ELEVATION AND SECTION PLANS

Elevation and section plans show helpful data such as floor levels, roof features and basic topography. You will get a view of a cross section of parts of the building including the elevation measurements to aid planning of your building project.

Elevation and section plans for redevelopment

Further to our As-Built or Existing Conditions floor plans, we can provide Elevation and Sections surveys.

It gives you a clear visual representation of the relationship between surrounding structures relating to floor and ceiling heights, window locations and roof lines. These extra measurements provide a more comprehensive understanding of how the building sits in relation to the environment, critical when planning developments or trying to market the property. Our elevations show a wide variety of building details, from Façade Flashings, Gutter and Down Pipe locations, to the major lighting, security and fire services locations. Our hatching styles even reflect the materials used on the walls, windows and roller shutter doors for quick visual reference.

Our elevations show a wide variety of building details, from Façade Flashings, Gutter and Down Pipe locations, to the major lighting, security and fire services locations. Our hatching styles even reflect the materials used on the walls, windows and roller shutter doors for quick visual reference.


What are Elevations and Sections?

  • Elevations and sections are 2D visuals which represent a 3D property.
 
  • The 2D drawings of a building’s cross sections and elevations accurately show the building’s features from each side.
 
  • These views are drawn up and provided to you as an elevations and sections plan.
REALSERVE AUCKLAND SAMPLE EXTERNAL BUILDING ELEVATION DRAWINGS FOR A WAREHOUSE scaled

Why do you need an elevation and section plan?

A floor plan will typically provide a single dimension to work with. Although when we draw elevations and sections of the building you can use this together with a floor plan to create a more accurate view of the property or building. It enables you to interpret unusual changes in wall directions or floor heights where building modifications have gone unrecorded.

Elevation and section plans show helpful data such as floor levels, roof features, and basic topography. These surveys show structural and architectural details of a building including doors, window frames, surface features and more.

Our typical process

We utilise the latest surveying technology to capture our data then produce our elevation and section plans. Using the latest CAD software programs everything is captured and processed accurately to start producing our elevation and section plans. The equipment we use is state of the art, ranging from traditional total stations to 3D laser scanning or RPA (drone). We only use the latest software tools including AutoCAD & Revit.

Once our plans are drafted they go through an intensive QA process via an independent audit to ensure that what we have captured is delivered to the highest levels of accuracy possible.

In summary;

  • Initial consultation to ensure we can meet your needs.
  • Agree on a scope of work.
  • A site visit is organised with one of our qualified technicians with the necessary data collection equipment.
  • All data is then processed via our team located in one of our offices around the Country.
  • All plans or drawings are then independently reviewed via our QA process.
  • All deliverables are then created for viewing in PDF, AutoCAD or Revit.
  • We also have the ability to create a 3D scan or virtual tour of your property to create a fully interactive view of a site.

Elevation and Section sample plans

See some of our case studies