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Construction
Drawings
MR. WARREN
Introduction
Construction drawings are architectural or
working drawings used to represent a
structure or system.
Piping
and instrumentation drawings or
P&IDs are diagrams of a complete piping
system that show the process flow.
Mechanical Plans
For
more complex jobs, a separate heating,
ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC)
plan is added to the set of plans.
This
drawing shows the piping, valves,
heads, and switches that make up a
buildings fire sprinkler system.
Specifications
Specificationsare written statements that the
architectural and engineering firm provides to
the general contractors.
They
define the quality of work to be done and
describe the materials to be used.
They
also clarify information that cannot be
shown on the drawings.
Request for Information
(RFI)
A request for information is used to clarify
any discrepancies in the plans. If you notice
a discrepancy, you should notify the
foreman who will write up the RFI.
The
RFI is submitted to the superintendent,
who passes it to the architect of engineer,
who then resolves the discrepancy.
Scale
The scale of a drawing tells the size of the
object drawn compared with the actual size
of the object represented.
The scale is shown in the title block, beneath
the drawing itself, or in both places.
On a site plan, the scale might read SCALE:
1=20 this means that every inch on the
drawing represents 20 feet.
Scale
The
scale used to develop site plans is an
engineers scale.