Smart Buildings Systems for Architects, Owners and Builders

understands the process, and may make it easier for the designer to specify
the product. Contractors, especially those in IT who may be accustomed to
purchase orders with an itemized list of equipment, must understand the con-
tractual environment of new construction and the way their products will be
identified, specified, and installed.
Understanding construction documents and the roles of the designer and
contractor is important if the total benefits of integrated building systems
are to be attained.

Design and Construction Data

For all of the data and information created and developed during the design
and construction of a building very little of it is used in the operation and man-
agement of the building. It is not that the information and data would not be
useful, but rather that much of the data is created in a static, legacy paper for-
mat. That makes it difficult if not impossible to use the data in facility opera-
tions, property management or business systems unless one decides to
undertake the laborious task of manually entering data.

G General

H Hazardous Materials

V Survey/Mapping

B Geotechnical

W Civil Works

C Civil

L Landscape

S Structural

A Architectural

I Interiors

Q Equipment

F Fire Protection

P Plumbing

D Process

M Mechanical

E Electrical

T Telecommunications

R Resource

X Other Disciplines

Z Contractor/Shop Drawings

O Operations

Drawing

Series

Identifier

Discipline

Figure 13.3 Standard naming convention for construction drawings.

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