Richard Bose

Why Shop drawings are needed?

Shop drawings are critical for any building construction or fabrication unit nowadays due to the cost involved in redesign or rework. Shop drawings are required for many structures and wide range of materials such as woodwork, structural steelwork and rei... Read >

Analysis of Engineering Drawings

Till the invent of sophisticated CAD platforms converting engineering drawings into useful presentation was a challenge for designers and engineers. After years of thorough data research and development now we have highly interactive CAD software such as ... Read >

Understanding of Construction Drawings and Details

Construction Drawings are extremely essential for proper design development and commissioning of building and civil structures. Construction Drawings must be drawn to scale by the drafters and shall present all the necessary details for compliance with lo... Read >

Importance of Structural Drafter in Construction & Structure Design

Structural engineering domain is explicitly linked with construction of buildings, complexes, industrial facilities and other civil structures. Structural drafting is the process of preparing construction documents that clearly describe the components inv... Read >

Factors to consider for Rebar Detailing and Rebar Estimation

Rebar detailing is key to any structural concrete construction and involves reinforcement fabricators, rebar detailers, general contractors and structural design consultants. A Rebar is Steel reinforcing bar placed inside concrete pier for providing addit... Read >

Why hire Rebar detailer for Rebar Design and Reinforcement Detailing?

Accurate Rebar design and detailing for reinforcement of steel or concrete structure plays important role in raising the standards of safety for any building construction projects. The Rebar detailer prepares bar bending schedules, shop drawings and rebar... Read >

Recommendations for Submittals and Construction Shop Drawing Review

Shop drawings play crucial role in the success of any building construction or structural engineering work. Architects and consultants always refer to well established drafting and drawing standards to prepare construction shop drawings. Once these specif... Read >

Quality of Structural Drafting process and Structural Drafting standards

The structural drafting and drawing domain has undergone dramatic changes over the past decade with the advent of Computer Aided Design (CAD) technologies. With the need of faster construction outputs and ever changing building codes and liabilities it is... Read >

Rebar Detailing process and Bar Bending schedule specifications

Rebar detailing is the process of producing sorted, weighed and accumulated bar lists and labels as per the reinforcement specifications. It involves graphical representation of bar placing and analysis of varying bars with bending schedules and dimension... Read >

Industrial design with 3D Structural Modeling and AutoCAD software

Modern Industrial and Structural design projects are handled using advance CAD techniques such as AutoCAD and Tekla. For coordination between various engineering disciplines, designer can utilize AutoCAD software to integrate all of the process and struct... Read >

Standard Parking structure design Practice and Guidelines

Parking structure design plays important role in modern Residential design and construction. Proper planning and better understanding of parking amenities can lead to optimum parking structure design as desired. A parking design engineer must be hired to ... Read >

Tips for Home Remodeling plans - Remodel your Home in limited budget

Need to remodel your home or want some room additions or require some modifications in your kitchen and bathroom? You have absolute no idea on what will be the estimate of remodeling and have never done remodeling exercise before. You can very much explai... Read >

How to relate Shop Drawings with Contract and Construction Documents?

Shop Drawings are the drawings, diagrams, schedules and related information which are distinctively produced by the contractor and submitted to the engineer to understand specific portion of the work. As per AIA definition, Shop drawings are the scaled... Read >

Role of Construction Documents in successful Installation of structure

General construction documents contain full information regarding structural members, their details and complete set of shop drawings for fabrication purpose. Notes concerning changes or differences from the original documents should be made on the shop d... Read >

Importance of Shop Drawing in Manufacturing & Fabrication Process

A shop drawing is a set of drawings produced by the contractor manufacturer or fabricator. Shop drawings are most commonly required for pre-fabricated components. Examples of these include: elevators, structural steel, trusses, pre-cast, windows, applianc... Read >