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Project Documents: Specs, Schedules, Sheet Lists

Drawings alone are not enough. Read what binds them too.

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Level
Intermediate
Lessons
16
Time
1h 39m
Rating
4.7
Learners
9.6K
Updated
Aug 2026

After this course

What you'll be able to do yourself.

Many project disputes start because people read the drawings and skip the specification. This course maps out the project documents, shows how to read a specification clause, and how to use door, window and finish schedules. You learn what to do when two documents disagree.

  1. 1Explain what drawings, specifications, bills of quantities, addenda and contracts each do.
  2. 2Use the sheet list to make sure everyone holds the latest version.
  3. 3Read a specification clause: scope, materials, workmanship and testing.
  4. 4Check a frame schedule against the plans and work out counts and lengths.
  5. 5Write a clear request for information when two documents conflict.

Good for

  • Supervisors and site engineers who hold the contract documents on site.
  • Drafters and young architects starting to write schedules and specifications.
  • Estimators who need to know where each number and quality comes from.

Best taken after

Full syllabus

Chapter by chapter, nothing hidden.

16 lessons, 1h 39m in total. Chapter 1 is open to everyone.

Chapter 1A map of project documentsFreeWhich documents exist, who holds them, and how to use the sheet list.5 lessons / 30 min
  1. Drawings answer where, the spec answers how5 min
  2. The sheet list is contents and proof5 min
  3. Project document terms4 min
  4. Two versions on one project6 min
  5. Chapter 1 test10 min
Chapter 2The specification: words that bindHow a specification is arranged, how to read a material clause, and what equivalent means.5 lessons / 32 min
  1. How a specification is arranged5 min
  2. Reading one material clause5 min
  3. The spec says granite, the drawing says concrete6 min
  4. Match a detail to the specification6 min
  5. Chapter 2 test10 min
Chapter 3Frame and finish schedulesReading schedules, checking them against plans, and taking numbers from them.6 lessons / 37 min
  1. Reading a frame schedule5 min
  2. Work from the frame schedule7 min
  3. The room finish schedule5 min
  4. Schedule and frame terms4 min
  5. Find the faults in a frame detail6 min
  6. Chapter 3 test10 min

Lesson kinds

  • Concept
  • Glossary
  • Site case
  • Chapter test
  • Read a model
  • Calculate
  • Spot the Fault

Get a feel for it

You practise, you don't just watch.

Try it: Slide the ParameterIllustration, not for construction
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Slide the value. The drawing follows, just like in the lessons.

A deeper frame needs a wider sill. The sill must still fall outward to shed water.

Illustration, not for construction

Your creator

Taught by someone who still does the work.

Your creator

Sekar Anindita

Site architect

A practitioner who teaches from their everyday work.

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Learner reviews

From people who took it.

4.7out of 5

760 reviews

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  • Putri Ayuningtyas

    Architecture graduate

    Reading a full drawing set changed how I check sheets. Now I start from the drawing list, not the plan.

  • Ardi Nugraha

    Site engineer

    The site glossary saved me. The builder says one word, the drawing says another, and now I know they mean the same thing.

  • Nadia Kusuma

    Interior architect

    I used the revision check section at the office that same week.

Questions that come up

About this course.

All questions

01

What can I try for free?

All of chapter 1, "A map of project documents": 5 lessons, about 30 min. No card needed. If it isn't for you, stop there.

02

What should I know before starting?

It helps to have finished Reading Working Drawings from Zero first. It isn't locked, but the chapters assume you know that material.

03

Subscribe or buy this course?

Pro is Rp149.000 a month and opens every course, track, exam and certificate. Buying this course is Rp259.000 once and it stays yours. If you plan to take more than two courses, Pro usually comes out cheaper.

04

Do I get a certificate?

Certificates come from track exams, not single courses. This course counts toward Reading Working Drawings, Junior Architect, Site Supervisor. The exam runs 60 minutes and you pass at 75 percent.

05

Can I use these drawings on a project?

No. Every drawing in the course is an illustration for learning, not for construction. Use them to understand the logic, then follow your firm's standard and your engineer's drawings.

Part of

This course counts toward these tracks.

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