The reading of drawings is a much underrated skill. The sole purpose of the nomenclature is to convey information so that a structure can be designed, measured and constructed. This is fundamental to every drawing produced by a structural engineer, be it a simple sketch in an email or an A0 sized General Arrangement drawing. This note explains the symbols and nomenclature used and also the relationship these have with drawings produced by other members of the design team and/or sub-contractors. It has been written with bias towards building structures and therefore the contractual responsibilities highlighted, reflect this.
|Number of pages||4|
|Publication date||September 2013|