![]() ![]() Mechanical: Ducts for heating and cooling, ventilation and smoke systems etc.A set of structural drawings are usually read along with drawings from these other disciplines including: ![]() ![]() To construct a building, many disciplines need to be coordinated, not just the Structure and Architecture. Provide enough information to understand the size, shape and layout of the structural framing if you are an architect, part of the wider design team or a developer/owner.Construct that building or structure if you are a contractor.The aim of a good set of structural drawings is to provide the reader with enough information to: Structural drawings are a series of pages which explain and illustrate the structural design intent of a building or structure. This was largely a process of osmosis for me as being part of a busy structural engineering consulting firm I didn’t receive the “Structural Drawings 101” course, however dear reader, this is what I will endeavour to provide for you in this article.Īs always, we need to properly define what we are going to learn before jumping in… What are Structural Drawings? It wasn’t until several months into my career that I started to understand what it all meant and how to read Structural Drawings. I found myself as a graduate engineer staring at linework having no idea what I was looking at When I was a wee Structural Engineer studying at university, reading structural drawings was not a skill my course provided. If you are in the construction industry or renovating your own house, the ability to read structural drawings and plans is a very important skill to have and its relatively easy to learn. ![]()
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