Should Interior Designers Create Construction Documents?
Recently, we offered a brand new training on how to create and format construction documents and spec books. If you missed it, be sure to add your name to the waitlist here to know when we’re hosting it live again..
In the live training, we covered:
Industry standards for formatting CD sheets, and numbering and sequencing sheets within a construction document set
Utilizing recognized drafting symbology appropriately, and ways to format construction and fabrication notes on construction drawings
Standard formatting for plans, elevations, sections, and detail drawings, and how to cross-reference related drawings between sheets in a CD set
How to distribute appropriate materials and finish information between schedules on a CD sheet, and within a Spec book
The most thorough and efficient ways to format information and links within a spec book
How to document your process and standards for CD and spec production so you can more easily outsource that work
One designer who attended the training provided this feedback:
“The level of detail discussed in this training was 🔥. I had no idea an interior designer should be producing documents at the same level as an architect. I earned a certificate in interior design, so none of this was ever taught. I am thankful that my eyes have been opened to what I should really be doing.”
We thought this was a great opportunity to discuss the differentiation between an architect’s role and an interior designer’s role, and the competencies an interior designer should have regarding construction documentation.
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