Importance of the drawings generated during steel detailing process

Importance of the drawings generated during steel detailing process Steel detailing service is a quintessential process which helps design and construction professionals in developing effective structural framework for construction projects. Steel detailing services which are availed from service providing companies by the clients play an important role in structural development. Creation of accurate building structure is a dream without the accomplishment of steel detailing process wherein steel detailers are loaded with the responsibility of generating structural drawings.

AEC professionals cannot imagine of constructing a building without performing detailing services for it. Steel detailing process is a basic step in the construction of strong structure and it must be executed with all the attention and accuracy by the detailers.

Steel detailing process is accountable for the generation of two basic types of structural drawings which are shop drawings and erection drawings. Steel detailers are imperative part of this process as it is them who develop these drawings after analyzing and reviewing the specifications of structural engineers. Apart from structural engineers architects are also accountable for providing detailed specifications to detailers as the development of structural design is greatly influenced by architectural design. According to the basic principles of building design it is the architectural design that is conceptualized at the very beginning and the design of other building trades such as structure and MEP depends on it.

So this indicates that structural engineers and MEP engineers have to abide by the instructions of architect and that is why an architect provides instructions or specifications to both structural engineer and MEP engineers. This equally makes it important for structural engineers and MEP engineers to follow the instructions of an architect.

So that is why is becomes important for detailers also to follow the instruction of an architect.

When shop drawings and erection drawings are completed by detailers they must be reviewed or examined by an architect as well as structural engineers. Detailed information is contained in shop drawings regarding steel parts and they are very important for fabricators. For fabricating steel parts for the proposed project steel fabricators have to make use of shop drawings which contain information related to dimensions, size and material specifications etc.

On the other hand erection drawings are used only during erection of the structure. They are not supposed to carry any information that’s used by fabricators at the time of developing steel parts.

However they contain every bit of information that is needed by steel erectors which includes tips like how to place a steel part in the structure and where exactly to place that.