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Buyer guide · Drawing review

Review Shop Drawings

A practical review order for catching scope, interface and approval issues before production release.

Designer and MARFA project engineer reviewing furniture shop drawings
Shop drawings work best when dimensions, interfaces, materials and approval status are reviewed together.
Shop drawings should convert design intent into an inspectable manufacturing instruction. Buyers should review dimensions, materials, interfaces, hardware, tolerances, fixing, labels and revision status before approving production.

Confirm drawing control

A drawing without revision control cannot function as a reliable production record.

  • Project, room or zone and product code.
  • Revision, issue date and approval status.
  • References to the current architectural and consultant set.

Review dimensions and interfaces

Dimensions that depend on final site measurement should be flagged rather than silently treated as confirmed.

  • Overall, internal and critical interface dimensions.
  • Wall, floor, ceiling, stone, appliance and service conditions.
  • Fillers, scribes, shadow gaps, access panels and site joints.

Review construction and finish

The finish sample and drawing should reference one another so appearance and construction cannot drift apart.

  • Substrate, visible surfaces, edge treatment and grain direction.
  • Hardware model, quantity, location and opening clearances.
  • Glass, metal, lighting and specialist component responsibility.

Record approval comments

Approval should state what is released and what remains conditional. Email fragments should not replace a controlled drawing revision.

  • Use one consolidated comment register.
  • Identify accepted deviations and open items.
  • Require a clean revised issue after comments are closed.

Use this guide in the project file

Attach the relevant checklist to the current drawing, quotation or approval record. Record project-specific decisions in writing and confirm destination requirements with the responsible professional or authority. We record project-specific decisions clearly and confirm destination requirements before production.

Drawing review record

Keep one decision register alongside marked-up drawings. Close a comment only when the responsible party and revision are recorded.

Record areaWhat to retain
DimensionsCritical heights, depths, clearances, and site-measurement dependencies.
InterfacesAppliances, MEP, stone, metal, lighting, and fixing conditions.
ApprovalDrawing revision, reviewer, date, and any item still subject to a sample.

Turn the drawing set into a clear next step.

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