ᐅ Building Plans

Hello,

I have a question regarding the design plans from a construction company.

Let's say Company A prepares a design plan for my house.

Company B also prepares a design plan for me.

Now I would like to build with Company B, but using the plan from Company A.

My question is, am I allowed to share these plans?

Or rather, not the entire plan, just the scanned image of the house without any additional data.

So that Company B knows exactly what I want.

Good evening,
In my personal opinion, no, but I would like to have this question answered by our legal experts
@Otus11.

So, only the floor plan would be shown, without any measurements or other details.

I think this might be related to copyright law, since the design didn’t originate from your own ideas. Even if it were allowed, I personally consider it morally wrong to present designs that someone else has put thought into as your own in order to gain an advantage. But that’s just my personal opinion.

A floor plan itself is definitely not protected by copyright. You could simply redraw the floor plan neatly on a piece of paper and take it to your company B to have it built there. Or are you referring to finished construction drawings? Those usually aren’t available during the quotation phase.

There are hundreds of thousands of floor plans online, and sooner or later, they start to repeat. Our construction company said that their floor plans for pre-configured houses are frequently copied.

Alternatively, you could make a small change, and then it would no longer be the floor plan of company A.

Even a floor plan can be considered a work of creative originality.

Certainly not the standard plan that every general contractor or construction company provides, but any individual design can qualify for copyright protection under copyright law.

Therefore, I would at least exercise caution.