WORKING DRAWINGS HANDBOOK, Fourth Edition

Working drawing management

strip sections rather than the traditional ‘section through
the building’, work systematically round the building,
marking on a print the necessity for a fresh section
every time the condition changes. You will finish with a
series of G(21) details—desirably at a scale of 1:50—
whose function will be to establish all important vertical
dimensions and to provide references to larger scale
(and largely repetitive) assembly details of head, sill
and eaves, etc.

The general arrangement drawings are listed in Table V
as they would appear in the drawing register.

Assemblies, components and schedules

The assembly drawings, component drawings and
schedules appropriate to a project of this nature are
listed in Table VI.

The drawing register

The drawing register is a key document in the proper

organisation of a working drawing project and as such

needs to be something rather more than the loose sheet

of paper with a scribbled list of drawing numbers and

titles which sometimes suffices. After all, it serves a

multitude of purposes, being at various times a

declaration of intent, a record of performance and, in

the event of dispute on abandonment of the project after

commencement of the working drawings, possibly a

legal document.

In any case, it will have a relatively long and hard life, so

it should be housed in a hardback folder or file,

preferably of a colour striking enough to make it easily

identifiable in the drawing office (it is essential that it be

to hand immediately whenever a drawing is completed)

The

project

(– – )

(2–)

primary

elements

(20)
site
primary
elements

(21)

external

walls

(27)

roofs (70)

site

fixtures

(30)

site

secondary

elements

(31)

ext

wall

openings

(32)

int

wall

openings

(35)

suspended

ceilings

(87)

special

loose

equipment

(82)

general

room

loose

equipment

(72)

general

room

fixtures

(74)

sanitary

fixtures

(24)

stairs

(8–)

loose

equipment

(4–)

finishes

(5–)

drainage

(7–)

fixtures

(3–)

secondary

elements

This band will normally cover

assembly and component details and

schedules on most projects, but may

well be found unnecessarily detailed

for small projects.

This band will normally cover the

elementalised location plans on most

projects. It will also be used for

assembly and component coding on

small projects.

This band will normally be used for

location drawings and a large

number of the assembly drawings on

small projects; for basic location

plans (i.e. before process negatives are

taken) on large projects.

Table IV A typical range of CI/SfB codes used on a large project