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Prepare flawless construction documents every time. How would you like to save up to 50% of the time and money spent on design services for your next building project? Working Drawing Manual, by Fred A. Stitt, gives you systematic checklists for quickly organizing and managingthe huge mass of data needed to prepare accurate construction documents for any new building. Guaranteed to help you avoid costly delays, changes, job-site miscommunications and lawsuits, these handy checklists make it a snap to plan the scope and content of each set ofdrawings...decide exactly what needs to be drawn...and understand how each item in a drawing relates to others. With this easy-to-use guide, you can: make quick work of site plans, floor plans, interior and exterior elevations, roof plans, building cross sections, reflectedceiling plans, schedules, details and wall sections; stay on top of new technologies and code requirements; get up to speed on the New Uniform Drawing Format improve your skills with the AIA CEU self-study module; and much more!
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Cut the cost and risk of creating crucial construction documents. Errors and omissions in working drawings are the primary causes of building failures, construction cost overruns, extra charges by contractors, and lawsuits. Fred Stitt, a pioneering developer of quality control systems for architects, engineers, and contractors, offers you a comprehensive, up-to-date set of checklists to ensure the accuracy and completeness of these drawings, whatever the building project may be. The portable, easy-to-use Working Drawing Manual includes a system for total working drawing planning and management, plus coordination checklists for: residential, commercial, and institutional projects of all sizes; remodeling and renovation drawings; architectural coordination with landscape, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, civil, structural, and related engineering drawings. Designed to be used with Pat Guthrie's Cross-Check, which can help ensure the continuity and integration of working drawings, the Manual covers all new construction technologies, code requirements, types of bid documentation, and methods of drawing organization, including CADD. Enhanced by a self-study module that assists users in gaining AIA CEU accredidatiion, Working Drawing Manual pays for itself over and over again by helping you avoid expensive, time-consuming problems.
Working Drawing Manual,Fred A. Stitt,McGraw-Hill Professional,0070615543,Architectural Drawing,Architecture,Blueprints,Building,Design & Drafting,Details,Drawings,Lists,Architecture / Design & Drafting
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