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Module 1.1 Flashcards

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Specification:

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A contractual document used along with construction drawings. Contains detailed written instructions that supplement the set of drawings.

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What are some of the results of a failure to properly read construction drawings/specifications?

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Costly rework
Unhappy Customers
Legal Liability

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Context: Reading Plans - Bench Mark

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A point established by the surveyor on or close to the building site. Used as a reference for determining elevations during the construction of a building.

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Context: Reading Plans - Contour Lines:

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Imaginary lines on site/plot plan that connect points of the same elevation. They NEVER cross each other.

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Context: Reading Plans - Easement

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A legal right-of-way provision on another person’s property. (For example the right of a neighbor to build a road, or a public utility company to install gas and water lines on a property.) A property owner cannot build on an area where an easement has been identified.

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Context: Reading Plans - Elevation View

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A drawing giving a view from the front or side of a structure.

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Context: Reading Plans - Front Setback

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The distance from the property line to the front of the building

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Context: Reading Plans - Monuments

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Physical structures that mark the location of a survey point.

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Context: Reading Plans - Nominal Size

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The approximate (commercial) size by which lumber, block, etc is commonly known and sold. A 2x4 for example isn’t actually EXACTLY 2x4

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Context: Reading Plans - Plan View

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A drawing that represents looking down on an object.

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Context: Reading Plans - Property Lines

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The recorded legal boundaries of a piece of property

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Context: Reading Plans - Quantity Takeoff

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A procedure that involves surveying, measuring, and counting all materials indicated on a set of drawings.

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Context: Reading Plans - Riser Diagram

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A schematic drawing that depicts the layout, components, and connections of a piping system.

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Context: Reading Plans - Topographical survey

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An accurate and detailed drawing of a place or region that depicts all the natural and man-made physical features, showing their relative positions and elevations.

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Drawing set:

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A set of detailed drawings or plans drawn to scale by an architect/engineer showing all of the information/dimensions to build or remodel a structure. Copies of these are distributed, called Blueprints.

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What is the the information normally contained in a drawing set?

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Title sheets
Title Blocks
Revision Blocks
Architectural drawings

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Context: Reading Plans - Title Sheet

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Normally placed at the beginning of a set of drawings, or at the beginning of a major section of specific drawings. Provides index for the drawings; abbreviations, symbols, and other project data such as location, size of land, etc.

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Context: Architectural Drawings - Section Drawings

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Shows how a particular feature looks inside or how something is put together internally.

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Context: Architectural Drawings - Examples of things you’d find in a section view

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Details of construction and info about stairs, walls, chimney, etc. Floor levels in relation to grade, wall thickness at various locations. And anchor and reinforcing steel.

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Context: Architectural Drawings - Schedules

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Schedules are tables that describe and specify the various types and sizes of materials used in the construction of a building.

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Context: Architectural Drawings - Examples of schedules

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Door schedules, Window schedules, finish schedules. All of particular importance to the carpenter.

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Context: Architectural Drawings - Structural drawings

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Created by a structural engineer and accompany the architects plans. Usually drawn for large structures such as offices or factories.

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Context: Architectural Drawings - Plumping, Mechanical, and Electrical plans

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Exactly what they sound like

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Context: Architectural Drawings - Shop drawings

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Specialized drawings that show how to fabricate and install components of a construction project

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Context: Architectural Drawings - As built drawings

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Drawings showing what was actually done in the construction.

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Context: Architectural Drawings - Soil Reports

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Soil conditions of the area.

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Context: Architectural Drawings - Foundation Plans

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Give information about the location and dimensions of footings, grade beams, foundation walls, stem walls, piers, windows, doors, etc.

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