Working Drawings Handbook
G(3–)001 1:100 Plan at level 1—Secondary elements This series is used in this particular set as a
002 2 — ,, means of locating, and uniquely identifying for
003 3 — ,, scheduling purposes, internal doors, roof lights,
004 4 — ,, gulleys and balustrades. While the plans group all
005 5 — ,, this information under the (3–) code, nevertheless
the referencing of individual components will be more
G(3–)006– 009 1:00 Elevations 6,7,8,9—Secondary specific, e.g. plans G(3–), will locate and identify
elements both (32) 2/007 (internal opening, i.e. door number
7 on level 2) and (34) 003 (balustrade number 3).
External openings, i.e. windows, external doors,
ventilation grilles, etc. are located and numbered
on these elevations.
Note that while suspended ceiling (35) may also
be included on the G(3–) series if required it may
be less confusing to give them a separate (35)
series of plans. Again common sense will dictate
the approach.
G(4–)001 1:100 Plan at level 1—Finishes There are many ways of indicating the finishes
002 you want. You may tabulate them into a purely
003 descriptive schedule. You may code them into a form
004 of shorthand (e.g. F3 Floor finish type 3) and refer
005 them back from the plans to a vocabulary of finishes.
(This is the method assumed in this
G(4–)006– 009 1:100 Elevations 6,7,8,9—External set. It has the advantage that a drawn vehicle for
finishes the information already exists, i.e. the basic plans,
and the elemental method allows decisions on finishes
to be deferred without detriment to other more urgent
information being conveyed to the contractor at the
right time.) Or you may use the room data sheets
already referred to, with the advantage that this
approach is more consistent with the room-by-room
way in which finishing tradesmen actually work.
The elevations are an obvious medium for
conveying information about external finishes, and
their representation may vary from Letratone to
laboriously drawn brick coursing. NBS offers a
more precise and less onerous alternative with
its system of coded references tied back to
comprehensive specification descriptions, F11/1 for
example will be uniquely designated in the
specifications as ‘the selected facing brick laid in 1:1:6
cement-lime-sand mortar in Flemish Bond and with
flush pointing’and the coding F11/1 on the elevation will
delineate the areas to which this description applies.
Table V (continued)
Drawing number Scale Title Comments