This is a set of drawings prepared by the Architect in accordance with the Client’s brief. They are the first plans presented to a Client. They are basic plans indicating the layout of the building, the approximate sizes of the rooms and the setbacks of the building within the site.

Once the Concept Drawings are approved, the Architect prepares Preliminary Drawings. These are Plans, Elevations and sometimes Sections with exact room dimensions. The Architect may also commission a perspective or walkthrough ( at extra cost) to give the Client a 3-D view of the building

These include Site Plan, Plans, Elevations and Sections etc, in the required format and to the required scale for getting approval from the Authorities.

These drawings convey a lot of information about the project to enable the Contractors who are quoting for the Job to understand the project completely.

Working Drawings are drawings of the whole or part of a structure, made to a scale, and intended to be understood by the Contractor and followed by the workmen at site.

• Site Plan indicating setbacks and position of building, existing levels and intended new levels.
• Excavation, Foundation and Centre line Drawings indicating excavation pit sizes, column positions, dimensions, centre line distances, etc.
• Detailed Floor Plans of all the floors indicating all the dimensions – walls, rooms, columns, lifts and staircases etc. as well as the floor levels.
• Detailed Elevations indicating the levels of the floors and the heights. Any elevational treatment elements will be explained with additional drawings.
• Detailed Sections wherever necessary to explain the different levels and heights within the building, and to explain staircases, lift heights.
• Detailed Staircase drawings and Lift drawings.
• Door and Window Drawings indicating material used and the section sizes. If there are grills on the windows, the grill design drawings are also included.

• Structural Consultant – Centre line Drawings, Excavation Drawings, Foundation detail drawings, Column layout Drawings with steel details.
• Electrical consultant – Electrical Drawing showing all the light, fan switch points in the building, Wiring and Circuit drawings.
• Plumbing Consultant – Plumbing Drawings showing all the pipeline drawings.
• H.V.A.C Consultant – Air Conditioning Drawings indicating location of Air conditioners etc.
• Landscape Consultant – All the landscape layout plans, details of landscape elements, water bodies details, plants and tree names etc.

Preparation of completion Report and drawings for the issuance of completion certificate by the statutory authorities.

These 3D drawings indicate layout of a room,location of doors and windows and walls.