miCAD inc. offers urban design and computer-aided design [CAD] services to the planning and land development industry throughout the Greater Toronto Area [GTA].  Mike Sciberras is the Principal of miCAD, and draws on his early years at the drafting table to bring together his manual design skills and his expertise in CAD.  Integrating more than thirty-five years of experience, he firmly believes that a melding of pencil and software is fundamental to the design process.  With his roots in Architecture, Mike has worked in the associated fields of Urban Design, Planning, and Land Development.  Apart from one Architectural work term in the Caribbean, he has been employed primarily in the private – but also public – sector within the GTA, and has been responsible for the design, documentation, and presentation of projects in both urban and rural settings.

Mr. Sciberras specializes in CAD-based design; encompassing all facets of planning graphics and urban design initiatives.  The scope of Mike’s work includes the preparation of subdivision designs, draft plans of subdivision and condominium, visioning and master plan concepts for various scaled tracts of land, secondary and tertiary plans, infill residential design, conceptual and submission site plans, and due diligence research mapping.  He is also responsible for planning graphics in support of board and tribunal hearings, official plan amendments, rezoning and committee of adjustment applications, and planning reports.  Mike liaises and works closely with all disciplines – as well as Municipal and Regional levels of government – to effectively provide design solutions to residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, and mixed-use land development projects.

Mike’s keen interest in photography has proven to be an asset throughout his career; particularly when a project calls for a site investigation, or the preparation of displays and exhibits to support a planning initiative.  Similarly, his passion for the software of his trade – coupled with his attention to detail – has given rise to tutoring the next generation of AutoCAD users.