Great presentation, Steve! As a residential building designer, I am blessed to have Steve and the whole Build Show Network to learn valuable knowledge and wisdom from! That last question about builders having issues with "too much detail" was the perfect question to ask. While we are all in business to earn a profit, we should still want to do the best work we can and outshine the competition. I truly appreciate the forward-thinking builders who value the intent of us forward-thinking designers/architects.
First summer after Year one I worked in Commercial Construction. I was working with a guy from Newfoundland and when he found out that i was going to drawing buildings for a living he took me aside. He showed me the details we were going to build "see how this is drawn?" "this is how we need to build it 20' in the air over a open hole". "What you need to do is draw it the way we build it." Good Advice for a 45 year career.
I don’t tell builders how to build in my drawings.They need to know that. I just show what to build. I use my construction field experience to understand the components and sequence-or at least ONE way it could be done. Generally I don’t do window details except flashing guidelines (CYA). The builder should know how to put in a flange window and they are responsible to install it per manufacturer and to be weather resistant. I’m not here to teach them the basics of their job. We do extensive details on some openings, but not standard windows.
@@pcatful exactly ... Tell them in the images and notes you want them to build but not how it (sometimes a complex build requires their input into the drawings. I have a master details package for new trades covering our energy codes and moisture ingress protection. We adopted a learning lunch program years ago to coordinate between trades and the overlaps required.
This is great! I will have to watch again!1 . 1 find 1 disagree with drawing everything for the engineer and truss designer. But then I realize that Steve does projects all over the country. We have close coordination with our engineers and we usually get good truss designs in our area. We always review of course. Then our drawings focus on what is important to us and we do not expect the engineer to detail those things. Also, I'm glad Steve is out there teaching guy no. 3 on the jobsite. I'm not going to do it. The contractor should know his job. If he can't install a window, and he won't supervise his own people, too bad for him/her. I'm not running his jobsite.
Thanks for this awesome presentation and thanks for posting it. More details are ALWAYS better. Like you infer, if some builder or sub tells you it's too much information, that means he's just a crap builder, and he's grasping to find an excuse to do it in the substandard manner to which he is accustomed. When I design something and add a detail, there is always a reason, and I can tell you immediately why it's there. If the builder or sub does not follow directions and the result is subpar, that is 100% on them, and a reputable builder knows it. In my experience, the good custom builders WELCOME meticulous planning like this, because they sweat the details themselves and know this makes a happy customer.
Thank you for reminding folks of the reason for technical drawings. They are not just pretty pictures - they are a way of communicating information in a manner that the people they are meant for can understand. What is interesting is that the better the creator/originator is at providing the correct information, the better looking the drawing often turns out to be.
Awesome! Thank you Matt, Steven and Joe. Nothing better than a good mix of building science, common sense and humor. Great presentation, great drawings and thank you for sharing... 😁👍👍👍👍👍
as a drafter in the commercial glazing world, i cannot agree more on using the same detail and focus on the annotating for different trades. coordination and scope responsabilty is always an issue.
An excellent presentation by Steve, but I find myself in agreement about his criticism regarding NAAB-accredited architectural education in the US. Of the 48 REQUIRED courses for my Architecture degree, only about 5 ELECTIVE courses were offered regarding sustainability/alternative materials/building science principles. So his argument that many of the building science concepts are rarely taught, and only for individuals motivated to voluntarily pursue such training. While we ALL are required to have at least 2 courses in physics, they only equip us with a foundational knowledge of thermal transfer and much of it is related to statics, kinematics, and classical dynamics (including Newton's laws), torque, projectile motion, and circular motion with some additional coverage regarding fluids, elasticity, vibration (including simple harmonic motion) sound waves and acoustics and a little thermodynamics. I think that NAAB and NCARB need to reconsider the curricular requirements for future architects so that these types of courses are no longer ELECTIVE but instead become requirements (even if such architects never use them in their practice).
I’m an architect. I learned to draw ✍️ by hand and it was considered an art form with a long tradition of graphic expression. I had to carefully consider sheet layouts and exactly how big and where to start drawing sections, elevations, etc. moving a section over an inch might take a day or two of redrawing. That design of sheets and drawings on them got lost as students do everything on a computer now.
