WORKING DRAWINGS HANDBOOK, Fourth Edition

Working drawing management

Working drawing management

drawing method becomes universally

employed and recognised throughout

the building industry—and despite the

increasing emphasis being laid on

the Coordinated Project Information

documents previously referred to we

are still a long way from that—it is

incumbent on the producing office to

give clear directions as to how its

drawings may best be used.

Instruction must take two forms if it is to

be effective. There must be a verbal

explanation of the method, when the

building team is shown the search

pattern for information. The initial site

meeting is a useful venue for this. There

must also be a written guide for

subsequent reference, and this will be a

useful document to bind into the office

manual. Newcomers to the office need

to know how the office method works.

An office manual which embodies the

drawing and coding methods advocated

in this handbook could be prepared for

use by other members of the office,

other consultants and contractors alike.

It might be set out as shown below.

A Guide to these Drawings

The drawings in this project have been

arranged in the following manner:

1.0) All information in the drawing set

is divided into five basic categories

of drawing. These are (relating for

example to windows):

 General arrangement drawing

(coded G) showing whereanything

5.12 Drawing issues form accompanying all drawings issued provides
a convenient file record of such issues

Drawings guide

It is no use preparing your drawings on a well structured
and carefully thought out basis if you are the only one
who knows about it. Until such time as a standard