Print and Specifications Reading for Construction

by Ron Russell

Overview

Construction documents consist of the blueprints and written specifications for a building project, and are used by the building professional as instructions. This comprehensive manual on interpresing construction documents covers both the graphic and written sets and demonstrates how they relate to each other. Complete sets of construction documents for three actual building projects are offered on folded 11 x 17" sheets, and in a companion CD-ROM. Incorporating the relevant terminology and practical applications of sustainability and BIM software, this book covers the most current ways construction documents communicate information.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470879412
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	11/30/2011
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 11.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Ron Russell has been an instructor at the North Lake College’s Construction Management and Technology Department in Dallas, Texas, for over thirty years. He was also Senior Construction Administrator for PBK Architects. Previously, he was Associate Director of Facilities Technical Services at Southern Methodist University.

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Table of Contents

Introduction.

Section I. The Project Process.

Unit 1. Evolution of the Construction Project.

Unit 2. Construction Project Contract Documents.

Unit 3. The Working Drawings.

Unit 4. The Specifications.

Unit 5. Finding Construction Information in the Working Drawings and Specifications.

Section II. Building The Project.

Unit 6. Architectural Category of the Drawings.

Unit 7. Structural Category of the Drawings.

Unit 8. Mechanical Category of the Drawings.

Unit 9. Electrical Category of the Drawings.

Unit 10. Civil Category of the Drawings.