My year in high school was the last ones to use drafting tables. I did one year of manual drafting, and two of CAD before graduating. One year was not enough to develop the right instincts of scale, font size, and drawing layout. And the ability to zoom in on a monitor doesn't help. I find I still plot a check set of the first couple plans/details just to make sure my scale and font sizes are suitable for the project.
Never bid a Baczek job and think you can claim that something was left off or ambiguous and your company is deserving of a surcharge. Great presentation of what a well thought out set of plans should look like. Steve might be well advised to send a copy of this video accompanying the plans to any first time bidders for any of his projects. Ray
There's too many people who don't want to do the right thing.They just want to get paid. Then, the homeowner. He's always trying to find the person to do it right. It becomes a money pit.
Overall, is the modern extreme specialization of trades a good thing that is more efficient and leads to better work results? Or is it making things worse because of the increased spread out responsibility and increased communication?
He is good start watching your videos. I ever build house it does not matter how much it cost to get the drawing done he does not miss any thing love ur shows this summer iam going to build a shed using ur techniques
What software is used by professional architects? Is it just "standard" AutoCad or Solidworks or is there a specific software package for the profession that I would never have heard of?
Love the talk, but I personally have a problem with pretending every other architect -from the title- is stupid or doesn’t know what they’re doing. I’ve worked as both an architect and GC and pretending anyone knows everything or that a whole group of people are bad, while it might make for a great clickbait title is kind of BS
I recently participated in a house where the homeowner got part of the plans because the architect died and had to figure out a lot of this during construction, what a nightmare.
So.....im wondering if you have a set of blueprints, for a smaller basic house design, that you can hand out to us so we can see in greater detail what all you include in your designs? 😊
ive been saying it for years construction documents should be relabeled to liability documents. the aia for generations has made sure to keep means in methods in contractors court. and contractors are rewarded with more money because of it.
Is someone else editing Matt's videos? Every now and then some basic production rules are missed (wrong camera context, misplaced b-role context) and in this case the audio level isnt normalized (way too low). I just want Matt's awesome videos to be on point on ALL points. 🤞😁.
Generally the general contractor determines the sequence after studying the drawings. They're the one that takes on division of scope between subs, scheduling them, etc. The drawings show intent of a final product. They also don't show any temporary works (i.e. shoring) which may be required and affected by the sequence determined by the contractor. Sometimes it's obvious what the order of things should be, and sometimes there's options available to a contractor due to site conditions, lead times, weather, etc. Those options can sometimes save an owner money (or make a job more profitable for a contractor if they're bearing the risk), so the sequence is left to the team actually in charge of implementing the design concept.
Isn"t that a job of an engineer to draw in detail each phase of construction? I though an architect draws just the general house design and engineer draws construction details.
No, it doesn't work that way. State licensed architects are able to calculate and design building structures. It would be rare for a civil engineer to get involved, typically only if there is some aspect of the build that specifically requires signoff by a state licensed PE. Architects design every last detail of construction that isn't mandated by the building code (which covers all the fine details).
Actually, this depends on a lot of factors. Where you’re located, the architect’s background and experience, commercial vs residential, and how tall the building is. Typically an architect concentrates on floor plan flow and interior and exterior aesthetic details, while the structural engineer does foundations, walls and roof systems focusing on local building considerations such as hurricanes/earthquakes/snow loads, etc. Some architects have the knowledge (and liability insurance) to do all of the engineering, some prefer to work only on the creative side of things. Also, in many parts of the US, a licensed structural engineer is required to sign and seal buildings over three stories (+/-) in height.
@@Magpie-1111 Nope, it would be very rare for a civil engineer being involved in residential construction in any way in the U.S. Not only would engineering involvement be rare but even architects are rarely involved. From Google: "According to most sources, only around 2% of US residential construction is designed by a licensed architect; meaning that the vast majority of homes do not involve direct design input from an architect."
Title of video is sad and negative. I wish it said, Why you want to hire an Architect, or Why good Architects matter, or Great builders use great Architects. It seems popular these days to put down the services of architects and engineers, who do awesome work every day.
