Understanding Construction Drawings for Housing and Small Buildings

Third Edition is the only Canadian textbook designed to help students learn to read the construction drawings used to communicate information about buildings. Includes five sets of fully detailed construction drawings from different companies. These drawings cover both metric and imperial units of measurement and cover various perspectives and layouts. This text references the most up-to-date National Building Code of Canada and has been updated with additional content and information pertaining to sustainable building practices, energy efficiency, building information modelling (BIM) and three-dimensional (3D) images, engineered flooring systems, and more. Provides students in the building trades with straightforward, step-by-step guidance to master the skill of reading and understanding construction drawings.