Benefits of using us for your structural drafting requirements.
- Experts in structural detailing and drafting who understand the needs.
- 45 Draftees, who can turn around you work in short time.
- Experts in 2d and 3d Cad systems. You get well-structured cad files and PDF prints.
- Lower RFIs to you at execution stage since we will dig out most of the potential RFIs and details at drafting stage. you save a ton of time.
- Lower costs since you engage us only when you need us.
With many years of experience in structural and precast panel drafting, we are experienced enough to analyze your sketches and translate that into a professional set of drawings.
We will look into potential problem areas from simple sheet naming and numbering, to connection details where required.
If you have not provided us with connection details, we will propose the run of the mill standard Australian connection detail which you can review and approve or markup saving you a ton of time.
The main tool for Structural drafting is Autocad for us. We also use other flavors of cad systems like Draftsight, NanoCAD, Revit
Our CAD skills are extremely good and set up the CAD in a very systematic way.
Services Offered
- Co ordination with Architects Drawings
- Creation of member schedules
- Connection details drafting
- Sheet layouts and Summary of sheets
- Conflict and clash checking
- Cross checking with design criterion (Design Criterion to be provided by structural engineer)
- Member load taking capacity calculation if you give the loading condtions and support conditions.
- Preparation of structural drawings from your design brief and sketches
- Member placement in Architects model.
- Standard checks for Precast Panels (Lifting, spinning. Corner reinforcements, Dowel Pins, Castin plates, Non Load bearing panels, Ferrules), Panel breaks
Deliverables:
- Full set of pdf drawings
- Full set of Autocad drawings
- Member Schedule
- Connection details
- Panel break up (Initial, depending upon location – Melb, Sydney or Brisbane. Other states you please supply constraints)
- Panel break up considering crane availability.
- Rationalisation of Panel details to lower costs. (we will liase with Architect)
- Please download Deliverables on IFA and IFC STEEL DELIVERABLES
Please note – Each item on the deliverables have to be covered by a purchase order. We can work also on an hourly rate basis.
Please note we are not structural engineers. We provide these services to structural engineers.