Construction Graphics: A Practical Guide to Interpreting Working Drawings, 2nd Edition

Construction Graphics: A Practical Guide to Interpreting Working Drawings, 2nd Edition is a highly visual text that provides guidance for plan reading, sketching and working with drawings that are used in the construction process. Containing hundreds of details from idealized and actual working drawings, the text shows how construction graphics translate into construction methods and techniques while providing explanatory photographs and more material on basic plan reading. The expanded coverage offers more examples for commercial and residential plan details. 480 pages.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Construction Graphics: An Overview.
• 2. The Construction Business Environment.
• 3. The Design Professional’s Work Product.
• 4. Construction Drawings.
• 5. Sketching.
• 6. Site Construction.
• 7. Foundation Systems.
• 8. Framing Systems.
• 9. Cladding, Glazing, and Exterior Doors.
• 10. Roof Systems.
• 11. Interior Construction.
• 12. Mechanical Systems.
• 13. Electrical Systems.
• 14. Fabrication Drawings.
• Appendix A: Estimating and the Takeoff--A Brief Overview.
• Appendix B: Answers to the Exercises.
• Appendix C: Residential Construction Drawing.
• Appendix D: Drawing Review: A Journey through Commercial Building.
• Construction Drawings.
• Appendix E: Welding in Construction.
• Appendix F: Division Numbers and Titles.
• Appendix G: Executing a Site Section.
• Glossary.
• Selected References.
• Index.