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grading plans
plans that show the ground surface of a building site or other site, generally including grade elevations and contours
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master plans (orthographic projections)
overall plans, usually graphic and drawn on a small scale, into which the details of other specific plans are fitted. A master plan is frequently supplemented by written material. For plans having to do with land use control law, zoning, and urban redevelopment used to describe the omnibus plans of cities or towns for housing, industry, commercial, and recreational facilities and their impact on environmental factors, use "comprehensive plans"
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cross sections (orthographic projections)
orthographic images that depict a building, object, or site as if cut transversely
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exterior elevations
renderings made in projection on a vertical plane of the finished appearance of the exterior walls of structures
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typical floor plans
Plans of one story of a building that has numerous stories in that form, thus illustrating what is typical or usual in the floor plans of this building.
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key plans
plans designed for locating details that appear on other drawings, typically small-scale plans of a building or group of buildings that indicate the placement of principal elements of the scheme, which may each be represented in greater detail on other plans
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interior elevations
renderings made in projection on a plane surface of the finished appearance of the interior walls of structures
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schedules (time plans)
Plans of procedure, showing the sequence of items or operations and the time allotted for each.
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foundation plans
plans that illustrate the configuration and location of the foundation, which comprises the supporting elements of a building, located primarily below ground level, that transmit building loads to the soil or rock underneath. They may also note the conditions that are required for the support of a specific structure
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