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Sustainable development planning options for every area.

Options for assessing the development potential of your land

Remote assessment options - based on supplied topographic maps

Remote assessment at Keyline Designs is usually based on topographic (contour) maps. Aerial photographs may be very helpful and climatic data such as rainfall records also aid the process.
Clients often post or email scans of this information to Keyline Designs for an initial assessment. These can be developed into a preliminary development proposal. When maps are submitted, the results of the assessment are usually discussed via the telephone. Clients are requested to keep copies of the their maps for use during this discussion. Typed reports and printed plans will be produced if required.

Many clients like to be present during the design process so they can be actively involved in the design process. If this is you then simply make an appointment to visit Keyline Designs for a personal consultation. Some clients combine Keyline consultations with a holiday at Surfers Paradise on Queensland's Gold Coast where Keyline Designs is based. (The Gold Coast is the east coast tourist capital of Australia.)

The consultation may start with an initial assessment and verbal report , of the development potential. An initial Keyline assessment of topographic map may take as little as an hour, although half a day would be more typical.

Further assessment of the supplied maps will result in a preliminary water resource development proposal. Such a proposal will usually include: volume estimates for the most significant earthworks, the storage capacities of dams and some cost estimates. The accuracy of these figures depends upon the precision, scale and contour interval of the topographic maps used.

A preliminary development proposal may take a day or more. Various factors influence the time required to produce a preliminary development proposal, including for example, the area under consideration and the shapes and forms of the landscape.

Keyline Designs services are charged at standard rates (see below) and payments are made at the time by either credit card, cash or cheque.

An "off-the-shelf" topographic map at a scale of 1 in 25,000 showing contours at 5 metres (1 in 24,000 with 20 feet contours) is a suitable map upon which to base either an initial assessment or preliminary development proposal. Smaller scale maps may not reveal significant options and are less precise. However even maps at a scale of 1 in 100,000 with a contour interval of twenty metres (over 50 feet) can provide very useful information and be quite indicative of the general potential of the landscape.

On site assessment and planning

On site work initially aims at selecting a suitable starting project within the overall assessment of a Keyline plan for the property. The starting project is usually staked (pegged) out whilst the consultant is on the property. The whole process usually takes a few days and will take longer in flat country if the pegging out includes Keyline Flood-flow irrigation bays.

Consulting Fees

The consulting service is based on a sliding scale of decreasing hourly rates, plus travel and accommodation expenses if incurred.
If you provide transport, accommodation, pegs and helpers there is no other charge for the service.
N.B. Chargeable consulting time includes; initial assessment of data, discussions in house or office, time spent travelling around the property, plan preparation, report writing, map searches and purchases. When on site it excludes lunch breaks.
For work done in Australia, the fees are in Australian dollars. Where overseas travel is required the figures are the same but in US dollars.
A standard day is eight hours. Long days are charged pro-rata on the daily rate.
Examples of the rates:

A retainer of $374.00 (inc GST) is required and covers the first hour.

The first half day is $1,408.00 (inc GST).

The first standard day is $2,464.00 (inc GST).

The first two standard days is $4,840.00 (inc GST).

The rate by day four and thereafter is $265.00 per hour. (ex GST).
Telephone consultation is $25 per 10 minute unit (ex GST).

Travel and Accommodation.

Where practical these expenses are shared amongst clients.

TRAVEL TIME
All traveling time charged at $149 per hour one way (inc GST).

ROAD
Travel expenses by road are $2.00 per kilometre measured one way from Southport in South-East Queensland. The portion of any journey on unsealed roads, which cause greater wear and tear, may be charged at $3.50 per Km.
Occasionally it may be necessary to hire a vehicle, either from the Gold Coast or from a town or serviced airport near you. Rented cars, are charged out at cost plus the travelling time charge and fuel.

AIR
Return air fares are at cost, which includes any extra baggage charges and insurance (travellers medical and property). Business class is used for international travel.

Alternatively clients may provide all transport and in such cases, only the travelling time fee is applicable.

ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation arrangements are usually that the consultant stays on the property as a house guest, however if this is not practical, than a local motel should be booked.

An extra charge will apply if it is necessary to camp out whilst on the property.

P.O. Box 3289 Southport (Australia Fair), Queensland 4215 AUSTRALIA

Mobile: +61 (0) 4 1874 5120

Fax: +61 (0) 7 5527 0847

Email: info@keyline.com.au
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