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Forgiving Details
A forgiving detail is one that always furnishes a way for a worker to deal easily with inaccuracies or mistakes. Most traditional details are very forgiving of inaccuracies and mistakes, because they evolved over a period of many years, gradually incorporating features that made them easier and more convenient for workers. Details should be attractive and functional; however, they should also be practical within the reality of the project's construction processes. There is a tolerance associated implicitly with every dimension on a set of drawings for a building. Such tolerances have a direct effect on how details are designed. One must not design details to tolerances that exceed the tolerances of the means of execution. Tolerances are based on material properties and construction methods, not on the capacity to measure accurately. Tolerances cannot accommodate careless measurement; nor can they be eliminated by measuring very accurately. Sharp angles on stonework and masonry are also unforgiving of minor construction mishaps and are very difficult to repair. Chamfered edges, rounded edges, quirk miters, and reveals are clean, forgiving edge details for sharp masonry corners. In order to create such types of corners in brickwork, one must specify specially molded brick shapes.
Forgiving Details
A forgiving detail is one that always furnishes a way for a worker to deal easily with inaccuracies or mistakes. Most traditional details are very forgiving of inaccuracies and mistakes, because they evolved over a period of many years, gradually incorporating features that made them easier and more convenient for workers. Details should be attractive and functional; however, they should also be practical within the reality of the project's construction processes. There is a tolerance associated implicitly with every dimension on a set of drawings for a building. Such tolerances have a direct effect on how details are designed. One must not design details to tolerances that exceed the tolerances of the means of execution. Tolerances are based on material properties and construction methods, not on the capacity to measure accurately. Tolerances cannot accommodate careless measurement; nor can they be eliminated by measuring very accurately. Sharp angles on stonework and masonry are also unforgiving of minor construction mishaps and are very difficult to repair. Chamfered edges, rounded edges, quirk miters, and reveals are clean, forgiving edge details for sharp masonry corners. In order to create such types of corners in brickwork, one must specify specially molded brick shapes.
Forgiving Details
Allen, Edward (editor) / Rand, Patrick (editor)
Architectural Detailing ; 191-213
2016-05-31
23 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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