Construction 2 Architectural Vocabulary

Tells design professionals and other tradespeople how to build a specific building or structure.

• Plan View Drawings

• Construction Drawings

• Elevation Drawings

• Section View Drawings

Tables that describe and specify the various types and sizes of materials used in the construction of a building (ex. windows and doors).

• Shop Drawings

• As-built drawings

• Schedules

• Details

Drawings that are formally incorporated into the drawing set to record changes marked up by the various trades to show any differences between what was originally shown on a plan by the architect or engineer and what was actually built.

• Monuments

• Details

• As-Built Drawings

• Schedules

Provide minimum standards to guard the life and safety of the public by regulating and controlling the design, construction, and quality of materials used in modern construction.

• Building Codes

• Symbols

• Bench Mark

• Specification

Views that look straight ahead at a structure. The object is projected from a vertical plane used to show the exterior features of a structure so that the general size and shape of the structure can be determined. Elevation drawings clarify much of the information on the floor plan.

• Plan View Drawings

• Elevation Drawings

• Section View Drawings

• Structural Drawings

A part of a drawing sheet that includes some general information about the project.

• Schedules

• Symbols

• Title Block

• Building Codes

A contractual document used with the construction drawings. It contains detailed written instructions that supplement the set of drawings.

• Easement

• Front Setback

• Property Line

• Specification

The distance from the property line to the front of the building.

• Front Setback

• Side Setback

• Property Line

• Specifications

Copies of the Architect’s original drawings that are made for contractors and others to use.

• Nominal Size

• Blueprints

• Property Line

• Elevation View

A legal right-of-way provision on another person's property (for example, the right of a neighbor to build a road or a public utility to install water and gas lines on the property). A property owner cannot build on an area where an easement has been identified.

• Specification

• Monument

• Easement

• Details