Architectural Construction Drawings for a Hotel, USA

Project Highpoints
Project Synopsis
Creating Construction Drawings for a Hotel Building in the US
Project Objective

To develop complete set of Construction Drawings with equipment schedules for a Hotel Building. The construction drawings needed to be developed following Architectural Standards and Building codes for Louisiana, United States

Client Summary

This project was outsourced to Tesla Outsourcing Services, India office, by an architectural firm in Louisiana, U.S.A.

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Project Summary

This project consists of a Hotel Suite with 4 floors. The only input that was pro­vided to us was a conceptual drawing consisting of basic plan and eleva­tion. All the details relevant for producing construction drawings was devel­oped from the conceptual design. The project has creation of

  • Floor Plans- first floor to the fourth floor
    • Site Plan
    • Reflected Ceiling Plan
    • Room Matrix
    • Enlarged floor plans
    • Guest room plans• Exterior Elevations
    • Interior Room Elevations – Suites
    • Interior Bathroom Elevations
    • Sections
    • Detailing of all rooms
    • Structural Layouts

The project had unique and typical floors both. There were different types of bathrooms for physically handicap, different sizes of bedrooms etc. The total project area was 45789 sq ft.

UNIT BREAKDOWN
ROOM TYPE  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
KING 0 6 6 6 18
KING ADA R/S 0 0 0 0 0
DOUBLE QUEEN 1 14 14 14 43
QUEEN ADA 0 1 0 0 1
EXTENDED KING SUITE 1 4 4 3 12
EXTENDED KING SUITE ADA 0 0 0 1 1
KING ADA 0 0 1 1 2
ADA ROOM
HEARING IMPAIRED ROOM
TOTAL  2 25 25 25 77

The project had unique and typical floors both. There were different types of bathrooms for physically handicap, different sizes of bedrooms etc. The total project area was 45789 sq ft.

Project Details:

Building Data

  • Building Height: 45′-3″ Deck
  • Number of Stories: 4
  • Type of Construction: Mixed
  • Sprinkled Building: Yes
  • Construction Type: 5A – Protected

Architectural, Structural, Co-ordination and detailed installation draw­ings were completed within 100 working days. As an outcome of exceptional quality deliverables within a short-term de­livery time and excellent quality of drawings, the client has outsourced us lot of Architectural Visualization projects along with construction drawings.

Project Completion Year
2016
Project Deliverables
  • Construction Drawing Set in 2D format
  • 2D Detailed Drawings
  • 3D Revit Model of the conceptual stage
Challenges
  • Minimum inputs were provided
  • Design changes while we neared completion resulted in re-work of some areas
  • Turnaround time was the biggest challenge. The project deadline was preponed while working on the project midway.