Service 01
Prepare and update structural general arrangements, framing plans, elevations, sections, foundation and equipment-base drawings from approved engineering inputs. Dimensions, reference levels, interfaces and revisions are coordinated within your drawing standards.
We prepare civil and structural CAD documentation for EPC contractors, structural engineering consultancies and industrial project teams, developed from approved design information for energy and industrial facilities.
Drawing packages may cover structural general arrangements, framing plans, sections and elevations, foundation and equipment-base drawings, and the interface details needed for coordination, technical review and downstream construction documentation.
We work within your drawing standards, numbering system, reference coordinates, revisions and approved design inputs. An assignment can be a new drawing package, development of marked-up documentation, revisions to existing drawings or record-drawing updates from verified information. The aim is clear, consistently organised production documents, not a replacement for the designated engineer's design or approval responsibilities.
A civil and structural drafting package turns approved design information into controlled CAD drawings for coordination, review and construction. It typically includes structural general arrangements, framing plans, sections and elevations, foundation and equipment-base drawings, and the interface details other disciplines need. Inputs are the approved structural and civil design drawings or sketches, layouts with reference grids and coordinates, vendor equipment data, current revisions and approved redlines, and the client's CAD standards, title blocks and numbering. Outputs are issued in native DWG or DGN and PDF with a drawing register that records revision status. An assignment can be a new package, development of marked-up documentation, revisions to existing drawings or record-drawing updates from verified information. Drafting does not include independent analysis, foundation design, connection calculations, site survey or statutory certification: design and approval stay with the client's responsible engineer, and the drafter works to the issued design.
Downstream of approved engineering. The responsible engineer designs the structure; we turn the approved design into arrangement drawings. On many packages these drawings become the reference that 3D modelling, steel shop drawings and rebar detailing are built from.
Detailed rebar and bar bending schedules belong to Reinforced Concrete & Rebar Detailing, and steel shop and assembly drawings to Structural Steel Detailing & Fabrication Documentation, so each deliverable has one clear home.
Discuss Your ScopeThe work that can be commissioned under this service. Any item can be scoped on its own or as part of a package; deliverables are agreed in writing for each project.
The work within this service, in the order it is usually produced. Any part can be scoped on its own; the deliverables for each package are agreed in writing.
Supplied templates, project grids, reference levels, coordinate systems and drawing references set up before production. Inconsistencies in the inputs are raised as clarifications.
Overall steel and concrete arrangement plans and equipment or facility structural layouts from approved design information, showing principal member positions, grids, levels and references.
Framing plans, elevations, key sections and member layout information that communicate geometry and interdisciplinary interfaces.
Foundation plans, equipment bases, plinths, pedestals, substation bases and setting-out from approved design layouts. Detailed reinforcement and BBS packages sit in Reinforced Concrete & Rebar Detailing.
Base-plate and foundation interfaces, embedment locations from the approved design, and structural supports relative to vendor equipment, piping and cable tray. Anchor and connection design are not implied.
Updates to existing drawings, client engineering mark-ups, title-block and annotation updates, layer and line-type consistency, drawing comparison and revisions.
Record drawings reconstructed or updated from supplied verified site records, approved redlines or survey information. Uncertain conditions are flagged, never presented as survey-verified.
Structures this service regularly covers on energy and industrial projects. These are applications, not stages of the work.
What we work from
Each input is logged with its revision and status before production starts.
What you receive
Actual deliverables, formats and assumptions are negotiated and confirmed in the scope of work for each package.
Drawings follow the client's design basis, drawing conventions and title blocks. Design codes referenced on drawings are those specified by the responsible designer.
The scope of work records the applicable standards and editions for each package. A reference to a standard does not imply design verification or certification.
How standards are appliedCodes, editions and design criteria are those set by the responsible designer and the project specification. Drawings present them; drafting does not select them.
Title blocks, numbering, layers, scales, CAD standards and issue-status codes follow the client's procedures.
Equipment, piping, cable tray and vendor information is shown as issued. Conflicts are raised as technical queries, not resolved by assumption.
Native platform, version, file format and revision convention are agreed before production starts.
Examples a project may specify
Illustrative only, not a fixed or exhaustive list. The governing documents and editions are those named in your contract and project specification.
Platform, version and file format are confirmed during scope review.
Software listed reflects the senior team's project experience. Supported platforms, versions and file formats for a new package are confirmed during scope review.
File formats & workflow2D Drawing Production
Arrangement, detail, RCC and as-built drawings, and revision incorporation on existing drawing sets.
Drawing & Modelling Platform
Structural drawings and modelling for projects delivered on MicroStation-based standards.
The usual sequence for this service. Steps can overlap, and review comments loop back to earlier steps.
Approved inputs, standards, grids and conventions confirmed; gaps raised early.
General arrangement and layouts prepared as the reference for all sheets.
Structural and civil plans, elevations and sections developed with references.
Discipline and vendor interfaces coordinated; technical queries raised and logged.
Sheets checked against inputs, references and the drawing register.
Issued for the designated client review; instructed comments incorporated.
Native and PDF deliverables handed over with revision status.
Review & responsibility
Every sheet is checked at production level against the approved inputs, the grid and level references and the drawing register before issue. Client comments are logged and incorporated as instructed, with clouded changes and a revision history. These checks confirm the drawing reflects its inputs; they are not a structural design approval.
These are drafting and engineering documentation services from client-approved engineering design and instructions. Independent analysis, foundation design, connection calculations, site survey and statutory certification are outside the standard drafting scope.
Rebar detailing and BBS are provided under Reinforced Concrete & Rebar Detailing, steel shop and assembly drawings under Structural Steel Detailing & Fabrication Documentation, and standalone quantities under Material Take-Offs, BOM & Engineering Documentation. Work outside these limits can be discussed as a custom scope.
Excerpts from drawings produced by our senior team during previous professional engagements. They are confidential, so they are reduced, watermarked and shown without title blocks. Full drawings are for clients only.
Senior team experience
Package 2 – Onshore Facilities
Senior team experience on the onshore facilities package included structural steel pipe bridges, platforms and crossover steel structures, with the associated drawings and material take-off.
Oil & Gas · Brownfield / Onshore
Representative scope: Structural checking, Design and detail support, Structural modifications
NGL / Gas Processing · Onshore
Representative scope: RCC structures, Pipe rack layouts
Refinery · Onshore
Representative scope: FrameWorks Plus 3D modelling, Concrete and steel buildings, Platforms, pipe racks, stairs and ladders
Gas / Energy
Representative scope: Detailed engineering drawings, PDS modelling, Navigator / model review
Senior team experience. Photographs are representative industry images.
Straight answers on how this service works. Scopes outside what is described here are reviewed case by case; we confirm we have the right competence before quoting.
Ask about your scopeNo. We provide drafting and design support. Design responsibility stays with your responsible engineer; we develop arrangement drawings from the approved design information you issue.
Existing native CAD files, PDFs, sketches and redlines can be used, subject to legibility, source reliability and file compatibility. Reconstruction from scans is scoped separately and checked against authoritative source data.
Yes. Work can be packaged by drawing register, discipline, issue milestone or an agreed resource arrangement once the inputs, standards and complexity have been reviewed.
They can be part of an integrated assignment, but detailed rebar and BBS work belongs to Reinforced Concrete & Rebar Detailing and steel shop and assembly drawings to Structural Steel Detailing & Fabrication Documentation.
Need a civil or structural CAD drawing package? Share your drawing register, approved design inputs, required formats and target submission dates for a technical and commercial review.