AutoCAD + MicroStation
Production Drafting
Engineer-supervised drawing production in 2D and 3D, for utility distribution and transmission packages (12 kV and 69 kV class). Built to your standards and checked before it ships.
CAD & Drafting Design Services
Production drafting for utilities, engineering firms, and contractors across Arizona and the Southwest. Built to pass utility review the first time, since 1987.
- SDVOSB Certified
- Since 1987
- SRP & APS Drafting Standards
- Days-Not-Weeks Redline Turnaround
A Design Isn't Done Until the Drawings Pass Review. That's the Part Everyone Underestimates.
Drafting is where cheap goes expensive. A drawing that fails utility review costs a full review cycle, and the schedule hit lands weeks after the savings did. A wrong as-built costs far more, years later, when a record drawing doesn't match the field.
At ARUSI, drafting runs inside an engineering firm, not a drafting shop. Every package moves through engineer-supervised QA/QC before it leaves, so clearances get questioned, BOM conflicts get caught, and field-impossibilities get flagged instead of drawn. If a reviewer has ever bounced a vendor's drawings back to you, you already know why that matters.
We're a Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business based in Phoenix, drafting to SRP and APS standards from daily program work since 1987.
— How We Work
What Makes Working With ARUSI Different
Most shops deliver drawings. ARUSI delivers drawings that pass review. That's the difference clients notice on the first submittal.
01
Drafting inside an engineering firm.
Every package moves through engineer-supervised QA/QC before it leaves. You get production speed with engineering judgment behind it: clearances questioned, BOM conflicts caught, field-impossibilities flagged instead of drawn.
02
Built to pass your specific reviewer.
We draft to SRP and APS standards daily, symbology, title blocks, work-order and BOM conventions. Packages are built for the reviewer they're going to, not a generic standard.
03
AutoCAD and MicroStation, both native.
We produce in whichever environment your program runs on, plus Civil 3D drafting support. No conversion tax on your team, no platform mismatch to work around.
04
Program-volume throughput, tracked weekly.
We produce across annual books of 35+ work orders and transmission programs of 30+ work orders, tracked weekly against target hours. Overflow capacity that behaves like a program vendor, not a freelancer.
— What We Do
CAD & Drafting Design Services
From a five-sheet redline batch to an annual book of work, at whatever cadence your program runs.
Days-Not-Weeks
Redline Incorporation
Field changes worked into utility-standard drawings on a days-not-weeks turnaround, then re-verified before resubmittal so a revision doesn't become a second review cycle.
Closeout-Ready
As-Built & Record Drawings
Record drawing sets a utility or jurisdiction will actually accept, matching what was built. The drawings that clear closeout and energization instead of blocking them.
35+ Work-Order Books
Program Drafting Support
Standing weekly throughput for annual programs, overflow that scales with your book of work and tracks against target hours. Capacity behind your engineers, not a takeover of your project.
SRP + APS
Standards Conformance
Packages built to your drafting standards and proven early. On a first engagement, first deliverables are checked against your standards so corrections happen once, at the start, not across the whole book.
— The Engagement
How a Typical ARUSI Engagement Works
No ambiguity about how the work starts or how it moves. Here's what to expect.
1
Intake
You provide scope, CAD standards, title blocks, reference files, and the target reviewer. We confirm platform, conventions, and turnaround.
2
Estimate
An hour estimate by discipline and a delivery cadence: per-drawing, per-batch, or standing weekly throughput for program work.
3
Standards alignment
On a first engagement, we prove conformance early. First deliverables are checked against your standards so corrections happen once, not across the whole book.
4
Production
Drafting delivered in agreed batches under engineer-supervised QA/QC, tracked weekly against the estimate.
5
Review and redline turnaround
Your comments or the utility's are incorporated on a days-not-weeks turnaround, then re-verified before resubmittal.
6
Closeout
Final CAD files in your environment, as-builts incorporating field changes, and a drawing record that matches what was built.
— A Real Project
Redline Design Program
Redline volume at utility scale, where every drawing must conform and every delay stacks against closeout. Major Arizona Utility
The Situation
A major Arizona utility was running sustained redline design across its distribution accounts, alongside annual cable-replacement and new-business books. Field changes had to be incorporated into utility-standard drawings at program volume, and every drawing had to conform to the utility's own standards.
What ARUSI Did
We provided redline design and drawing production across the utility's distribution accounts at program volume, under engineer-supervised QA/QC, tracked weekly against target hours.
The Outcome
In the utility's own vendor performance data covering January to July 2026, ARUSI's redline design work rated among the client's top-performing design vendors.
— Answers
Frequently asked questions
Yes. ARUSI drafts to each client's standards, including SRP and APS symbology, title blocks, and BOM conventions, and every package moves through engineer-supervised QA/QC before it ships. Drawings are built for the specific reviewer they're going to
Yes. ARUSI produces in both AutoCAD and MicroStation, matching whichever platform a client's program runs on.
Yes. ARUSI produces as-built and record drawing sets that incorporate field changes and match what was built, ready for utility and jurisdiction closeout.
ARUSI's primary NAICS codes are 541330 (Engineering Services), 541340 (Drafting Services), and 541370 (Surveying and Mapping Services). It also works under 237130 (Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction).
ARUSI is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, at 4720 E Cotton Gin Loop #140, Phoenix, AZ 85040. It has served clients across Arizona and the Southwest since 1987.
Yes. ARUSI's SDVOSB status and enterprise certifications let national firms meet set-aside and small-business goals while keeping local engineering depth on the team. ARUSI bids as both prime and subcontractor.
— Trust Signals
Certifications & Credentials
SDVOSB
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
DBE
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise — Arizona Unified Certification
SBE
Small Business Enterprise — City of Phoenix
— Get Started
Ready to Talk About Your Project?
whether you need redline overflow, a program drafting partner, or a closeout drawing set, ARUSI is ready to engage.