Standards Which standard governs, and what it requires.
Which standards millwork and joinery documentation is produced to, market by market, and what each one requires of a shop drawing.
Choose a standard
AWI & AWS Standards
What an AWI grade actually obliges in substrate, edge, joint and tolerance, and how those obligations appear on a shop drawing.
AWMAC & GIS
What AWMAC requires of Canadian woodwork documentation, and what the Guarantee and Inspection Service obliges of the fabricator who registers for it.
UK Standards, BS 1186 & BWF
What BS 1186 requires of timber quality and workmanship, what BWF-referenced practice adds, and how both appear in joinery documentation.
Metric & Imperial Working
Why converted dimensions cause fabrication error, where unit confusion enters a package, and how documentation stays consistent across markets.
Fire-Rated Casework
What a fire rating obliges of a casework assembly, what a drawing can and cannot carry, and who holds the tested assembly and its certification.
Seismic Requirements
What a seismic requirement means for casework drawings, what documentation has to carry, and where the qualified engineer boundary sits.
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What comes back tells you whether it holds, page by page.
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