First - I didn't name it, not that I mind it either. I do agree with you, I would rather see optimism in exchange for pessimism. But here is the rub, for a very large part, we (architects) do a poor job educating our young. I know this for an absolute fact because both my son and daughter have recently graduated Architecture school and work with me. It is depressing given the time and $$ for their education, the result is somewhat laughable. Our office gets numerous inquiries where we are asked to do details and such (basically complete some other architect/designer's details. Honestly, I could make a good living on just that alone. I love what I do - you can see that, but I am not quite in favor of the profession as a whole. Yes, I know some good/great architects doing it and getting after it, and their work is awesome. In the same thinking, part of me wants to kick the profession in the butt.......For those doing a great job - Thank You.......for those who don't well.......
@@stevenbaczekarchitect9431 Your kids are lucky to have a father like you to guide them. My son is 9 and talks about architecture constantly. He loves videos like yours. I have no clue what to tell him. I have zero idea about the realities of the field, its future or how to maneuver.
"Recognizeable"? No offense meant, simply a stated experience, but I've mimic'd some of your details on my projects, or worked to achieve configurations that you and Matt have shown in regards to insulation / weather barriers and it has thrown builders thru a loop or they've thrown a fit. Mostly saying I was trying to over-build the house or trying to be overly fancy details. I'm not saying you are wrong, or these efforts are not worthy, and builders will see what you are doing, but honestly it has caused me grief to try to be like you guys. I hope that the envelops and details that you guys develop become more widely accepted.
As an engineer that specializes in remediation of failed/damaged structures, I often have to deal with the "you're over engineering this", or "this is way over-built". Whenever I ask the tradesman what they would have recommended, it usually comes close to what was originally built. As we are dealing with a failure, I simply point to the project we're working on as reason why what is typically done is unacceptable, and that things that seem "over-built" to some are simply built to longer service life. On every project I ask the owner how long they want the repair to last. As they're the ones paying for it, they get to make the call. I then engineer a solution to meet their budget and requirements. Some owners understand the value in building a robust structure and implementing redundancy in details to protect things that are expensive to repair/replace. Some don't. Sometimes I just need to remind the contractor that their job is to implement the design, and that what is shown on the drawings reflects not just the engineer/architects wishes, but the owner's too.
I'm an outsider to the building indistry and a total amateur, but it seems ridiculous to me to have architects and engineers not be one and the same profession.
He seems to be a great guy giving valuable information. Where is his son and daughter? Where are his " friends"? WHY aren't they HELPING him LOSE 75 pounds because all that excess weight in his gut is OUTDATED and WRONG since it indicates LACK of knowledge to LIVE a LONG HEALTHY LIFE. TRUE friends and TRULY concerned family DO SOMETHING to help someone they care about LIVE long and HEALTHY.
@@stevenbaczekarchitect9431 Can't believe people (TROLLS) and what you have to put up with to share the knowledge. In my camp you are greatly appreciated! 😁👍
Maybe try to enjoy the Amazing content and not to judge someone and think you know what that means medically. Great content Steve, I watch a lot of your videos and learn so much 🙏🏻 and thanks to Matt for Sharing 😉
@@DavidThomas-dovakin A gut like that means visceral fat. Which is extremely bad for your liver and health in general. This isn't a judgment call. It's fact.
Great presentation, Steve! As a residential building designer, I am blessed to have Steve and the whole Build Show Network to learn valuable knowledge and wisdom from! That last question about builders having issues with "too much detail" was the perfect question to ask. While we are all in business to earn a profit, we should still want to do the best work we can and outshine the competition. I truly appreciate the forward-thinking builders who value the intent of us forward-thinking designers/architects.
First summer after Year one I worked in Commercial Construction. I was working with a guy from Newfoundland and when he found out that i was going to drawing buildings for a living he took me aside. He showed me the details we were going to build "see how this is drawn?" "this is how we need to build it 20' in the air over a open hole". "What you need to do is draw it the way we build it." Good Advice for a 45 year career.
What is “Year one”?
@coachjimblack year one of technical school.
I don’t tell builders how to build in my drawings.They need to know that. I just show what to build. I use my construction field experience to understand the components and sequence-or at least ONE way it could be done. Generally I don’t do window details except flashing guidelines (CYA). The builder should know how to put in a flange window and they are responsible to install it per manufacturer and to be weather resistant. I’m not here to teach them the basics of their job. We do extensive details on some openings, but not standard windows.
