Residential Construction Plan Reading

The purpose of construction plans (drawings) is to present clear, concise and easily read information to those individuals involved on a building project, whether that be a simple house, or a skyscraper.

Construction plans (drawings) use a universal language to communicate ideas and information in a graphical format.

By following standard conventions, the amount of space on a construction plan to communicate the ideas and information is reduced.

The main focus of the course will be learning how to read a residential construction set of plans. We will look at how they are organised, what kind of plans need to be included, what is shown on plans, look at symbols & abbreviations, and finish off with an exercise.

We will be using plans from an Architectural firm here in New Zealand, which will also be applicable to my US & UK audiences due to the layouts & formats being internationally the same.

The course also covers the basics of scaling. As you can appreciate, construction projects are too large to be drawn to a 1:1 scale, thus, we need to use scales to reduce the size onto paper that is manageable for construction teams. We will take a look at both the imperial and metric architect’s scale due to countries using either, or, or even both unit systems, thus catering for all.

Included within the course are resources and exercises to reinforce your learning as you progress.

If you are new to the construction industry, or building your first home, and want to learn how to read plans, then this course is for you.

So that said, enrol now and learn how to read residential construction plans.