Overview
This well-illustrated text teaches the basic skills needed to read, study, and understand construction drawings. It features a detailed analysis of a set of residential plans. Pictorial drawings accompany orthographic plan drawings to help students visualize the meaning of the plan drawing. Construction technology students taking beginning and intermediate plan reading courses will also learn about important related areas that affect plan development, such as building codes, materials, and mathematics applications. There is ample construction data throughout the text's eight sections, one of which consists of assignments for three sets of full-size construction plans provided. Review questions are also featured at the end of each section.
Synopsis
Construction trades apprentices will find this realistic, well-illustrated book, an important tool in studying and understanding the basics of construction drawings. The core section of the book features a detailed analysis of a set of residential plans. Pictorial drawings accompany orthographic plan drawings to help users visualize the meaning of the plan drawing. In addition to basic skills, users will learn about important areas that relate to plan development, including code regulations, contracts, and bids. There is also a section that clearly presents measurement and math procedures related to reading of construction plans. Ample construction data includes practical assignments for three sets of full-size construction plans.
Booknews
A text on reading building plans for beginning to intermediate students in architecture and building design. Sections cover construction drawings, fundamentals of construction plans, electrical and plumbing and HVAC plans, plan development, code regulations and legal documents, related mathematics of linear measurement, and materials. A final section contains lengthy assignments for a packet of three full sets of construction plans accompanying the text. Pedagogical features include chapter review quizes and section tests with answers, and a glossary. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)