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NIH Project Officers, A/E’s and other consultants to the NIH, who develop intramural, extramural and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) projects will benefit from ‘News to Use’.  \nPlease address questions or comments to: [shawm@mail.nih.gov](shawm@mail.nih.gov)  \nConstruction Drawing Graphics and Graphic Presentation  \nG raphics and graphic presentation are crucial aspects of construction  \ndrawings which are often overlooked by architects and engineers.  \nDrawings have to be clear, concise and easily readable. Drawings should be developed with consideration for the end user: a contractor in the field in dim lighting working from a coffee-stained half-sized set of drawings. If the drawings are not legible and understandable they are not meeting their primary purpose.  \nAll drawings shall be produced with Computer Aided Design (CAD) software supporting the creation of .dwg and/or .rvt formatted files. 2D construction drawings are the typical deliverable, but CAD software supporting and incorporating Building Information Modeling (BIM) shall be used on larger, complex projects and as required by the Scope of Work (SOW) . The National CAD/CIFM Standards [http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/21590](http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/21590) shall be followed for all formatting. Regardless of the platform used, drawings shall be developed with the end goal of producing paper documents usable in the field.  \nIn developing construction drawings a number of requirements must be met:  \nSheet Organization: Drawing sheets shall be a standard size and include a standard NIH titleblock. All fields, including project identification, date and submission shall be completed.  \nThe drawing set cover sheet shall contain the following information:  \n• NIH Building number  \n• Room number(s), if applicable  \n• Submission  \n• Date  \n• Work request number  \n• Area map  \n• Vicinity map showing project relative location  \n• Architect, engineer and other contributors to the set  \nThe drawing set shall include a concise and accurate Table of Contents ofall disciplines’ sheets, organized in a rational and consistent sequence.  \nLettering/dimension size: The lettering and dimensioning must be of a size that is readable on half-size drawings under site conditions. Lettering and dimensioning shall be a minimum of 1/8”, in an easily readable font and line weight. 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