Blueprint Reading For Construction - With 26 Blueprint - 2nd edition

Summary: For classes in Blueprint Reading and Architectural Drafting and Design.

Based on the author's extensive practical experience in construction as a crew member in the field as well as a contractor and professional estimator, this text covers the whole spectrum of construction blueprint reading--from what a blueprint is to how to make use of a set of plans. It teaches the proper meaning of the construction symbols, abbreviations, and keynotes common to constr ...show moreuction for all trades; the difference in the plan groups and how they are applied to a project; how to associate plans, sections, and details on blueprints to get a better understanding of the object(s) noted; and how to determine the coordination of the plans and how to reference the plans to each other.
Features

• NEW--Revised exercises.
  • Provides instructors with a fresh set of assignments.
• The basics of blueprint reading.
  • Students gain a working knowledge of the physical appearance of blueprints, their components, and meanings, and of the use and understanding of architectural, civil engineering, and metric scales.
• Components of residential construction--Including off-site, site improvement, and on-site construction. Features the construction of a complete residential project.
  • Students learn to identify benchmarks, datum points, points of beginning, and founds, as well as components that separate off-sites, site improvements, and on-sites.
• Commercial construction and the requirements for a commercial project.
  • Familiarizes students with the commercial plan groups, the legal documents, and the project manual that are of specific importance to any commercial project.
• An abundance of schematics and blueprints.
  • Gives students extensive practice in working with the kinds of materials they will encounter on the job.
• Mathematics review--Appendix I.
  • Allows instructors to assess students' ability to make calculations as necessary for construction.
• Chapter exercises--Includes multiple-choice, completion, and true-or-false questions.
  • Helps students assess their comprehension of material and gives them hands-on experience in applying concepts to real-life situations.
• Reference appendices--On Construction Abbreviations, Reference Tables, and Contract Documents.
  • Makes it easier for instructors to explain the components of a project.
• Glossary.
  • Helps students develop the professional vocabulary that is necessary for effective communication on the job.

Edition/Copyright: 2ND 04
Cover: Spiral
Publisher: Prentice Hall, Inc.
Published: 05/28/2003

View Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION TO BLUEPRINT READING.

1. Blueprint Reading Fundamentals.

II. RESIDENTIAL BLUEPRINT READING.

2. The Survey.
3. Off-Sites and Site Improvements.
4. Foundations and Below-Grade Construction (On-Site).
5. The Structure (On-Site).
6. The Structure (Continued).
7. Plumbing, Mechanical, and Electrical.
8. The Lee Residence and Specifications.

III. COMMERCIAL BLUEPRINT READING.

9. The Legal Documents.
10. Commercial Plans and the Project Manual.
11. Off-Sites and Site Improvements.
12. On-Sites--The Office.
13. On Sites--Manufacturing/Warehouse.

APPENDICES.

I. Fundamental Everyday Mathematics.
II. Construction Abbreviations.
III. Reference Tables.
IV. Contract Documents.

Glossary.
Index.

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