What is the benefit of construction drawings?
Construction drawings (CDs) are not a mandatory requirement for every project. However, the CDs are critical if the project is going to be bid on by contractors. The construction drawing set will describe the grading and drainage (elevations and flow), horizontal control (x and y geometry), construction details, specifications for construction, planting plans, planting and soils specifications, and, if needed, the irrigation plan and lighting plan. Together these comprise the construction drawing set. The complete set should be given to each bidder in the pool of potential builders, so that they might provide true apples-to-apples bids. We also keep a set of those drawings to check against upon project completion. This ‘punch list’ makes note of every discrepancy between the plan and the constructed project. The benefit of retaining the services of KDG, LLC for this final check prior to payout of contractors is to make sure you have received what was desired, what was designed, and wha