@@pcatful exactly ... Tell them in the images and notes you want them to build but not how it (sometimes a complex build requires their input into the drawings.
I have a master details package for new trades covering our energy codes and moisture ingress protection.
We adopted a learning lunch program years ago to coordinate between trades and the overlaps required.
@@warrengaul2518Sounds awesome.
Thank you, Steve. From one architect to another, this presentation is gold!
Very much appreciated - I think its high time we take control and responsibility for OUR part in the industry
Excellent summary at the end! Best Instruction manual is the best road to success! I love that comment. Keep it coming.
This is great! I will have to watch again!1 . 1 find 1 disagree with drawing everything for the engineer and truss designer. But then I realize that Steve does projects all over the country. We have close coordination with our engineers and we usually get good truss designs in our area. We always review of course. Then our drawings focus on what is important to us and we do not expect the engineer to detail those things. Also, I'm glad Steve is out there teaching guy no. 3 on the jobsite. I'm not going to do it. The contractor should know his job. If he can't install a window, and he won't supervise his own people, too bad for him/her. I'm not running his jobsite.
Thanks for this awesome presentation and thanks for posting it. More details are ALWAYS better. Like you infer, if some builder or sub tells you it's too much information, that means he's just a crap builder, and he's grasping to find an excuse to do it in the substandard manner to which he is accustomed. When I design something and add a detail, there is always a reason, and I can tell you immediately why it's there. If the builder or sub does not follow directions and the result is subpar, that is 100% on them, and a reputable builder knows it. In my experience, the good custom builders WELCOME meticulous planning like this, because they sweat the details themselves and know this makes a happy customer.
it's presentations and attention to detail like these that bring respect back to the profession of architecture
Thank you!!!
I appreciate you posting the insight from Sir Steve, Rev. Matt!!
Thanks for joining in
Steve is one of the best lecturers I've ever had!
Thank you for reminding folks of the reason for technical drawings. They are not just pretty pictures - they are a way of communicating information in a manner that the people they are meant for can understand. What is interesting is that the better the creator/originator is at providing the correct information, the better looking the drawing often turns out to be.
Awesome! Thank you Matt, Steven and Joe. Nothing better than a good mix of building science, common sense and humor. Great presentation, great drawings and thank you for sharing... 😁👍👍👍👍👍
as a drafter in the commercial glazing world, i cannot agree more on using the same detail and focus on the annotating for different trades. coordination and scope responsabilty is always an issue.
Incredible lecture from Steve. Thanks for sharing!
An excellent presentation by Steve, but I find myself in agreement about his criticism regarding NAAB-accredited architectural education in the US. Of the 48 REQUIRED courses for my Architecture degree, only about 5 ELECTIVE courses were offered regarding sustainability/alternative materials/building science principles. So his argument that many of the building science concepts are rarely taught, and only for individuals motivated to voluntarily pursue such training. While we ALL are required to have at least 2 courses in physics, they only equip us with a foundational knowledge of thermal transfer and much of it is related to statics, kinematics, and classical dynamics (including Newton's laws), torque, projectile motion, and circular motion with some additional coverage regarding fluids, elasticity, vibration (including simple harmonic motion) sound waves and acoustics and a little thermodynamics. I think that NAAB and NCARB need to reconsider the curricular requirements for future architects so that these types of courses are no longer ELECTIVE but instead become requirements (even if such architects never use them in their practice).
I’m an architect. I learned to draw ✍️ by hand and it was considered an art form with a long tradition of graphic expression. I had to carefully consider sheet layouts and exactly how big and where to start drawing sections, elevations, etc. moving a section over an inch might take a day or two of redrawing. That design of sheets and drawings on them got lost as students do everything on a computer now.
My year in high school was the last ones to use drafting tables. I did one year of manual drafting, and two of CAD before graduating. One year was not enough to develop the right instincts of scale, font size, and drawing layout. And the ability to zoom in on a monitor doesn't help. I find I still plot a check set of the first couple plans/details just to make sure my scale and font sizes are suitable for the project.
@@The_R_Vid it doesn’t help when AutoCAD uses colored layers onscreen to abstractly represent different line weights.
Wonderful talk! Thank you Steve!
Thanks Matt for sharing this video.
