Tejjy - As Built Drawing and It’s Use The likelihood is high that your architect, designer, or contractor in the construction business asked you for the as built drawings or existing layout plans. If you are a property owner or management consultant, it is often required to remodel your property. For new building or remodeling projects, which are parts of the construction industry as a whole, as builts should be considered.
Even if you intend to perform building maintenance, a plumbing or HVAC contractor, for instance, would ask for as-built drawings demonstrating the facility's current characteristics to bid or plan for the maintenance. So, what is an as-built drawing? Is it as built or is it as designed? What does it depict, and how it could be acquired? And what connection does it have to a shop drawing? What is as-built drawing? ● It doesn't matter if you spell it 'as built' or 'as constructed' with a hyphen— the meaning is the same! As-built drawings are essentially a series of scaled drawings or blueprints that show how a building is currently laid out and constructed. ● It typically focuses on the architectural components of a structure and displays the various components and systems that go into making up a building. ● A CAD program like AutoCAD or a BIM program like Revit are used to create as-built drawings. ● The as-built drawing that is most frequently used and requested is a floor plan or floor layout.