Steel Detailing Services and Their Drawings
Understanding what structural steel services provide to your project is absolutely necessary, considering that without them, your project cannot move forward. These professionals work on anything from small residential projects to large commercial buildings, to public buildings and municipal structures. With that in mind, think about the amount of knowledge they need to have in terms of how certain structure shapes hold weight, how they stand in the local climate (strong winds) and how they match up with the state's building codes. All of this takes time to learn and even more time to put into practice effectively, with a list of repeat clients.
The two most common types of structural steel detailing services that are requested are shop drawings and erection drawings. Shop drawings services mainly have to do with any parts of the building that are pre-fabricated. Normally, items like this include trusses, windows, cabinets and even elevators. All of these must be shown in the building, according to placement and structure weight, as well as any other helpful details. These are usually very detail-oriented showing the necessary weight and size numbers that a general contractor will need.
Erection drawings from a structural steel services are basically a step-by-step plan on how to proceed from day one. These plans tell the general contractor and engineer what needs to happen first, second, third and so forth, in order to make sure the building goes up efficiently and with the most strength. This is important because it also includes anything they will be building on site, such as the walls and other parts of the structure. Without these plans, it might be a much more haphazard way of building from the ground up. In order to see the final preview, the rebar detailing company will likely use 3D structural steel modeling in order to make sure they have included everything the client requested. When this has been completed, and the software includes all the necessary information, they will print out a set of rebar shop drawings plans to give their client. If you ask for a digital copy, this can also be accessed on site, specifically if the general contractor uses a computer tablet for regular communications and other plan access needs.
One thing about working in this field is that there is plenty of variety with the jobs you're hired to work on. This keeps every day interesting and challenging, so you'll never get bored with your projects. Once you find a client you enjoy working with and build a successful working relationship, they can refer you to others, and help expand your company even more.
