ARC – 311

ARCHITECTURAL DETAILING
(Unit – 2&3)
Set of drawings

Whoever the user is—and the users of a set of drawings will be many and various—he has the right to
expect that the information given to him will be:

1. an accurate record of the designer’s intentions

2. clearly expressed and easily understood
3. comprehensive and sufficiently detailed for its purpose
4. easily retrievable from the mass of other information with which, inevitably, it will be combined.
5. The information conveyed must be technically sound

Functions of a set of drawings (the list is by no means exhaustive)

It forms for different people and at different times:

• a basis for tendering
• a contractual commitment
• a source for the preparation of other documents
• a statement of intent for the purpose of obtaining statutory consents
• a framework for establishing nominated subcontractors or suppliers
• a source for the preparation of shop drawings
• a shopping list for the ordering of materials
• a construction manual
• a model for developing the construction programme
• a supervising document
• a record of variations from the contract
• a base document for measurement of the completed works and preparation of the final accounts
• a base document for defects liability inspection
• a record of the completed structure
• a source of feedback.
Contractor
The structure of working drawings

Every set of working drawings consisting of more than one sheet is structured, for it represents a more or less
conscious decision on the part of the draughtsman to put certain information on one sheet of paper and
certain other information on others.
What, where and how? - fundamental to the business of
building communications

The information that an operative needs to know about each

element of the building he is called upon to
construct may be classified into three distinct types:

1.He needs to know what it is that he has to install or erect.

Whether it be a window frame, brick or cubic metre of concrete,
he needs to know certain information about its nature and
physical dimensions.
2. He needs to know where it is to be placed. This demands
pictorial and dimensional information
regarding its relationship to the building as a whole.
3. He needs to know how it is to be placed or fixed in relation to
its immediate neighbouring elements.

All building information is hierarchic in its nature and proceeds

from the general to the particular.

Primary structuring—by information type

Location information, answering the questions: where are

components to be built or installed and where
further information about them may be found?
Component information, answering the question: what is the
component like?
Assembly information, answering the question: how are the
various components to be related one to
another—how are they to be assembled?
the primary structuring of
drawn information
represented by the general
arrangement/
assembly/component
format. Where they tend to
diverge is in their approach
to secondary structuring
and their methods of
identifying and coding it.
Elemental structuring system
Conventions for doors
and windows
Symbols indicating materials
Electrical,
telecommunications and
fire protection symbols
Non-active lines and symbols
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