Project 5. Construction Document Package

Construction documentation represents a project in its most clear and concise manner. The drawings are the legal documents from which a project will be built for the contracted price. Materials, services and construction methods should be accurately described by the working drawings and specifications, to achieve a finished design as intended. These drawings are the primary source of information to the contractor. For that purpose it is essential that the drawings are descriptive and legible.

Each student will prepare a set of construction documents for an individual design of the Morgan Library Courtyard, including:
Cover sheet, existing conditions/demolition plan, layout and lighting plan, grading plan, planting plan, and all necessary details

Procedure:

Cover sheet (complete this sheet last)
- Project title, project location / context map, client and address, your name (office) with address and phone number, sheet index, date, and occasionally a complete list of abbreviations & symbols

Master title block
- Border
- Title block located on bottom or right hand side of sheet
Information including: project title, project location, your name (office) with address and phone number, sheet numbers (lower right corner, sheet ___ of ___ ), date, revisions, scale, north arrow, project number.

Base plan overlay
- All hard surfaces (pavement, walls, etc.), limit of work, buildings, streets (curb and gutter), permanent fixtures.

Existing Conditions / Demolition overlay (not needed for the Morgan Library Courtyard)
- Existing conditions to remain / to be removed, additional notes about storage, protection of items, etc.

Layout and Lighting Plan overlay
- Horizontal layout and alignment of all hard surfaces and permanent fixtures, materials (differentiate between concrete types, colors, and textures, stone, decomposed granite, etc.), scoring, pavement pattern, Layout Notes.

Grading Plan overlay
- Spot elevations (existing and proposed), contours , slope arrows, swales, drain locations and types (area drain, trench drain, catch basin, etc.), Grading Notes.

Planting Plan overlay
- Designation and location (layout) of all plant material, trees, shrubs, ground covers, turf, annuals, perennials, Planting Legend, Planting Notes.

Details, Details, Details
- Complete ALL details for the project

Construction drawing package to be completed with Microstation or Autocad - Microstation and Autocad are available at a student rate for your own P.C. or Macintosh.