BEFORE THE ARCHITECT – THE BIG PICTURES
INDUSTRIAL DRAWINGS
"You can’t talk with my partner." One of the 19 Deadly Sins. AG
· · · · · · ·
To see the drawings in this section you need
a FREE Adobe
Systems download.
· · · · · · ·
We've done quite a bit of light industrial work as general and subcontractors; however, we don't do much consulting, designing, and drawing for industrial-strength clients. Design concerns in this realm are totally pragmatic, efficiency-oriented, productivity- and safety-driven. Pretty doesn't count. Interestingly, flexible does count - quite a difference from both residential plans and commercial plans. Designing for non-permanent, dynamic, even fluid work situations can be key to getting it right the first time.
Following is one from a set of industrial plans we designed and drew with the active participation of the owner and principal. We've chosen this one drawing in particular, because it is of a sort that one rarely glimpses day-to-day in most custom home building drawing - an industrial plumbing plan.
 |
Plumbing Plan. Here's an industrial design application in the Southwest. It's from a full set of plans for a manufacturing plant build out over a concrete pad and within a steel shell, the pad and shell done by others. We started with 8,000 sf of concrete pad surface area and two-story steel canopy already in place. This sheet shows the plumbing isometrics for both industrial water supply and drainage. Permittors suck up these drawings with gusto, and plumbers will give them a quick once-over and do it their way anyway. |
· · · · · · ·
About Us ◊ jrp2h2000@yahoo.com ◊ 770-889-6964 ◊ Site Map