Anchor bolt plans: first out, for the concrete crew
The anchor bolt plan locates every anchor rod and embed that has to be cast before the steel arrives: the rod size and projection, the pattern at each column and the dimensions to the grid lines. It goes out first because the foundations are poured long before the steel is cut.
Shop drawings: one sheet per piece, for the shop
A shop drawing (also called a detail or fabrication drawing) shows one piece, or a group of identical pieces, with everything the shop needs to make it: the member size and length, every hole, cope and cut, the plates and clips welded to it, the weld symbols and the piece mark that ties it to the erection drawings.
Each shop drawing carries its bill of material, and the job comes with material lists for buying the steel.
Erection drawings: where every piece goes, for the field
Erection drawings show the steel in place: plans at each level, elevations and sections, each piece with its mark, the top-of-steel elevations, the bolts and the field welds. The erector uses them to unload, sort and set the steel in the right order.
For renovations they also show the existing structure the new steel ties into, so the crew knows what is new and what is there already.
Files for the shop and the GC
- Material lists for purchasing
- The 3D model as IFC, for coordination with the other trades
- NC / DSTV files for the shop's machines, on request
- Drawings sealed by a Texas-licensed professional engineer when the job requires it
The order they go out
Anchor bolt plans first. Then the approval drawings: shop and erection drawings sent to the GC and the engineer of record for review. Open questions are clouded on the sheets where they apply, so the reviewer answers them in place instead of in a separate list.
When the comments come back, we pick them up and release clean sheets for fabrication, with the files your shop needs.
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