Working Drawings Handbook
less conscious decision on the part of the
draughtsman to put certain information on one sheet
of paper and certain other information on others.
Even were the reason for doing so simply that there
is insufficient space on a single sheet of paper, a
selection has still to be made of what to put on each
sheet and a sensible basis for that division has to be
determined.
Indeed, the simplest of single sheet applications to a
local authority for approval under the Building
Regulations for the erection of a garage is likely to
contain a small-scale plan showing the site in relation to
the surrounding neighbourhood as well as a
dimensioned plan of the building itself. This in effect
acknowledges the existence of some informational
hierarchy within which certain different aspects of
instruction about the building may sensibly be given in
different places and in different ways (1.4).In the following pages we shall be not so much seeking
to impose a method of doing this as seeking out the1.3 Drawings, specification and bills of quantities. Each has a clearly defined role in the building package