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BSRIA LIBRARY OF BUILDING

SERVICES DETAILS
C J Parsloe

Old Bracknell Lane West,

Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 7AH
Tel: + 44 (0)1344 426511 Fax: + 44 (0)1344 487575
e-mail: [email protected] www.bsria.co.uk
 CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION TO THE LIBRARY ..................................................... 2

2 HOW TO USE THE LIBRARY ................................................................. 4

3 CAD ISSUES.............................................................................................. 8

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording or otherwise without prior written permission of the publishers.
ISBN 0 86022 556 9 ©BSRIA 1745 August 2000
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This work was carried out under contract to the Department of the Environment, Transport and
the Regions, under the “Partners in Innovation” programme. BSRIA acknowledges the financial
support of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions and would like to
thank the following sponsors for their contribution, which has led to the production of the BSRIA
Library of Building Services Details.

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Amec Construction Ltd Hilti (GB) Ltd

BSS Group Plc Lamaco Ltd
Crane Fluid Systems Ltd Lindapter International
E C Harris Mace Ltd
Environmental Engineering Ltd Mannesmann Pressfitting UK
Foremans Ltd N G Bailey & Co Ltd
George Fischer Sales Ltd Oscar Faber Group UK Ltd
Glynwed Pipesystems SAV (UK) Ltd
Gripple Ltd Shepherd Engineering Services Ltd
Hattersley Newman Hender Ltd Flexipipe Ltd
HVCA Waterloo Air Management Ltd
Heery International Ltd

The research project was undertaken under the guidance of a project steering group drawn from
industry representatives and BSRIA staff. The Steering Group contributors were:

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L. Garner G. Manly
M. Forster L. Aston
J. Cooper S. Morris
R. Butterworth L. Fabricius
J. James D. Selby
P. Cartwright R. Wilkins
R. Brailsford G. Hayden
A. Cole N. Pavey
R. Hickmott A. Reader
D. McKenna A. Davies
M. Knight M. Lowe

Drawings Contributors
The drawings included in the first release of the library have been sourced from the following
contributors, before being modified, adapted and approved by pipework, ductwork and electrical
editorial panels.

General M&E Details Heery International Ltd

N G Bailey & Co Ltd
Foremans Ltd
Amec Construction Ltd
Shepherd Engineering Services Ltd
Mitie Engineering Services Ltd
Mace Ltd
Structural Fixings Lindapter International
Hilti (GB) Ltd
Symbols N G Bailey & Co Ltd

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Wire Hangers Gripple Ltd

Valve Arrangements Crane Fluid Systems Ltd
Hattersley Newman Hender Ltd
Lamaco Ltd
SAV (UK) Ltd
Pipe Layouts and Hangers George Fischer Sales Ltd
Flexipipe Ltd
Glynwed Pipesystems
Duct Hangers and Supports HVCA Ductwork Group
Air Terminal Installation HEVAC Air Distribution Group
Lightning Protection BEST – Brooke Edgley Specialist Technical Services Ltd

Draughting support has come from:

• Foremans Ltd CAD Department in the development of interlocking pipework schematics.

• N G Bailey & Co Ltd CAD Department in the development of symbols libraries, and their
associated selection menus.
• Environmental Engineering Ltd in the provision of general draughting facilities.

Particular thanks to Heery International Ltd for supporting the original proposal to develop a
Library of Building Services Details, and their assistance in developing the scope and structure
of the library.

This publication is issued with the agreement of the DETR and every opportunity has been taken
to incorporate the views of the editorial panel, but final editorial control of this document rests
with BSRIA.

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1 INTRODUCTION TO THE LIBRARY

This BSRIA guide has been written to accompany the launch of the BSRIA Library of
Building Services Details.
The library contains 268 drawings illustrating common building services design and installation
details. The drawings were produced with direct input from building services manufacturers,
installers and designers.

It is intended that the drawings in the library will be updated at regular intervals to incorporate
feedback from users or changes in industry practice. It is also the intention to significantly
expand the library, with around 130 additional drawings in preparation at the time of writing,
and significant additional numbers planned for future years.

STANDARDISATION
Whilst it is intended that the drawings should lead to greater uniformity of building services
design and installation practice, it is NOT the intention to impose standard solutions on
engineers. This could inhibit design initiative and hinder product innovation.

For this reason the library of drawings includes alternative solutions for particular applications
and situations, including some of the more innovative ideas available to UK engineers. Every
effort has been made to ensure that each of the solutions included in the library is supported by
past experience or is as recommended by an authoritative body. However, final responsibility
for the application of each solution is ultimately down to the engineer in charge.

