Engineering Design Proposal Template

Engineering clients buy risk reduction. This free engineering design proposal template structures your offer around phases,named deliverables, and a fee basis the client can verify.

Executive Summary

This proposal covers structural engineering design services for a proposed 3-story mixed-use building, from schematic design through construction-ready drawings, including liaison with the appointed architect and authority submission support.

State the asset, the span of services (schematic through construction-ready), and the coordination burden you absorb.

Scope of Work

• Schematic structural design and preliminary load calculations
• Detailed structural drawings (foundation, columns, beams, slabs)
• Coordination with architect and MEP consultant (up to 6 coordination meetings)
• Authority submission drawings and query response support
• Site supervision during critical pours (foundation, transfer slab) — 4 site visits included

Cap the coordination (6 meetings, 4 visits). Uncapped liaison is where engineering margins die.

Deliverables

• Structural calculation report
• IFC (Issued for Construction) drawing set
• Authority submission package

Named deliverables turn "design services" into checkable items the client can hold you to — and pay you for.

Investment

Design fee: 3.2% of estimated construction cost (est. RM 4.8M construction cost → RM 153,600). Billed 20% on schematic approval, 50% across detailed design milestones, 30% on IFC issuance.

Percentage-of-construction fees are standard in this trade — show the arithmetic so the client never has to ask how you got the number.

Assumptions

Site conditions per provided geotechnical report; excludes redesign due to client-initiated scope changes after IFC issuance (billed separately at hourly rate).

Assumptions protect both sides. The post-IFC redesign clause alone has saved more engineering fees than any other sentence in this template.

How to use this template

Copy the structure above into your own proposal, or let Apearl draft the full engineering proposal from your brief and fee basis — then track engagement so you follow up while the project is still live.