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The Architectural Grid

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The Architectural Grid As part of my update for Mitchells Construction, I thought I would add a section within Structures on the Use of the Architectural Grid, with a passing mention in Strucrures, Site layout, and possibly Surveying. All buildings, from the simple shed to complex skyscrapers, need to stand up under its own weight, the weather and occupants and Dead loads . It is importand to understand the path of the load though the building, in relation to both the internal layout and their use. A grid helps to both coordinate these loads, and define and control the location of the structure floor by floor, and its here we start to define the grid as not just a single one layer floor, but for all floors controlled by a vertical grid. Distributing the Load The masons of old, soon found out that ignoring the load created by the structure on the ground will inevitably lead to the buildings collapse, and that cutting or excavating the top soil and any unstable layers below was essential...
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Architectural Drawings - Security of Information

  Architectural Drawings - Security of information Will CAD and security survive   Introduction The information embeded into any Architectural drawing is sometimes a security problem for all of the construction team, including the client if it was ever released to the wrong people. In days before CAD, drawing were printed, folded and sent via post to who ever needed them, along with a distribution list, often many drawings were printed, I know this because as a junior in a practice in 1970, I spent hours on a maching printing folding and organising the distribution. In this article we look at the transition of architectural drawings from paper to digital created an IP and integrity crisis that can only be solved by adopting the Golden Thread of Information. and beyond. This article is intended to create a thread for your Knowledge base research, I have included a link to my conversation with Google Gemini, my prefered AI. There is a lot going on, and the more I read, the more ...
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