Journal · Shop Drawings

From design intent to fabrication-ready.

Shop drawings and field dimensions — what to review before approval, and why the drawing decides the punch list.

The Submittal Cycle: Shop Drawings, Samples, and the Approval Clock
The submittal cycle is on the critical path and is routinely scheduled as though it were not. Its duration is set by the number of review rounds, and that number is controllable.
What a Millwork RFI Usually Means, and How to Prevent the Next One
Millwork RFIs cluster into a small number of recurring categories. Each one points at a specific thing the drawings did not say.
Millwork Shop Drawings: What to Review Before You Stamp Approved
Approving shop drawings transfers a set of decisions from the fabricator to the reviewer. Knowing which decisions are in that set is what makes the review meaningful.
Millwork Drawings: From Design Intent to Fabrication-Ready
There are two distinct drawing sets in every millwork scope, produced by different parties for different purposes. Confusing them is what produces work that is built correctly and looks wrong.
Millwork Drafting: Why Field Dimensions Beat Design Dimensions
Buildings are not built to the dimensions on the drawings. Millwork drafted from design dimensions rather than field measurements is drafted to a building that does not exist.

Specifying shop drawings on a project? Talk to the VCS desk.

The Submittal Cycle: Shop Drawings, Samples, and the Approval Clock