Intro to Plan Reading Part 1 of 3 - Construction Plan Reading Series - Trades Training Video

Welcome to the Construction Plan Reading Series: In this video series, we review the basics of plan reading on a set of residential construction documents - sometimes still called Blue Prints. We will cover different types of plan views and a variety of symbols used. This series also includes 2 lessons about how to use an architect's and engineer's scale when reading plans.
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0:00 Intro
1:26 Engineer's stamp
1:53 Expectations of plans
2:50 Title block
5:24 Scale
7:45 Table of contents
9:07 Legends
9:38 Schedule
10:32 Plan view
11:20 Elevation view
11:51 Section view