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Structural Drawings - Plan, Design, Schedule and Connection Details |
Article Submitted by: James Lee
Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Structural drawings commonly show the dimensions, locations, connections and reinforcing of the structural members in appropriate scale and detail to facilitate planning, fabrication, erection and connection purposes. It helps contractor in putting the components in a right sequence. Structural drawings must designate the complete extent and detail of the work. These drawings must include following details but may vary depending on the requirements and available materials: (a) Structural Notes: # Design criteria indicating all superimposed vertical and horizontal loads used in the design including live, snow, earthquake, wind and dead loads not shown on the structural drawings. # Brief material specifications; # Absolute or relative deflection criteria for structural members; # Pertinent design standards; (b) Foundation Plans and Schedules: # Allowable soil-bearing capacity and lateral earth pressures for retaining structures; # Sizes, locations, dimensions and details of all foundations; # Estimated pile length or source of this information; (c) Roof and Floor framing plans and details: # Sizes, locations, dimensions and details of all structural elements; # Lateral load resisting system; # Governing forces, moments or shears required for the preparation of shop & detail drawings; # Reinforcing bar sizes and details with fabrication and placing criteria; # Locations, sizes and reinforcing of significant openings; (d) Schedules and Details for Columns, Beams and Walls: # Element sizes; # Elevation of bottom of columns; # Reinforcing steel and splice details for concrete columns; # Splice locations for structural steel columns; (e) Connections: # Where connections are specified to be designed by Specialty Structural Engineers, indicate on the contract drawings all required information and governing forces. # The SER shall consider the design of the connections when sizing the structural members, # Show general arrangement and details at intersections of different structural materials. (g) Sequence of construction, if this is critical to the functioning of the finished structure; For any queries related to structural steel drawing services email us at info@outsourcingsteeldetailing.com Visit us at http://www.outsourcingsteeldetailing.com/detailing_services.php for more information. Article Source: http://www.ArticleBlast.com |
About The Author:
James Lee is a steel detailer at OSTD - a leading Structural Engineering firm providing quality steel detailing, steel design and structural drawing services to its offshore clients based in US, UK, Canada and Australia. For further details email us at info@outsourcingsteeldetailing.com
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