Reading construction drawings is a skill that can save time, money, and costly mistakes on any project. From understanding sheet organization to decoding symbols and scales, blueprint literacy ...

We're all familiar with two dimensional design drawings — not to mention the questions that usually accompany them because they can provide only so much information before becoming hopelessly ...

A company that saw the potential in the iPad as a tool for work, not just play, is PlanGrid, a construction management software application that’s like a Google Docs for blueprints. But getting the ...

So you're sitting at your desk, you’ve got your project up on the monitor and you are in the zone and crushing it, but what does that even look like? The process of preparing drawings has evolved from ...

Regarding “A Blueprint for Red Tape,” Jan. 7: I feel the architect’s idea of electronic construction documents (paperless) is way too impractical. Whoever reviews the plans for approval, (planning, ...

The original mission and continuing core effort of the GIS / CAD Office is to archive and provide access to the record construction documents (as-builts) that have used to build and renovate the CU ...