Revit Construction Document Contractor (Residential)

Request for Services: Revit Construction Documents (Residential)
Sopris Development / Sopris Homes  |  Boulder, CO  |  Employee, independent consultant (1099), or outside firm  |  HBA of Metro Denver member
About the Work
Sopris Homes is a Boulder-area custom home builder and developer. Architectural design is generally performed in-house by our design staff, who prepare the conceptual design, including floor plans, massing, and elevations. We are seeking a Revit-proficient professional to develop those concepts into complete, coordinated construction documents (CDs) suitable for permitting, pricing, and construction, and to maintain the drawing set through permitting and construction. This is an ongoing, as-needed engagement across several concurrent single-family projects (new custom homes and remodels). We are flexible regarding the structure of the engagement and will consider a full- or part-time employee, an independent consultant (1099), or a drafting or architecture firm.
Scope of Services

• Build and maintain the full residential CD set in Revit: plans, roof plans, elevations, building and wall sections, details, schedules, and general notes. Typically, our designers will supply the conceptual design for development into a complete set, although we anticipate this role expanding over time to include architectural design on select projects.
• Coordinate the set across sheets and disciplines: floor plan, ceiling heights, plate and heel heights, roof framing and truss layouts, structural drawings, details, sections, MEP, and fire sprinkler. Dimensions must be consistent throughout the set.
• Review truss shop drawings and other subcontractor submittals against the architectural plans and issue clear written direction or revised drawings to the supplier.
• Respond to municipal plan review comments (primarily City of Boulder and Boulder County): identify the applicable code basis, incorporate the required revisions, cloud all changes, and return a clean revised set with a written response list.
• Issue revisions in a format suited to construction: every change clouded and tagged with a revision or delta number and date, and a written change log. Incorporate addenda and owner change requests (such as change orders) into the master set.
• Maintain a project record documenting the basis for design decisions (owner request, builder direction, code, or engineering), so that subsequent questions (for example, why a dimension changed) can be answered from the project record rather than from memory.
• Provide native Revit files and DWG/PDF exports promptly to subcontractors (fire sprinkler, truss, framing, civil, energy) on request.
• Incorporate redlines from our designers and project managers, and identify conflicts or missing information before they reach the field.
• As the relationship develops, assume responsibility for architectural design on select projects, from initial concept through schematic design and design development, in collaboration with our team and clients.

Required Qualifications

• Strong, current Revit proficiency, including the ability to build a model from a conceptual sketch and produce production-quality sheets from it. Samples of a complete residential CD set are requested.
• Experience producing permit-ready residential drawings in Colorado, including the IRC/IBC, energy code, WUI and wildfire-hazard provisions, and floodplain or hillside conditions where they apply.
• Working knowledge of wood framing, trusses, engineered beams, foundations (including basements), and current field construction practices.
• Detail-oriented, with a documented quality-control process that identifies inconsistencies before a set is issued.
• Responsive and dependable: requests are acknowledged quickly, delivery dates are established and met, and potential delays are communicated promptly.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including email, markups, and calls with builders, engineers, and suppliers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior work with custom home builders and a design-build or in-house design team, or outside architecture/design firm.
• Experience and familiarity with Revit.
• Familiarity with Bluebeam, Boulder-area plan review, and structural engineering coordination.
• Ability to increase capacity quickly during periods of high workload (e.g., backup drafter or team coverage).
• Residential architectural design experience, with a portfolio demonstrating original design work preferred, or a strong interest in growing into a design role.

Engagement Terms

• Open to a full- or part-time employee, an independent consultant (1099), or an outside firm; the arrangement will be structured around the right candidate. For full-time employment, an in-office position at our Boulder office is preferred.
• Periodic visits to our Boulder office, jobsites, and other locations are expected.
• Compensation may be structured as salary, hourly, per-sheet, or per-project pricing, depending on the arrangement, and will be commensurate with experience. Workload is expected to be steady, with several projects in progress concurrently.
• Consultants and firms are expected to supply their own Revit license and workstation; these will be provided for employees. We will provide concept drawings, specification sheets, and project files.

How to Respond
Interested candidates should email a brief introduction, Revit sample work (residential CDs preferred), examples of original design work if available, their availability, their preferred arrangement (employee, consultant, or firm), and their rate or salary expectations to Andrew Stevens at a.stevens@soprisdevelopment.com, or call 720-612-8115. Applicants are asked to note that they learned of this posting through the HBA.