How important are structural shop drawings in structural design process?

When it comes to building industry structural design requires huge technical expertise and deep knowledge of structural engineering which includes technicalities involving load calculations. Structure is constructed for reinforcing and supporting the building and hence it should be capable of bearing the entire pressure and load that is thrust upon a building. Life of a building is completely controlled by its structure, for example a strong structure which is constructed by applying too many details can support a building more than its expected life. On the other hand a building can surprisingly collapse due to minor earthquakes and cyclones all because of weak structure.

So attention to details remains at the heart of structural designing process. Be it the detailing process wherein substantial structural drawings are generated or be it the modeling process wherein 3D model is created for representing structural design AEC professionals must be careful about designing details.

Structural Shop Drawings that are generated by detailers during structural detailing process are extremely quintessential part of design process. The efficaciousness of the structure depends largely on structural drawings which includes significant information about the structural components.

Structural shop drawings are created with extreme attention by the detailers since these drawings are used by fabricators who fabricate structural parts for the building. Detailers are not authorized to generate the drawings until and unless clear and detailed specifications are delivered to them. Both structural engineer and architect are accountable for providing correct specifications to detailer who then creates detailed drawings for structural parts. Detailers forward structural shop drawings created by them to the structural engineer for inspection. It is a responsibility of structural engineer to thoroughly examine the drawings provided by the detailers and then provide relevant feedback to them. When corrections are spotted by the engineer he makes appropriate note and sends it to the detailer for rectification. Now it becomes the responsibility of the detailer to properly go through feedback and then make the necessary modifications in the drawings.

In this way accurate structural shop drawings are created by detailers, which are then used by fabricators. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

BIM Execution Plan and Its Importance for Construction Companies

Image
Overview The advent of BIM Modeling into the construction industry has prevailed the implementation of BIM Execution Plan to enhance the right flow of work to execute the project successfully. It can be analysis and execution during various phases of the project. What is BIM Execution Plan? BIM Execution Plan is a complex and detailed document that helps the project team to identify and execute the role of BIM in various phases of construction in the project. BEP needs to be accurate to make the teams keep on track by focusing on details, saving on time and reduces rework. BEP is primarily used when there is a higher level of complexity and project size is huge. It lays an overall plan with details as to how the process will be executed. It is the process of creating a digital model of building or structures to aid collaboration among people involved in the project. BEP Comprises of type of information as followed: •     How to create data in BIM fil...
Read more

An Introduction of 4D BIM Techniques

Image
Overview Construction scheduling in project management is about recording project benchmarks, outputs, start and end date of a predetermined building project. 4D BIM that caters to Construction Scheduling is also known as Construction sequencing. It includes project drafting and project extraction arrangement for every project management. Construction Scheduling is vital for the construction as labor force, equipment and other related activities require effective organizing and scheduling of construction activities. It helps in knowing the time to accomplish the project and streamline the cost estimation factor for all the construction professionals. Construction scheduling techniques of projects Several techniques help the contractor to keep construction scheduling of the project. Aiding in project requirement assessment and overcome challenges of the project schedule. Bar Charts: It is considered as one of the most common technique to generate construction schedul...
Read more

BIM modeling services: Which software solutions can be used for developing 3D parametric models?

Building Information Modeling technology is closely related to the development of 3D parametric models for architecture, structure and MEP, which are effectively packed with all the essential information pertaining to design and construction. Building Information Modeling services have become the cardinal requirement for architects and engineers when it comes to the flawless execution of building projects.  Building Information Modeling services are not only important for design and construction professionals but also for building owners, construction managers and fabricators etc.  BIM is the process of developing the entire building in virtual world through high-end Building Information Modeling applications like Revit Architecture, Revit Structure and Revit MEP. All these BIM applications are used for developing the entire building in 3D. Actually the design of every building discipline is separately represented through 3D parametric models which are generat...
Read more