2 Reasons As-Built Drawings Are So Important For Architectural Drafting And Design Companies

Reputed Architectural drafting and design companies like The AEC Associates constantly strive hard to create brilliant, innovative designs with the objective to translate the aspirations of their clients into functionally efficient and aesthetically breathtaking buildings. Design is an ongoing process, as we all know, it’s very important for architectural drafting and design service providers to take care of the changes being done once the drawings are more or less final or during the construction stage to avoid any confusions later.

The construction cost is very high today and it’s best to ensure that there should be little or no difference between the final set of drawings and the end-product as long as possible. Following are some main reasons as-built drawings are so important.

• Minimizing the wastage:

Architectural drafting and design professionals must minimize this difference to keep the losses, in terms of time and money, at a bare minimum. This is where “as-built” drawings assume a great significance. These drawings provide a clear picture of what the client is going to have, a great asset for the future facilities management. A design may undergo some changes, sometimes quite substantially, as a natural phenomenon, due to various factors even after the final drawings are prepared and construction starts.

• Predict the final outcome accurately

As-built drawings help you predict the final outcome in a more accurate manner and give the clients a true picture of the end-result. There is no complication, an as-built set is just like a construction documentation set (CD) set is produced. The marked-up PDFs of CD sets are used to make alterations in the CAD files of these CD sets as per the changes made/ planned. The accuracy of the information in title block and about the alterations made is vital.

Architectural drafting and design companies shoulder the responsibility of converting the dream castles of their clients into solid structures of steel and concrete. The changes made in the initial drawings during construction stage could cause confusion. As-built drawings take care of these changes and give a true picture of the final outcome.