Improving the Steel Shop Drawings for the Industries Steel shop drawings require professionals from different disciplines such as steel detailers, architects, erection team, fabricator, and structural engineers. Every person holds a particular job associated with the usage of drawings as well as sharing liabilities in this entire process. This drawings process commonly comprises of activities such as examination and analysis of the participants. Generally, the fabricators will figure out the activity related to steel works and then make decisions for further planning. The EOR and architects will approve this and make revisions is necessary, and then resubmit the plans for reviewing. Challenges faced by making steel shop drawings While preparing drawings the experts have to face a lot of problems, some of them are: •
Incomplete agreements and important documents
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Unfurnished details of the project
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Missing members during elevation and plan
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Undefined connections or sequencing
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Disagreement in the specifications or designs of drawings
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Incorrect structural dimensions for drawings
• Disagreement drawings •
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Some recommendations to improve the drawings process •
Complete the necessary documents before the process
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The specifications supplied must be accurate
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The details for the drawings should be precise
• The industry standards of the location such as BS, CISC and AISC codes should be known • There should be flexible connections such as bolted vs. welded, single angles vs. shear tabs, and many more. So, keep the above considerations in mind while the drawing processes are going on in the industry.