{"id":6787,"date":"2026-11-02T05:09:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T05:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/?p=6787"},"modified":"2026-11-04T06:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T06:26:12","slug":"design-vs-shop-drawings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/id\/resources\/design-vs-shop-drawings\/","title":{"rendered":"Design drawings vs shop drawings: what each one is for"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/steel-frame-bim-model-243.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/steel-frame-bim-model-243.webp 850w, https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/steel-frame-bim-model-243-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/steel-frame-bim-model-243-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/steel-frame-bim-model-243-16x12.webp 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Design drawings say what the structure must be. Shop drawings say how each piece is made. Confusing them is a common cause of delays and claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sets\">Three drawing sets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Set<\/th><th>Made by<\/th><th>Shows<\/th><th>Digunakan untuk<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><th>Design \/ IFC<\/th><td>Insinyur pencatat<\/td><td>Member sizes, grades, loads, typical connections<\/td><td>Pricing and detailing<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Gambar kerja<\/th><td>Detailer pembuat<\/td><td>Every piece: dimensions, holes, welds, marks<\/td><td>Fabrikasi<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Gambar pemasangan<\/th><td>Detailer pembuat<\/td><td>Marking plans, bolt lists, sequence<\/td><td>Lokasi<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"approval\">Persetujuan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shop drawings are submitted to the engineer of record, who checks them against the design and returns them coded (approved, approved with comments, revise). Fabrication starts only after approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-note wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Responsibility stays where it was:<\/strong> approving shop drawings does not transfer design responsibility to the fabricator, unless the contract says so.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The difference between design (IFC) drawings, shop drawings and erection drawings, who produces each, and how approval works.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_aseo_title":"Design Drawings vs Shop Drawings for Steel Structures | GG Steel","_aseo_desc":"The difference between design (IFC), shop and erection drawings for steel structures, who produces each one, and how the approval cycle works. Read the guide.","_aseo_noindex":false,"_aseo_og_image":0,"_aseo_schema_type":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6787"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7114,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6787\/revisions\/7114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}