AR320

“SHOP DRAWINGS”
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 01
ASSIGNMENT 4 - FINALS
BSA 4B

CO
IBUS, GRETCHEL FAYE G. AR. EDISON HARVEY R. MALUPENG
SHOP DRAWINGS

• Important for manufacturers or fabricators to represent design intent with detailed plans. They help
in the fabrication process by providing important information including that on manufacturing,
assembly, and installation of building components. Shop drawings are produced by the contractors,
subcontractors, fabricators, or manufacturers.

CONDITIONS IN THE PREPARATION OF SHOP DRAWINGS:

• The Contractor shall prepare at his own expense and submit two copies of all shop or setting drawings,
templates, patterns and models
• The Owner shall pass upon them making desired corrections, if any.
• The Contractor shall make the corrections in the shop drawings required by the Owner and file with
the latter three (3) corrected copies thereof.

SUB CONTRACTOR SHOP DRAWINGS

• All working and erection dimensions.

• Arrangement and sectional views.
• Necessary details, including complete information for making connections with other work.
• Kinds of materials and finishes.

Shop drawings shall be dated and contain

(a) the name of project

(b) the descriptive names of equipment, materials, and classified item numbers and

(c) the location at which materials or equipment are to be installed in the Work.
CORRECTIONS, CHANGES AND VARIATIONS:

• The Contractor shall submit three sets of prints of shop drawings to the Owner for approval.
• Satisfactory shop drawings will be so identified by the Owner, dated, and one copy thereof returned
to the Contractor.
• Should shop drawings be disapproved by the Owner, one set of such shop drawings will be returned
to the Contractor indicating therein the corrections and changes to be made.
a. The Contractor shall make the required corrections and changes and resubmit the shop
drawings, in duplicate, until the Owner's approval is obtained.
b. Upon receipt of such approval, the Contractor shall insert the date of approval on the
tracings and promptly furnish the Owner with three additional prints of approved drawings.
c. No work called for by the shop drawings shall be executed by the Contractor until the
Owner's approval is given.
d. If the shop drawings show variations from the Contract requirements because of standard
shop practice or other reasons, the Contractor shall make specific mention of such
variations in his letter of submittal.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACCURACY:

• If the Contractor is a specialty contractor or is engaged by the Owner as a specialty contractor, the
Owner's approval of shop drawings will be general.
• It shall not relieve the Contractor of responsibility for accuracy of such shop drawings, nor for
proper fitting and construction of work, nor for furnishing of materials or work required by the
Contract and not indicated on the shop drawings.
• The Owner's approval of such drawings or schedule shall not relieve the specialty contractor from
responsibility for deviations from the Drawings or Specifications, unless he has, in writing, called
the Owner's attention to such deviations at the time of submission and secured the Owner's written
approval.