Tip for Today #10: Risks of a Bad Technical Drawing
I mean with a bad technical drawing or misinformation on a drawing, you could run the risk of having to have an electrician run all new wires from the panel out to a sign. In order to do that, they might have to open up walls, ceilings.
When buildings start, you’ll have several sets of drawings, whether it’s the architects, the MEPs, the electricians that are not all in the same place so everybody’s kind of looking at separate sets of drawings. What they’re not seeing is what we provide because our drawings take everybody’s information, bring it all together in a cohesive, understandable package for all the parties involved at a construction site.
The point of a technical drawing is so that everything comes together at the end correctly. You think through, you anticipate, you work out all those details so that when it goes to the shop, it rolls through the shop, the way it’s supposed to so that when it goes from the shop to the wall, it’s able to be installed the way it’s supposed too.
A well defined scope of work on the tech drawing would be inclusive of all the signage, all your colors, all your material call outs. It would have overall heights, lengths, depths, elevations, placement. It would have all the manufacturing information and it would include all the information needed for anyone on site working, to be able to accurately and correctly provide either the electric or blocking that we need in order to successfully install it.
Being very thorough in the design process allows you to find possible issues down the road that can be addressed before it gets into a place where it’s just inefficient to be making those changes or it delays the project.
