https://www.symateq.com/blog Field notes on electrical engineering design, BIM coordination, lighting & photometrics and NEC/AS-NZS compliance, from the SYMATEQ engineering team. en Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:04:29 GMT 2026-09-28T16:04:29Z en https://www.symateq.com/blog/electrical-design-phases-sd-dd-cd <div> <strong>U.S. building design conventionally moves through Schematic Design (SD) → Design Development (DD) → Construction Documents (CD), following the AIA's standard phase structure. What "complete" actually means for the electrical scope at each stage is easy to underestimate — electrical deliverables mature at a different pace, and in a different shape, than architectural ones do.</strong> </div> <div> <strong>U.S. building design conventionally moves through Schematic Design (SD) → Design Development (DD) → Construction Documents (CD), following the AIA's standard phase structure. What "complete" actually means for the electrical scope at each stage is easy to underestimate — electrical deliverables mature at a different pace, and in a different shape, than architectural ones do.</strong> </div> <img src="https://track-na2.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=245869316&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.symateq.com%2Fblog%2Felectrical-design-phases-sd-dd-cd&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.symateq.com%252Fblog&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> Electrical Design Sun, 20 Sep 2026 11:15:14 GMT https://www.symateq.com/blog/electrical-design-phases-sd-dd-cd 2026-09-20T11:15:14Z SYMATEQ Engineering Team