Demolition Plans

This section should help you to read and create demolition plans

What is a demolition plan?

A demolition plan is your way of communicating to the construction team, tenderers and potentially the council what elements and vegetation on the site is to be decommissioned, removed, or amended.

It could consider how the environment and the local inhabitants and the following:

• How is waste to be treated?

• What constitutes waste, what can be recycled, reused etc.

• do you need to seek permission from the local authorities?

It should be:

• Clear

• Clean

• Accurate

• Easy to understand

Symbols

Existing trees should use different symbols to represent whether they are to be retained, removed, transplanted, or remedied.

Hatching on items and surfaces to be removed should be linked to your legend.

Line Weights and Types

When drawing by hand or on the computer this guide will give you a starting point buy you should refine your hierarchy to suit your graphics style. Generally, on the computer you can get away with finer weights than you can by hand.

Trees - 0.5mm

Medium Cover (shrubs) - 0.35mm

Low cover (groundcovers and small plants) - 0.15mm

Overhanging objects such as eaves: Dashed

Items to be removed: Distinction in line weight, colour or line type

Session Outline

• What is a demolition plan?

• What should be included?

• Symbols

Resources

Presentations

Activity

Create a demolition plan on the provided plan here.