What is the difference between shop drawings and work drawings?

Answer 1

Where should one draw a line between IFC Drawings issued by the designer and shopdrawings to be developed by the Contractor? Are there any industry standards or eventually some contractual framework or guidelines that could define each party's responsibilities? A lot of designers tend to throw the responsibility of their incomplete design on the contractor. Should IFC drawings be fully coordinated and allow contractor to proceed with the Works based on these drawings (except for some specialist details)?

Answer 2

Shop drawings are made specifically to note differences in prefabricated components. Construction drawings are detailed design drawings made for builders.

Answer 3

A regular drawing is a 2D drawing that one would draw on a piece of paper. A shop drawing will show the intricacies of a structure or building, and is often 3D.

Answer 4

Structural designing focuses on internal components of a structure while architectural design focuses on functional aspects meant to serve a particular function.

Answer 5

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