A brief account of structural steel shop drawings and the way they are created copy

A brief account of structural steel shop drawings and the way they are created Structural shop drawings are detailed technical drawings of steel members that are produced by steel detailers during steel detailing process. For the production of structural steel shop drawings information is collected from various different construction stakeholders such as contractors, architects and structural engineers. And the clients who require these drawings include building contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, fabricators and manufacturers etc. As steel shop drawings contain the information about the prefabricated steel components or members such as trusses, joists and columns etc they contain the detailed information about the dimensions of these parts.

When a structural framework is constructed all these individual steel parts are joined together.

Architects and structural engineers are not directly liable for the development or production of structural steel shop drawings which are developed by steel detailers. But steel detailers belonging to the Engineering Design firm have to refer the drawings produced by architects and structural engineers for the generation of detailed shop drawings that are largely used for fabrication.

If in case certain changes are made by steel detailers in the drawings produced by them, which cannot be seen in the original construction drawings then detailers should make a note of all these changes in the shop drawings. The changes made by steel detailers must be approved by architects and structural engineers hence once drawings are finished by them, structural engineers must review the drawings before approving them.

If the alterations implemented by steel detailers are found contradicting by architects and structural engineers then detailers need to make changes on the drawings before they are delivered to clients for fabrication. So, it is mandatory that steel detailers remain highly careful in terms of providing details in the drawings during steel detailing.

In the detailing process erection drawings are also developed but they are nowhere associated with the fabrication related job as they only contain erection related instructions. Instructions incorporated in erection drawings include things like how to assemble steel members when structure is finally constructed.

So, accurate information is contained in both <a href="http://www.teslacad.com.au/steeldetailing-services.php">structural steel shop drawings</a> and erection drawings which are used in the design and construction of structure.