A Practical Guide to Interpreting Working Drawings

What do drawings mean to you as a builder?

When you're in the midst of a construction project, you have to
be able to bridge the gap between the outcome described by the
design professional in the construction drawings and the myriad
materials and processes required to build the structure. With
hundreds of illustrations and photographs from actual working
drawings, Construction Graphics: A Practical Guide to
Interpreting Working Drawings, Second Edition demonstrates what
construction graphics mean to managers of the construction process
and how you can make the best use of them.

From site excavation to forming, roof, and electrical systems,
Construction Graphics provides up-to-date material and
helpful exercises on the critical tasks involved in constructing a
project from graphic depictions of it. This updated new edition
gives you an overview of graphic communication, the construction
business environment, the design professional's work product, and
construction drawing fundamentals, and adds valuable new commentary
on important topics, including:

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  Building Information Modeling (BIM)

  
  


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  Project delivery systems

  
  


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  Interpreting working drawings

  
  


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  The similarities between residential and commercial building
  construction drawings

  
  


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  Executing a site section in preparation for an earth quantity
  take-off

  
  


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  Additional commentary on welding and welding symbology

  
  

Adhering to the Construction Specifications Institute's
UniFormat classification system, Construction Graphics, Second
Edition will be a valuable aid to any building professional.