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You can identify a sheet's status and revision instantly, run a master drawing register that keeps superseded prints off site, and quantify in rupees what a missed revision costs.
- 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
- 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
- 5.3 Superseded Drawings: The Site Discipline That Saves LakhsThe 2024 terrace print on the cabin wall looks authoritative — laminated, familiar, wrong.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
- 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