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Study of Building Drawing. Roll No.181001.

This document discusses the different types of drawings used in construction projects. It explains that architectural drawings form the basis for other drawings and include site plans, floor plans, sections, and elevations. Structural drawings provide details of the building foundation, columns, beams, slabs, and reinforcement. Electrical drawings show lighting, switches, and wiring. Plumbing drawings locate pipes and fixtures. Finishing drawings specify materials and textures for floors, walls, ceilings, and other interior and exterior surfaces. Together, these drawings convey all necessary information to construct each part of the building according to the designer's vision.

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Study of Building Drawing. Roll No.181001.

This document discusses the different types of drawings used in construction projects. It explains that architectural drawings form the basis for other drawings and include site plans, floor plans, sections, and elevations. Structural drawings provide details of the building foundation, columns, beams, slabs, and reinforcement. Electrical drawings show lighting, switches, and wiring. Plumbing drawings locate pipes and fixtures. Finishing drawings specify materials and textures for floors, walls, ceilings, and other interior and exterior surfaces. Together, these drawings convey all necessary information to construct each part of the building according to the designer's vision.

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Study of Building

Drawing
Name: Prafful Bhalchandra Bahiram
Roll No.:181001 Div : A
Study of Building Drawing
Different types of drawings is used in construction
such as architectural drawings, structural, electrical,
plumbing and finishing drawings. These drawings
provides layout plans and details for construction of
each and every part of the building.
Drawings plays an important role in the construction
field to convey the ideologies and perspective of the
designer to the layman at site. The drawings may be
used to indicate the overall appearance, inside or
outside the structure, or they may be used to indicate
precise measurements and other details for
construction.
Types of Construction Drawings
There are different type of drawing used for the
construction process. Depending upon the purpose
they serve, construction drawings are divided into 5
types.
1. Architectural Drawing
Architectural drawing can be termed as the
mother drawing for all the other drawings used for
construction. It contains all the details of the
project such as location site plan, setting out plan,
elevations, sections and other details.
1.1 Site Plan

This is primary drawing used for marking out the


plan on the ground. It represents the location,
orientation and information about the site’s
topography, landscaping utilities ,and site work.
1.2 Working Plan
This drawing gives the information of horizontal
dimensions of the building, thickness of walls,
clear spaces inside the building and column
locations. it also shows the openings required in
the building such as doors, windows and
ventilators.
1.3 Section Drawings
Section drawings represents the material of
construction to be used, heights and measurement
of the different components of buildings, type of
structural components such as type of slab , etc. Its
represents the drawing when the building is cut
through a vertical plane.
1.4 Elevation Drawing
Elevation drawing represents the information of
openings, size and shape of external surface,
height of building and finish of the building after
completion. These drawings are made by having a
aesthetic view of the building.
2. Structural Drawing
Structural drawings can be termed as the
backbone drawing of the building. It consists all
the information about the structural intervention
that are coming on a building. It contains many
type of drawing with very minute details and
description.
2.1 General Note

This is more of a codes and by laws of the buildings.


No drawing is found in this, but the details of all the
structural drawings are mention in this such as
concrete mix, lapping length, curing time,
abbreviation, codes and other work procedures.
2.2 Excavation Drawing

This drawing represents the footing excavation


dimension, column position, footing plan and grid
lines of column.
2.3 Column Layout

This drawing represents the position and orientation


of columns and column reinforcement details.
2.4 Plinth Beam Layout

This drawing represents the dimensions, position


and section of plinth beam and the details of
reinforcement in plinth beam.
2.4 Lintel Beam Layout

This drawing represents the dimensions, position


and section of lintel beam and the details of
reinforcement in lintel beam.
2.5 Roof Beam and Shuttering
Layout

This drawing represents the details of reinforcement


of roof beam, its section and shuttering details.
2.6 Roof Slab Layout

This drawing represents the details of reinforcement of


roof slab, its section and openings in the roof for various
purpose such as stairs or skylight.
3. Electrical Drawing

Electrical drawing represent the details of electrical


fixtures, location of switches, fan, light and others. It
also represents the load calculation, tapping for
electricity, wiring path and other interventions such as
AC and UPS and its components.
4. Plumbing Drawing

Plumbing drawings give the location of sanitary, piping for water


supply system, fixture, and the process to connect every fixture.
5. Finishing Drawings
Finishing drawings represents the finish type of
every component of the building such as flooring
pattern, painting color, false ceiling shape,
plastering texture and elevation design. These
details are sometime given in elevation drawings
also.
There is no standard rule of drawings required for
a project. Depending upon the type of building
and requirement, types of drawings are made and
issued .

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