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What are the roles of drawings as means of communication in construction?

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Question added by asnath marero
Date Posted: 2016/02/17
Gulzar Ahmad
by Gulzar Ahmad , Lead Engineer Drafting Section , Ranco And Zamil Precast Industries.

Drawing is the main source to communicate whole project to each person in the project team. By drawing every section understand their scope of work, dimensions, materials. It starts from the conceiving of project idea and lead the whole team for correctly execute the project.

Nizar Nizar
by Nizar Nizar , Business Manager , Lumos Production

When people doing construction, they need to follow the construction drawing as their guide. Within construction drawing, they will know about dimension and other details about how to construct in the field

Mostafa Abdalrehem
by Mostafa Abdalrehem , Design Manager , New Giza for Real estate and Development

construction drawings are key to project execution

Based on classification, construction drawings can be grouped in Arch, Str, MEP etc. However, all these drawings are followed in conjunction with each other. In order to simplify the details, some of them are produced as shop drawings so that the construction details are best understood through all tiers of project team. 

 

Arturo Nilcar Mosende
by Arturo Nilcar Mosende , Field Architect, Associate Architect/ Project Architect/interior designer , JANNSAN ARTS DEPARTMENT

Very important document, a must requirements to finished the project on time, give fast solution to any actual problem facing on site, in short, it can control to the extent  if possible specially when it is detailed, dated, fitted on its forms and functions, signed and sealed by a licensed designer. 

Khawaja Asif Ali
by Khawaja Asif Ali , Project Engineer , Contemporary Structure Company Al-Khobar KSA

construction drawings are key to project execution; based on construction drawings, construction methodologies are developed to add value to project components in order to exactly determine the ways, things need to be done as per procedures without compromising the safety benchmarks. So approved construction drawings are actually backbone of every project.

Based on classification, construction drawings can be grouped in Arch, Str, MEP etc. However, all these drawings are followed in conjunction with each other. In order to simplify the details, some of them are produced as shop drawings so that the construction details are best understood through all tiers of project team. 

Wael Soliman
by Wael Soliman , Construction Project Manager , Ashbilia Contracting LLC

Drawings provide the graphical information required for proper construction of the building. It can be grouped as per scope of work like "Arch.,Str. or MEP...etc." with different levels of details like " Design, Shop drawings or as built...etc." Generally each level includes plans, sections, elevations, and details that show how the various material, systems, and components go together

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