5 Construction Drawing Mistakes That Cost Builders Real Money
Most construction budget overruns don't start on site. They start on paper. Five mistakes. All preventable. All expensive. 1. The Title Block Nobody Verified Every permit set has a title block. Project name, address, sheet number, revision date. Most builders never read it. A wrong project address on a title block gets flagged by the permit reviewer. The set comes back. Resubmission takes a week. In jurisdictions with permit backlogs : that one wrong line costs two weeks of schedule before a single nail gets driven. 2. The North Arrow That Was Wrong A site plan with an incorrect north arrow sends the entire build in the wrong direction. Literally. Contractors orient the building on site using the site plan. A wrong north arrow means the garage faces the wrong street. The driveway connects to the wrong side of the lot. The house sits backwards on the property. According to construction error studies, orientation mistakes on site plans are among th...
