As Built Drawings

What is an As Built Drawings ?

The phrase "as-built" in construction is equivalent to "if". Drawings deemed "As Built Drawings" is drawing that shows the existing conditions as they are, or "as is" - this is the current conditions compared to existing
designs or proposed conditions, which are more common for the content of the drawings.
As Built Drawings  can be documented either after or during construction. When, in construction, a qualified

technician collects accurate data to reconstruct drawings. When during construction, design drawings redmarked for processing.
For example, if you have a contractor installing sewer pipe in the street buried at a depth of 4.00 "andyou

suddenly encounter an abandoned pipe and must change your buried depth to 7.50, then you should be

responsible for conditions building. installation contractor redmark his drawings to show Sewer Line is
actually installed so that a draftsman can later edit the drawings in an "as-built" group.