Blueprint Reading

Develop basic level knowledge, skills, and abilities in blueprint reading.

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Course offerings

*Cost of course text and associated plans included in registration.

** Please bring architectural scale, engineer scale, colored pencils & calculator

About the Class

Every project team member and construction professional in the construction industry needs to understand and apply basic knowledge as well as perform primary tasks that require blueprint reading. This 18-hour introductory course will provide blueprint fundamentals (knowledge and application) needed to help you organize and apply blueprint reading skills to contribute to the completion of projects – whether working in the field, supporting from the office, or advising and supporting as a professional, planner, or advisor.

This is a prerequisite for ABC Central Florida’s future BLUEPRINT READING II (Intermediate Reading and Quantity Takeoffs) Course.

Learning objectives:

  • Project delivery systems
  • Prints & types of drawings
  • Line types, common scales, & print components
  • Symbols associated with materials
  • Functionality and purpose of materials
  • Application of materials in varying construction projects – roofing, electrical, mechanical
  • Principles of Platform Framing
  • Common methods of frame construction
  • Fundamentals of concrete, masonry, metal construction
  • Key elements for reading plans - site plans, structural plans, foundation plans, floor plans, roof plans, and more
  • Plan reading for geometric plans, grading plans, utility plans, photometric plans, foundation plans
  • CSI master format specifications (multiple divisions) & general requirements, site construction

Who Should Attend

  • Field Trades and Craftsman
  • Project Administrators
  • Project Coordinators
  • Planners
  • Attorneys & Advisors