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Module 5 of 7

Tender, GFC, Shop Drawings and Revisions

The lifecycle of a drawing — sanction, tender, GFC, shop, as-built — and the site discipline of building only from the latest issue. Taught from real revision clouds, revision registers and a genuine 2024-vs-2025 sheet reissue.

After this module you can

You can identify a sheet's status and revision instantly, run a master drawing register that keeps superseded prints off site, and quantify in rupees what a missed revision costs.

  1. 5.1 Sanction, Tender, GFC, Shop: One Building, Four Drawing LivesThe same facade exists on paper at least four times — sanction, tender, GFC and shop. Learn what each set is for, using a real bare sanction elevation and the GFC elevation of the same building family.7 min read
  2. 5.2 Revision Clouds, Triangles and the Revision RegisterA wobbly bubble around one note is the drawing shouting 'this changed — read me again'. Decode a real revision cloud and two real register formats from the same tower.6 min read
  3. 5.3 Superseded Drawings: The Site Discipline That Saves LakhsThe 2024 terrace print on the cabin wall looks authoritative — laminated, familiar, wrong. Build the register-and-stamp system that keeps only the latest issue alive on site.7 min read
  4. 5.4 The Cost of Building From the Wrong RevisionOne register row makes a sheet buildable; one missed reissue can cost lakhs. A concrete, step-by-step rupee computation of a 150 mm level shift built from the wrong print.7 min read