Building Drawings and Users Flashcards
What do Clients do?
The people that commission the project
What does a Quantity Surveyor do?
They do cost planning and commercial management throughout the project
What do Conservation Bodies do?
They work together to conserve and enhance the natural and cultural heritage of cities and towns
What do Architects do?
They design new buildings, extensions or alterations to existing buildings
What does an Interior Designer do?
They are involved in the design or renovation of internal spaces, including structural alterations, furnishings, fixtures and fittings, lighting and colour schemes.
What do Landscape Architects do?
They plan, design and manage open spaces including both natural and built environments.
What do Town Planners do?
They are involved in making long and short-term decisions about the management and development of cities, towns, villages and the countryside.
What do Building Surveyors do?
Provide professional advice on property and construction, which spans across residential, commercial, industrial, leisure and agriculture projects.
What do Construction Trades do?
This comprises of all trades such as joiners, electricians, plumbers e.c.t.
These people will be specialist in their trade and used to construct items within buildings as required by their skill set.
Explain Location Plans
The location plan identifies the location of a proposed site/new building within its surroundings/local area. It helps with planning the layout of a new project.
The new building and plot are outlined with a thick black line
The scale of the drawing is normally 1:1250.
Explain Site Plans
A site plan, shows the site boundary and the outline of the new building
Explain Floor Plans
A floor plan, shows the inside of the house, highlighting the layout/position of rooms, windows, doors, fixtures and fittings.
These are commonly drawn at a scale of 1:100 or 1:50.
Explain Fixture Plans
A fixture plan, provide a more detailed floor plan, clearly showing how the positioning of fixtures/fittings within a room.
These may also link in with services layers
These are commonly drawn at a scale of 1:25.
What is a Topographical survey?
Used to identify and plan around the lay of the land in terms of contours (how steep the land is) and existing natural/man made features
What is an Underground survey?
Used to assess the suitability of the land being built on.
This will include looking at depth of substrate, the type of substrate in order to determine the best foundations for the building
What is a Drainage survey?
Identifies how drainage should be installed to remove waste water from
storms or man-made waste in domestic/commercial properties.
Can also be used to determine how a property may be connected to existing mains drainage and sewers.
Can identify any issues with underground sewage or drainage pipes such as blockages.
What is a Feature survey?
Used to identify and plan features such as hard landscaping
They are used to plan landscapes around properties as required by the design.
What is Storm Water?
Refers to the excess overflow from adverse precipitation. This water is drained from external areas of the home, back towards rivers, seas , oceans.
What is Foul Water?
Refers to home waste water such as toile, bath, shower water etc. This is directed to sewage treatment plants via sewage main lines.
Describe a Location Plan
identifies the location of a proposed site/new building within its surroundings/local area.
It helps with planning the layout of a new project/site/building and is required by the local government planning department.
Scale 1:1250
Describe a Site Plan
shows the site boundary and the outline of
the new building.
Paths, roads and neighbouring plots may be shown.
Scale 1:200
Describe a Floor Plan
Shows the inside of the house, highlighting the layout/position of rooms, windows, doors, fixtures and fittings.
Scale 1:100 or 1:50.
Describe a Fixture Plan
These provide a more detailed floor plan, clearly showing how the positioning of
fixtures/fittings within a room.
Scale 1:25
Describe a Sectional View
Shows a cut through the building, providing construction trades with the relevant information about how the house should be built.
Scale 1:20 or 1:25
