There were never any plans: With older buildings, architectural drawings may never have existed.

The plans are simply gone: If the plans for your building can’t be found, we can recreate the drawings according to your measurements.

We can redraft current architectural plans to show design changes implemented for the construction process.

Construction processes required plan modification: As plans are handed from architect to contractor, modifications may be necessary (or preferred).

We find that as-built drawings are necessary for a number or reasons: Existing-conditions drawings are also usually smaller in scale - we may render a room or two at a time for an existing-conditions project, whereas an as-built project may include several floorplans in a multi-unit development. If you’re tacking on an addition to a building, for example, you may need existing-conditions MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) drawings so that these infrastructural elements can be planned for and expanded on. On the other hand, existing conditions drawings may be necessary for more in-depth purposes. Or, you may use as-built drawings to show the total square footage of a development, when its original blueprints are outdated, lost, or inaccurate due to renovations over the years. For example, you may need an as-built drawing to display the existing wood structure of a building so that you can draft new millwork plans for an upcoming addition. However, as-built drawings are usually less detailed, and they may only include information that is pertinent to a certain project. We cater to demands from, residential, offices, leisure, healthcare, education and commercial sectors to customers across a number of countries.The Difference Between As-Built & Existing-Conditions Drawingsīoth as-built and existing-conditions drawings are rendered post-construction. We provide As built drawings to retailers, homeowners, architects and general contractors. After installation, data are collected & assembled from actual sites to reconstruct the design drawings by using red mark ups. In most cases, the issue may be resolved at site and the changed may be marked up on the plan. During the construction process, the work men may encounter several unforeseen situations that require some items to be installed differently than the original plans.

This provides a comparison of the actual existing conditions with that of the design stage conditions.Īs-built drawings may be documented during or post-installation. As-built drawings include all the modifications incorporated made to the original construction drawings by the installation. As-built drawings show the existing conditions as they are after installation or erection. As-built drawings are the final set of drawings produced after the completion of a project.

As built drawing and drafting services