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OVERVIEW OF THE LIBRARY AND HOW IT WILL OPERATE:

• All drawings are A4 in size with a standard title and drawing block.
• Drawing categories are as shown in the folders hierarchy illustrated as Figure 1.
• Each drawing has been prepared using AutoCad 2000 LT and saved as a
version 14.dwg file. Drawings can also be viewed and printed using free issue
Volo View Express, a copy of which is included with the drawings.
• The drawings are two-dimensional. Future work on the library will lead to the
development of three-dimensional models.
• Each drawing is structured on a simple four-layer convention. Future releases
will be configured to an industry recognised CAD layering convention.
• Voluntary editorial committees made up from practising engineers will decide
updates and revisions to drawings.
• There will be liaison with the British Standards Institution (BSI) to ensure
eventual uniformity between BSRIA drawings and BSI requirements. Contact
has already been made regarding symbols and pipe hangers.
• It is intended that updates to drawings, plus new releases will be issued at 6-
month intervals.
• Links to other services such as product information and standard specification
clauses are planned for future releases.
• Future updates and new releases will be available to users on a subscription
basis.

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2 HOW TO USE THE LIBRARY

A Powerpoint presentation introducing the library is included in the folder “BSRIA Library
Instructions and Search Help”.

The following sections summarise the main features.

DRAWING NUMBERS
Each drawing has been allocated a number made up of three parts:

e.g. Y31/ATF/003.

The first three digits define the Common Arrangement classification, e.g. Y31 signifies Air
Ductline Ancillaries. This code might be used to cross-reference the drawing to standard
specifications such as the National Engineering Specification, or product directories such as
OPUS.

The second three digits identify the drawing category. Figure 1 shows the three-letter code for
each category of drawings, e.g. ATF signifies Air Terminal Fixings.

The last three digits identify what number the drawing is in that particular category. Any new
drawings introduced to the set will be allocated the next available number.

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Figure 1 Hierarchy of folders for stored drawings

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DRAWING TITLES
The drawing title provides a generic description of the content of the drawing that will suffice if
the drawing is viewed in isolation. Due to space limitations, the drawing titles cannot always be
fully descriptive of the features on the drawings. For this reason, drawing titles within a
particular category are sometimes the same.

DRAWING FILE NAMES

File names are made up from the drawing number followed by a brief description of the drawing
content. These descriptions can be helpful when searching for drawings on the computer. All
file names have been kept below 64 characters.

APPLICATION TICK BOXES

Each drawing has an application tick box indicating the main features on the drawing. These
will be used, in future releases, to create search tables to quickly identify a particular solution
from the various alternatives available.

DRAWING REVISION LETTERS

The drawings in this release have no revision letters. Subsequent revised versions will be issued
as revision A, B, C etc.

DRAWING ISSUE DATES

All of the drawings have their initial release date of July 2000 or earlier. Future revisions will
be issued with their release date.

DRAWING FOLDERS HIERARCHY

Figure 1 shows the hierarchy of folders that house the drawings. Each folder and sub-folder
houses a particular category of drawings. As the library expands, new branches will be added.

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LOCATING A DRAWING
Where the drawing number is known:
• Identify the drawing category from Figure 1 using the category code, then
search in the category folder for the particular drawing number required.
Where the drawing number is unknown:
• Using the AutoCad Open command, use folder names, file names and preview
windows to select.

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3 CAD ISSUES
LAYERING
The drawings have been given the following layering convention:
0-DRAWING - all lines making up the drawing
0-BORDER - the border, title block and accompanying text
0-NOTES - notes, arrows and dimension lines
0-EXPLANATION - explanation of the drawing origin and content.

PLOT STYLE
Plot styles for AutoCAD 2000 are defined in plot style table BSRIA 001.CTB and are
summarised in Figure 2. This file will be copied to the folder AutoCAD 2000/Plot Styles when
the library is installed on any computer containing AutoCAD 2000. This plot style should be
selected when printing out drawings.

It should be noted that plot style tables cannot be selected when printing from AutoCAD 14 or
Volo View Express. As a result, any variation in line weights will be lost. This may affect the
appearance of some of the drawings when printed.
Figure 2 Plot styles

Colour Line weight (mm)

Red 0.13
White 0.18
Green 0.25
Yellow 0.35
Blue 0.50
Magenta 0.70
Cyan 1.00

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In general, layer 0-DRAWING is predominantly white but may use other plot styles as required,
0-BORDER is green whilst 0-NOTES and 0-EXPLANATION are red.

