Aside from the other, betterknown referencing techniques, including indexing, schematics, color-coding and profiling, there are other, lesser-known and -used techniques for referencing. In their own ways, they are as useful as any of the other techniques outlined above and discussed in detail in previous columns over the course of this year.
To eliminate redundancies and to make the survey quicker and easier, I always create a format for my survey sheets (to be the topic of a future column). This allows me to take advantage of any and all repetitions, symmetry, duplications, etc., inherent in most building plans (especially residential buildings). Thus, my survey strategy is to isolate each apartment from the other and the public/building service spaces. Now, I must isolate the apartments in the same way, on the RCPs, to allow me to identify and quantify each apartment and account for any repetition, symmetry and duplications. Just as I did for the drywall wall assemblies and rough and finish carpentry items identified and quantified on the floor plans.