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Custom Plans: Ai does not have any 60' stock plans. All the plans for the 60' would be custom. The custom plans start at $3,500. Once we see your sketch or ideas our Plans Coordinator will quote you a price to design your custom set of Building Plans. Ai has a blank floor planner for the 60' dome whose scale is 1/10" = 1 foot. To email us click on
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to receive the blank planner for free or you can purchase a dxf disc that contains the 60' floor planner and to-scale furniture. To learn more click on DXF. {The paper mini-dome that comes with the other DXF CDs is of a three frequency dome - our 30'-48' sizes. The 60' dome is a four frequency dome.}
As far as floor plan design, what Ai has found works best is for you to sketch out your ideas on a blank piece of paper or on the 60' floor planner page in the stock floor plan booklet (or provided in the 60' DXF formated CD) and email them to us by clicking on Contact Us or fax them to 321-639-8778. If you fax your sketch, please call our office to assure that we received your fax...correct number of pages and that it is legible. Please include your name, address, telephone number and best time(s) to contact you. Our Plans Coordinator will review your sketch and call you with questions and email you a price quote. Once we receive payment in full for the Building Plans and the price quote signed, Ai schedules your plans for production. Once we start the design of your plans, you will generally receive two rough drafts that you review and make changes on. After you approve the final draft, Ai designs your structural blue prints and completes your plans. Once we start the design, your 60' custom plans could take 10 weeks or more to complete.......usually most of the time is taken up between when we send you the draft and when you return it to us. Engineer Seal on the Building Plans: Because Ai sells domes through out the USA and many of our clients do not require engineer sealed plans. The engineer seal is a separate cost with a commercial building usually costing more than a residential structure. If you are utilizing the 60' dome for commercial purposes, you will need engineer sealed building plans. Click on Building Permit to learn more. Lift instead of an Elevator: Because of the shape of the dome a second floor is a natural. To access the second and third floors instead of an elevator, install an electric winch powered lift in a 4’x4’ area or an elevator or a stair railing chair. Also you could design all your living space and master bedroom and bath on the first floor and put a guest bedroom and bath on the second floor and use the rooms for guests or for storage. Click on Lift to learn more. Frequency: The 22’ & 27” Domes are two frequency, ½ sphere on a 4’ vertical riser wall. The 30’ 34’, 36', 40', 45’, & 48’ Domes are three frequency, 3/8 sphere on a 4’ vertical riser wall. The 60’ Dome is a four frequency, 3/8 sphere on a 4’ vertical riser wall. Frequency is the number of segments between the centers of the pentagons. Ai limits four frequency use to our 60 dome because if we used that geometry for the smaller domes we would end up with too many panels and panels of too small a size. Commercial Dome Buildings: Ai's dome building kits are ideal for a church. However obtaining a building permit on a commercial structure, especially a church where people gather is not easy. The building departments tend to be more stringent on commercial buildings. For example, they may require you to hire a licensed builder and hire licensed subcontractors to finish a commercial structure. The building department may require a thicker interior wallboard on the interior E.P.S. and will probably require a sprinkler system. All this can be done in the dome, it just increases your cost. |