Level 1 – Blueprint Reading workshop

In this two-day workshop, participants practice reading and interpreting construction drawings and specifications including identifying and categorizing the scope of work for construction projects by trade.

After completing this workshop, you will be able to:

  1. Interpret graphical information shown on commercial construction drawings.
  2. Identify different types of construction drawings – Architectural, Structural, Mechanical, and Electrical.
  3. Determine where information is located on a set of construction drawings.
  4. Interpret various drawing views – plans, elevations, sections, and details.
  5. Assess information on schedules relative to plans, elevations, sections, and details.
DAY 1 Facilitator: Clint Kissoon
Time Activity
8:30 am - 8:50 am Introductions and workshop overview
8:50 am – 10:45 am Module 1:
Overview of reading construction drawings
Construction Drawings by Discipline
10:45 am – 11:00 am Break
11:00 am – 11:50 am Module 2:
Construction Graphics and Specifications
11:50 am – 12:30 pm Class activity 1
Plan Interpretation – Imperial and Metric Units
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Class activity 2 – Practical Exercises
Analyzing Commercial Project 1 Drawings
a. Site Plan
b. Foundation Plan
c. Elevations
d. Details
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm Break
2:15 pm – 3:30 pm Continuation of class activity 2
DAY 2 Facilitator: Clint Kissoon
8:30 am – 8:40 am Welcome and overview of the day’s activities
8:40 am – 9:40 am Module 3:
Introduction to MEP drawings
9:40 am – 10:30 am Class activity 3 – Practical Exercises
Analyzing Commercial Project 2 Drawings
a. Architectural – Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Details
b. Structural – Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Details
10:30 am – 10:40 am Break
10:40 am – 11:20 am Class activity 3 – continued
11:20 am – 12:30 pm Class activity 4
Analyzing Commercial Project 2 Drawings
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Class activity 5: Test
Analyzing Commercial Project 2 Drawings
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Break
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm Workshop wrap-up
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This course is Gold Seal Certified (2 credits). To Obtain a Certificate from the Construction Institute of Canada you must attend both days of the workshop and obtain a minimum of 60% on the final test.

dates:
May 7 & 8, 2025 Wed. & Thu. 8:30am – 3pm ET
where:
In-person: 70 Leek Crescent, Richmond Hill L4B 1H1
instructor(s):
 
Mr. Clint Kissoon, B.Sc., PQS,
Fenak Estimating Services Ltd.
TCA member:
$600.00 + HST
non-member:
$700.00 + HST
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INSTRUCTOR: Prof. Clint Kissoon

Clint Kissoon, President of FENAK Estimating Services Ltd., is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor (MRICS), Chartered Construction Manager (FCIOB), a Professional Quantity Surveyor (PQS(F)), and has written and published several construction textbooks including Cost Control for Contractors, Estimating in Building Construction, and is the Technical Author for the RICS/CIQS Project Monitoring Guidance Note. Clint was the 2009 recipient of the Construction Institute of Canada (TCIC) Chancellor’s award for excellence.

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