CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS

Construction drawings

are visual plans either drawn by hand or with digital programs depicting a structure to be built for residential, public or commercial properties.

Construction drawings

can help make sure all the different professionals working on a construction site know before the project begins what they are working on and what the result should be.

1. Site plan

2. Plot plan

3. Excavation plan

4. Floor plan

5. Elevation plan

6. Sections drawing

7. Detail drawing

8. Mechanical and Electrical drawings

9. Plumbing and Drainage

10. Finishing drawings

11. Reflected ceiling drawings

12. Perspective drawings

HERE ARE 12 TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS THAT A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT NEEDS:

Site plan

Provides a map of the construction site.

Site plans

contain information about existing structures on or near the construction project, such as roads and buildings in nearness. This includes topographical elements, or natural teatures, such as foliage and changes in land elevation.

Plot plans

Are like site plans in that they both depict the whole project site. Both also typically use an aerial, or above-ground, view. However, plot plans provide more details about the land where the structure will be, such as land survey marks.

Plot plans

are often used to establish the boundaries of both the structure and the entire area of purchased land.

Excavation plan

drawings show the dimensions of the future excavation on the project site. The drawings might specify how the excavation should occur, such as through trenching or tunneling.

Excavation plan

The depth, width and length of this depend on the particular project and site. For example, a home with a basement likely needs a deeper like this process than one without.

Trenching or tunneling.

The drawings might specify how the excavation should occur, such as through?

Floor plan

show what the construction project would look like it viewed aerially without a roof. Structures with multiple levels typically have a unique plan for each level.

Elevation drawings

Drawings depict the structures vertically, as if you were looking straight at them. Architects draw this plans in two dimensions, so they do not present a project’s depth.

Section drawings

drawings are like elevation plans in that both depict the project from a vertical perspective. However, while elevation plans show what a building should look like once completed from the outside, this plans show the hidden structures beneath the building's facade.

Facade

the face of a building, especially the principal front that looks onto a street or open space.

Detail drawings

Depicts elements shown in other construction drawings on a larger scale. This larger drawings provide more thorough information about the placement of and the connections between different parts.

• Door frames

• Staircases

• Material connections, such as where a column meets the foundation

• Cornices, or decorative features near the top of a wall

• Window frames

An architect might create detail drawings for:

Mechanical and electrical drawings

Show the design and locations of the future building's power structures.

Plumbing and drainage drawings

Show how water moves in and out of the building. Ensuring proper drainage on your construction project helps to keep people who use the building in the future healthy.

Pipes, Water tanks, Pumps, Drains and Vents

These plumbing and drainage drawings show the exact locations and sizes of fixtures such as:

Finishing drawings

Like detail drawings, this drawings display smaller specifications for the construction projects.

Finishing drawings

The difference is that while detail drawings focuses on a building’s structural elements, such as door and window frames, this drawing focuses more on design elements.

Floor patterns, Plaster texture, Wall paint, colors and etc....

Finishing drawings includes:

Reflected ceiling drawings

Shows what the ceiling should look like when seen from the floor.

• The light fixtures attached to ceilings

• The aesthetic features of a cornice

• The design of a visible column

Reflected ceiling plans might show elements such as:

Perspective drawings

Perspective drawings depict a proposed structure

in

three dimensions.

Help provide a more thorough understanding of how the construction project will look once finished.

Perspective drawing

Might help construction crews visualize, for example, how porches attached to the outsides of apartment units might appear once constructed.