codes and climate

A hot coastal city, a cold temperate one and a desert site need different buildings. We design to the codes of the place and let its climate, materials and customs shape the design.

Each country decides who may practise, sign and submit drawings.

Approvals take different routes

Planning, building permits, fire and civil-defence approvals differ in sequence and in time. We plan the programme around them from the first week.

Language and contracts

Contracts, drawings and notices may need to be in more than one language. Where the law or an authority requires Arabic, we provide it, and the agreement says which version prevails.

One team

A community of companies lets us offer one point of contact across borders, while each company stays responsible for its own work. See Network and Jurisdictions and governing law.

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