To become familiar with and master construction drawings, the first thing you need to master is reading structural steel drawings. This is one of the important skills that helps engineers, contractors and experts in the construction field understand the technical details of the project.
So how to read steel structure drawings properly? In this article, Hai Long Construction will guide you on how to read steel structure drawings accurately and in detail.
What is a Steel Structure Drawing?
Structural steel drawings (STE) are detailed engineering plans that describe how structures such as pre-engineered steel plants, buildings, and industrial workshops will be constructed. Structural drawings can be considered as a “road map” that guides the entire construction process, helping to ensure accuracy and efficiency in construction.
Normally, architectural drawings are completed first, serving as a foundation for developing structural drawings. In some special cases, drawings (KCT) can be designed based on the requirements and ideas from the architectural drawings, ensuring harmony between the aesthetics and technical aspects of the project.
A complete steel structure drawing typically includes the following components:
1. Building Height
Drawings provide information about the building's height, including details of the exterior walls, helping to visualize the overall construction when completed.
2. Structural Plan
The structural plan is the most important part, showing the location of the floors, foundations and roof of the building. This part also shows the location of the steel structural elements, ensuring that the parts are tightly connected.
3. Contractor's Construction Ideas
Some drawings also reflect the contractor's specific construction requirements or ideas. This helps ensure that the design is consistent with actual needs and construction conditions.
How to read the most detailed steel structure drawings
Read the steel structure design guide
Steel structure design drawings always come with detailed instructions, helping readers grasp important factors in the construction process. This is a part that cannot be ignored if you want to ensure the project meets the highest technical and safety standards.
Here are the important steps to take after reading the steel structure design guide:
- Understand special requirements for structures.
- The content is emphasized in the description, master the content, materials, quality.
- Technical measures taken.
- Understand the engineering and construction standards used and understand the standards used
Read basic layout drawings
To understand and correctly apply basic layout drawings, you need to pay attention to several important factors.
- First, it is necessary to grasp the elevation of the foundation and the value of the positioning axis, and carefully check the design and differences of the foundation types.
- At the same time, pay special attention to the sections and holes embedded in the foundation, ensuring they comply with the design requirements of the project.
- In addition, it is important to refer to architectural drawings to check the correspondence between the positioning axes and the foundation.
- Some walls without foundations may be replaced with foundation beams, or the form of the foundation may vary depending on design and engineering requirements.
In addition, you need to compare the plane and section of the foundation to evaluate the changes in the elevation of the foundation and the top of the foundation, and determine how to handle these changes to ensure construction efficiency.
Pay attention to the location, height and number of reserve holes and embedded parts in the foundation, ensuring that they are clearly shown on the drawings. Understanding the form, size and reinforcement of each foundation part is essential to ensure the project meets technical standards and is safe.
If there is an unclear problem, you need to repeat the testing steps, take careful notes to discuss and handle with the technical team.
Read structural layout drawings
Structural layout drawings are a combination of structural projections, sections, and standard drawings. To understand this drawing, you first need to understand the structure type, plane location, and elevation of the main structural members. At the same time, combine it with architectural drawings to determine the correspondence of the location and elevation of each structural member.
Once you have a good understanding of the overall drawing, the next step is to classify the major components. This process requires you to combine information from section drawings, standard drawings, and detail drawings to identify each type of component. At the same time, you need to analyze to find similarities and differences between the components, thereby understanding the structural differences of each structural node and embedded parts.
Read detailed structural drawings
When checking the structural drawings of a building, you first need to check the location, elevation, and quantity of the components on the structural plane to ensure that they are consistent with the detailed drawings. At the same time, check to see if there are any conflicts in elevation, location, or size between the components. In addition, you need to understand the method of connecting the components to determine whether the location or elevation is guaranteed, as well as detect possible conflicts between the components.
Next, it is important to have a detailed understanding of the accessories or steel bars in the structure. This helps you understand the main content of the drawing and verify the information accurately by comparing it with the bill of materials. This not only ensures consistency between design and construction but also helps to minimize errors during the implementation process.
Finally, you need to summarize the main content of the structural drawings, organize and complete the technical documents. At the same time, review any outstanding questions or issues and make specific recommendations. This is an important step to ensure that the project is implemented effectively, on schedule and with the highest quality.
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