The general arrangement drawing
2.23 Site plan with inset assembly details is not to be recommended. Such details form no part of what is
essentially a general arrangement drawing
Buildings to be demolished or removed.
The extent of earthworks, including cutting and filling,
and the provision of banks and retaining walls.
Roads, footpaths, hardstandings and paved areas.
Planting.
The layout of external service runs, including
drainage, water, gas, electricity, telephone, etc.
The layout of external lighting.
Fencing, walls and gates.
The location of miscellaneous external
components—bollards, litter bins, etc. (2.22).
These are multifarious functions and some consideration
has to be given to the desirability of elementalising them
on to different drawings. The problem with site plans,
however, is that these functions are closely interrelated.
Incoming services may well share duct runs, which in turn
will probably be related to the road or footpath systems;
manhole covers will need to be related to paving layouts if
an untidy and unplanned appearance is not to result.There is a case for recording demolitions and earth
movement on separate drawings. These are after all
self-contained activities which will precede the other site
works. Indeed, they may well form the subject of
separate contracts and will often be carried out before
other aspects of the site works have been finalised.
Similarly, pavings are a finishing element which may