Really cool presentation! Inspiring stuff. Keep it up Steve!
wahooooooooo, and not the fish
Never bid a Baczek job and think you can claim that something was left off or ambiguous and your company is deserving of a surcharge. Great presentation of what a well thought out set of plans should look like. Steve might be well advised to send a copy of this video accompanying the plans to any first time bidders for any of his projects. Ray
This happens?
Thank you so much for sharing this video, phenomenal!
I and my son are following you and tracking you everyday 😂
Best to you belly😅
THANK YOU FOR THIS EXCLENT BUILD ON THE BUILD SHOW...
Thank you so much for sharing this.
Great teacher
41:59 Is that next gen perfect wall is using blown exterior insulation? That’s kinda brilliant as long as you can keep it dry.
There's too many people who don't want to do the right thing.They just want to get paid. Then, the homeowner. He's always trying to find the person to do it right. It becomes a money pit.
Overall, is the modern extreme specialization of trades a good thing that is more efficient and leads to better work results? Or is it making things worse because of the increased spread out responsibility and increased communication?
He is good start watching your videos. I ever build house it does not matter how much it cost to get the drawing done he does not miss any thing love ur shows this summer iam going to build a shed using ur techniques
I'm going to assume this good, given a warm welcome by Joe L.
Good content, good presentation. I'm surprised the big red pen didn't make an appearance.
I would hire him!
For windows make the head extra wide, using say three 2x4s on each side, then window width adjustments are easy.
What software is used by professional architects? Is it just "standard" AutoCad or Solidworks or is there a specific software package for the profession that I would never have heard of?
Love the talk, but I personally have a problem with pretending every other architect -from the title- is stupid or doesn’t know what they’re doing. I’ve worked as both an architect and GC and pretending anyone knows everything or that a whole group of people are bad, while it might make for a great clickbait title is kind of BS
I recently participated in a house where the homeowner got part of the plans because the architect died and had to figure out a lot of this during construction, what a nightmare.
I use a 3D software myself.
But it’s amazing how well you can execute drawings with just lines!
So.....im wondering if you have a set of blueprints, for a smaller basic house design, that you can hand out to us so we can see in greater detail what all you include in your designs? 😊
Something special about being the first viewer!
hell yeah
This is excellent info, even for clients who want to be informed on how their expensive home should be built.
ive been saying it for years construction documents should be relabeled to liability documents.
the aia for generations has made sure to keep means in methods in contractors court. and contractors are rewarded with more money because of it.
Is someone else editing Matt's videos? Every now and then some basic production rules are missed (wrong camera context, misplaced b-role context) and in this case the audio level isnt normalized (way too low). I just want Matt's awesome videos to be on point on ALL points. 🤞😁.
Do architectural drawings ever indicate the sequence in which a detail is assembled, or do architects assume the contractor understands the sequence?
Generally the general contractor determines the sequence after studying the drawings. They're the one that takes on division of scope between subs, scheduling them, etc. The drawings show intent of a final product. They also don't show any temporary works (i.e. shoring) which may be required and affected by the sequence determined by the contractor. Sometimes it's obvious what the order of things should be, and sometimes there's options available to a contractor due to site conditions, lead times, weather, etc. Those options can sometimes save an owner money (or make a job more profitable for a contractor if they're bearing the risk), so the sequence is left to the team actually in charge of implementing the design concept.
Isn"t that a job of an engineer to draw in detail each phase of construction? I though an architect draws just the general house design and engineer draws construction details.
No, it doesn't work that way. State licensed architects are able to calculate and design building structures. It would be rare for a civil engineer to get involved, typically only if there is some aspect of the build that specifically requires signoff by a state licensed PE. Architects design every last detail of construction that isn't mandated by the building code (which covers all the fine details).
Actually, this depends on a lot of factors. Where you’re located, the architect’s background and experience, commercial vs residential, and how tall the building is. Typically an architect concentrates on floor plan flow and interior and exterior aesthetic details, while the structural engineer does foundations, walls and roof systems focusing on local building considerations such as hurricanes/earthquakes/snow loads, etc.
Some architects have the knowledge (and liability insurance) to do all of the engineering, some prefer to work only on the creative side of things. Also, in many parts of the US, a licensed structural engineer is required to sign and seal buildings over three stories (+/-) in height.
