section drawings know standard construction finish attachment and dimension custom fabrications 1

standard wall construction

construction drawings

Sound isolating wall construction

Metal framing and accessories:

coordinate with drawings coordinate with drawings written specs supersede drawings written specs supersede drawings organizational systems organizational systems smaller projects: fixtures, furnishings, equipment larger projects: CSI section GSA, military: their own systems All describe: All describe: materials, delivery, storage, installation can describe: can describe: production methods, protection, disposal, anything you want specifications: review

open, or descriptive open, or descriptive describes material with generic terminology for common materials, such as red oak flooring performance performance describes material based on how it performs may use a reference standard, such as from ASTM allows contractor to source options closed, or proprietary closed, or proprietary specifies exact product typically a “cut” from a manufacturer’s catalog for project that are bid out, use standard three-part spec format types of specifications

vinyl tile vinyl tile paint paint paper wall covering paper wall covering desk chair desk chair wall washer lighting equipment wall washer lighting equipment sprinkler heads sprinkler heads light switches light switches door closers door closers concrete counter top concrete counter top laminate counter top laminate counter top granite counter top granite counter top window shade in a conference room window shade in a conference room what type of spec (open, performance, closed) would be best for:

1. general 2. products 3. execution use office standards if there are any use manufacturer’s or, online tools, if they have one online toolonline tool organize by CSI section full specification format: 3-part

come up with super-cool design come up with super-cool design sketch existing section sketch existing section sketch finishes/finish construction sketch finishes/finish construction ANNOTATE ANNOTATE research specs for those materials research specs for those materials update section as need be update section as need be so, for today, draw and annotate section so, for today, draw and annotate section design process