How can I compete against the bigger firms and still make a profit?

 How can I grow my practice without taking extra headcounts?

If you find yourself asking these questions, you are not alone. PDR is pleased to work with you as the need arises. You eliminate the need to purchase equipment and software or to provide office space and training. You pay for
the work only when you need it.
 
The Challenge
Many architectural and engineering companies may not be able to sustain the overhead and costs of training a full-time draftsman, or simply may not maintain the consistently high volume of work required to justify a full-time employee. Temporary spikes in demand for engineering resources and the need to control project and/or salary costs usually drive engineering outsourcing. The PDR Development Center can address both by delivering your project on time and on budget. PDR has the resources, organization and innovative thinking to support your CAD Services outsourcing needs.

All around the globe, outsourcing has proven to be a valuable alternative for companies that want to stay focused on their core technologies and activities. Besides, outsourcing is often an ideal way to increase capacity, reduce costs and increase flexibility.

Benefits
There are many strategic benefits to outsourcing engineering and drafting services including increased profitability, performance, and shareholder value.

Engineering firms can focus on schematic designs, equipment selection, meetings with clients and architects, construction administration and pass on the detailed engineering, drafting and other technical work to us.

More specifically these benefits include:
   - Increased focus on core business by off-loading non-value added work
   - Achieved efficiencies by reducing employment-related expenses and issues
   - Gained access to expertise in multiple fields
   - Gained access to highly-skilled workforce with no training cost, hardware and
      software
   - expense
   - Gained independence and internal efficiencies
   - Gained access to advanced technology
   - Direct cost savings by reducing operation and management overhead
 
Cost-Saving Scenario – an example
Whether your workload exceeds your capacity or your company cannot justify a full-time drafting position, outsourcing your CAD services proves to be a very cost effective solution. If you consider the typical costs involved with hiring an employee; advertising, salary, taxes, benefits, hardware, software and compare it to the expense of hiring PDR, the cost savings are clear. As an example, let us calculate the cost per employee in a typical engineering firm:

$60,000
+ $15,000
+ $ 3,500
+ $ 2,000 computer
+ $ 1,500
  - Salary
- Benefits
- CAD software
- Intel P4M High-speed
- Annual Training
     
= $82,000
   per employee
That same client could spend $15,000 on average utilizing PDR services..
That’s a $67,000 per employee savings!!! Hiring the staff at PDR costs approximately 18% of a full-time employee.