@@Magpie-1111 Nope, it would be very rare for a civil engineer being involved in residential construction in any way in the U.S. Not only would engineering involvement be rare but even architects are rarely involved. From Google: "According to most sources, only around 2% of US residential construction is designed by a licensed architect; meaning that the vast majority of homes do not involve direct design input from an architect."
Title of video is sad and negative. I wish it said, Why you want to hire an Architect, or Why good Architects matter, or Great builders use great Architects. It seems popular these days to put down the services of architects and engineers, who do awesome work every day.
First - I didn't name it, not that I mind it either. I do agree with you, I would rather see optimism in exchange for pessimism. But here is the rub, for a very large part, we (architects) do a poor job educating our young. I know this for an absolute fact because both my son and daughter have recently graduated Architecture school and work with me. It is depressing given the time and $$ for their education, the result is somewhat laughable. Our office gets numerous inquiries where we are asked to do details and such (basically complete some other architect/designer's details. Honestly, I could make a good living on just that alone. I love what I do - you can see that, but I am not quite in favor of the profession as a whole. Yes, I know some good/great architects doing it and getting after it, and their work is awesome. In the same thinking, part of me wants to kick the profession in the butt.......For those doing a great job - Thank You.......for those who don't well.......
@@stevenbaczekarchitect9431 Your kids are lucky to have a father like you to guide them. My son is 9 and talks about architecture constantly. He loves videos like yours. I have no clue what to tell him. I have zero idea about the realities of the field, its future or how to maneuver.
"Recognizeable"? No offense meant, simply a stated experience, but I've mimic'd some of your details on my projects, or worked to achieve configurations that you and Matt have shown in regards to insulation / weather barriers and it has thrown builders thru a loop or they've thrown a fit. Mostly saying I was trying to over-build the house or trying to be overly fancy details. I'm not saying you are wrong, or these efforts are not worthy, and builders will see what you are doing, but honestly it has caused me grief to try to be like you guys. I hope that the envelops and details that you guys develop become more widely accepted.
As an engineer that specializes in remediation of failed/damaged structures, I often have to deal with the "you're over engineering this", or "this is way over-built". Whenever I ask the tradesman what they would have recommended, it usually comes close to what was originally built. As we are dealing with a failure, I simply point to the project we're working on as reason why what is typically done is unacceptable, and that things that seem "over-built" to some are simply built to longer service life. On every project I ask the owner how long they want the repair to last. As they're the ones paying for it, they get to make the call. I then engineer a solution to meet their budget and requirements. Some owners understand the value in building a robust structure and implementing redundancy in details to protect things that are expensive to repair/replace. Some don't. Sometimes I just need to remind the contractor that their job is to implement the design, and that what is shown on the drawings reflects not just the engineer/architects wishes, but the owner's too.
Not necessarily the best title for the video, pretty condescending.
audio seems out of sync
I'm an outsider to the building indistry and a total amateur, but it seems ridiculous to me to have architects and engineers not be one and the same profession.
Completely off topic. But I invite Steve to consider a keto diet. I want Steve to be around for a long time.
He seems to be a great guy giving valuable information. Where is his son and daughter? Where are his " friends"? WHY aren't they HELPING him LOSE 75 pounds because all that excess weight in his gut is OUTDATED and WRONG since it indicates LACK of knowledge to LIVE a LONG HEALTHY LIFE. TRUE friends and TRULY concerned family DO SOMETHING to help someone they care about LIVE long and HEALTHY.
Steve needs to loose some weight. He's getting bigger these days. I wonder how long he's going to live. He's too IMPORTANT to leave us.
Moving in the right direction!!!!
It's "lose". But yeah, that gut is an indication of some major health issues.
@@stevenbaczekarchitect9431 Can't believe people (TROLLS) and what you have to put up with to share the knowledge. In my camp you are greatly appreciated! 😁👍
Maybe try to enjoy the Amazing content and not to judge someone and think you know what that means medically. Great content Steve, I watch a lot of your videos and learn so much 🙏🏻 and thanks to Matt for Sharing 😉
@@DavidThomas-dovakin A gut like that means visceral fat. Which is extremely bad for your liver and health in general. This isn't a judgment call. It's fact.