SYMBOLS LIBRARY MENUS

The initial release of drawings includes sets of mechanical and electrical symbols, together with
menus to aid their selection. These menus can be installed on AutoCAD versions 14 and 2000.

To install the BSRIA symbols selection menus, the following procedure should be followed:

From the AutoCAD menu select:

Tools - Options - Files - Support File Search Path.
Add the following directories to the listed options:
C:\BSRIA LIBRARY OF DRAWINGS\Symbols\Mechanical
C:\BSRIA LIBRARY OF DRAWINGS\Symbols\Electrical
C:\BSRIA LIBRARY OF DRAWINGS\Symbols\Menus.

When completed click OK to exit.

On the command line enter MENULOAD. Select the Menu Groups tab, and then click browse
to retrieve your new menu. The menu to be loaded is:
C:\BSRIA LIBRARY OF DRAWINGS\Symbols\Menus\bsria.mnc.

Having located it, click on Load to see it added to the Menu Groups.

Select the tab Menu Bar, Select BSRIA as the Menu Group. Three menus should be visible:
BSRIA Mechanical, BSRIA Electrical and BSRIA Standards. These can now be inserted onto
the Menu bar at the required locations.

Load the bsria.lsp file as required. There are a variety of ways to do this, but the most common
are as follows:

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1. Use the APPLOAD command to load the files. Add the following line to your acaddoc.lsp
file: (Load “C:\BSRIA LIBRARY OF DRAWINGS\Symbols\Menus\bsria.lsp”).
2. Alternatively, load the file into your “Start-up” suite. Create a .mnl file to load the routine
as needed.

Menu contents
Library symbols can either be inserted onto the current active layer or onto a British Standard
defined layer. A toggle located in the BSRIA Standards menu enables users to switch between
these options. The routine looks at three characters of the block name and assigns a layer
according to the characters found. The routine utilises the following variables that may interfere
with other routines present on the system:

bslayer On a BS layer or not

symscale Symbol scale size.

There is a facility to attach attribute data to individual symbols. The options to display attribute
data or prompt for attribute data are given in the BSRIA Standards menu.

Scaling factors have been set up to allow full scaling capabilities dependant on the required
“Plotted Scale Output”. This ensures that all symbols, no matter what the plotted output scale,
are the same size. This can be changed as required by changing the scale properties within the
Lisp routine.

The block construction is all on layer 0 of AutoCAD thus ensuring that layer protocols are
followed on any system.

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PIPEWORK SCHEMATICS
The pipework schematics form a significant proportion of the pipework drawings included in
this first release. These are stand-alone drawings that illustrate the typical arrangements of
pipework components in different parts of heating and chilled water re-circulating systems.
The drawings have been dimensioned such that they can be pieced together like a jigsaw puzzle,
using the AutoCAD Insert command, to form a complete schematic diagram of a system.
Examples of pipework schematics generated in this way are shown in the powerppoint
presentation on the CD. Adjacent blocks are differentiated by their colour.

Tips for creating schematics:

• Use file names and preview windows to help select the blocks you require.
• If you require an explanation of the features on any particular block, open it as a drawing
and view it in paper space. You will find notes and an engineering explanation of all the
features on the drawing.
• Start off by inserting a “Primary Circuit” and build from there.
• Primary circuit flow and return headers are made up from a series of straight lines. Insert
connecting blocks using “object snap”. This will identify where each line ends and hence,
the appropriate insert position.
• Primary circuits are sized to accommodate three boiler/chiller circuits and five secondary
(hook-up) circuits. The headers can be exploded, then shortened or lengthened to
accommodate different numbers of circuits.
• Some blocks have been saved as “flow right”, “flow left” or “flow up”. These are the
same drawings saved in different orientations to facilitate their use when pieced together.

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• Riser bases are drawn to suit low level plant rooms - they can be exploded and trimmed
back to suit risers fed from roof top plant rooms.
• On completion of a drawing, check to ensure flow directions are consistent, components
are shown in their correct orientations and that there is no unnecessary duplication of
components.
NB It is possible to assemble blocks in a way which makes no engineering logic. An
experienced designer must assemble the drawings, and any resulting schematics should be
checked for inconsistencies.

The Powerpoint presentation included on the accompanying CD provides an illustrated example

of how the schematics might be pieced together to form a complete system. It is recommended
that users view this presentation before attempting to build schematics.

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