Lunch Lecture Series - How to Read & Interpret Blue Prints, Part I/II

Lunch Lecture Series
"How to Read & Interpret Blue Prints, Part I/II" with special guest speaker
Kent Bell, Harris Engineering

Kent Bell is the President and lead mechanical engineer for Harris Engineering.
With over 30 yrs of design experience and countless projects of all sizes and
complexity types, Kent is a committed to his clients and profession.

Roseman University @ Teneya
3755 Breakthrough Way
Las Vegas, NV 89135
Bldg 1 /  room 210

Lunch sponsored by

Outline:

Blueprint Fundamentals

• Types of Building Plans:
• • Floor plans
  • Elevations
  • Sections
  • Site plans
• Common Elements:
• • Title block (project name, scale, date, drafter info)
  • Legends and symbols
  • Revision blocks
    

Understanding Floor Plans

• Orientation (north arrows, scale, compass directions)
• Walls, doors, and windows (how they’re represented)
• Room labels and dimensions
• Basic electrical/plumbing symbols
  

Elevations & Sections

• Elevations:
• • What they show (height, façade, materials)
  • Reading vertical dimensions
• Sections:
• • Purpose (cut-through view)
  • Understanding how structure is represented
    

Reading Dimensions and Scales

• Understanding architectural scales (e.g., 1/4" = 1'-0")
• Converting measurements on paper to real-world sizes
• Interpreting dimension strings and annotations
  

Practice Reading a Full Plan Set

• Go through a simplified full set of plans (floor plan, elevation, section, site plan)
• Discuss how the pages work together to show the full project
  

Q&A + Wrap-Up

• Review key takeaways
• Open floor for questions
• Share tips for continued learning