WORKING DRAWINGS HANDBOOK, Fourth Edition

The general arrangement drawing

coded (43) and dealing solely with floor finishes, which
will serve as a base drawing for dealing with nominated
suppliers, finishes pertaining to walls and their ancillaries
for any room other than the most simply decorated are
best dealt with by a series of internal elevation sheets
covering the whole project on a room-by-room basis.

Figure 2.6shows a workable format for this and
demonstrates its use in positioning accurately those
miscellaneous items which if otherwise uncoordinated

are apt to make an unexpected and unwelcome visual

impact during a site visit late in the contract.

Specific problems arise when we come to ceilings,

services and finishes. Some consideration must be given

to the best method of documenting these, for boundaries

tend to overlap and clear thinking is essential.

Ceiling Finishes Ceiling finishes complete the room

but before simply opting for a (45) coded reflected

2.4 Coded system of finishes in room 1/18 compares favourably with over-elaborate annotation of finishes for
room 1/9