https://tecto.studio/guides/Practical guides on multifamily construction documents: podium code basics, plan check corrections, accessibility, Revit standards and the cost of production.en-ushttps://tecto.studio/guides/accessible-units-multifamily-california/https://tecto.studio/guides/accessible-units-multifamily-california/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700How CBC Chapter 11A adaptable units and 11B mobility units are drawn on the enlarged unit plans: door clearances, kitchens, bathrooms and grab bar reinforcement.https://tecto.studio/guides/design-development-checklist/https://tecto.studio/guides/design-development-checklist/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700A design development checklist for multifamily buildings: what the DD set holds, what each discipline settles, and what has to close before CDs start.https://tecto.studio/guides/los-angeles-multifamily-permits-2026/https://tecto.studio/guides/los-angeles-multifamily-permits-2026/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700LADBS multifamily permit data for the City of Los Angeles, 2023 to 2026: filings, units, time from submittal to issue, stories and status, with charts.https://tecto.studio/guides/multifamily-fire-separation/https://tecto.studio/guides/multifamily-fire-separation/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700The IBC ratings an R-2 set is drawn around: unit separations, corridors, shafts and exit stairs, the sprinkler reductions, and how each shows on the sheets.https://tecto.studio/guides/permit-drawings-vs-construction-drawings/https://tecto.studio/guides/permit-drawings-vs-construction-drawings/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700What a permit set holds, what plan check reviews, and what changes between the approved set and the field set: deferred submittals, revisions, supplemental permits.https://tecto.studio/guides/title-24-multifamily-compliance/https://tecto.studio/guides/title-24-multifamily-compliance/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700How California's 2025 Energy Code applies to multifamily buildings: LMCC and NRCC forms, who signs them, and what the drawings must show to match them.https://tecto.studio/guides/what-are-construction-documents/https://tecto.studio/guides/what-are-construction-documents/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700What construction documents are, the phases that lead to them, what a full CD set includes, and how CDs differ from permit, bid and construction sets.https://tecto.studio/guides/california-density-bonus-drawings/https://tecto.studio/guides/california-density-bonus-drawings/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700Gov. Code 65915 from the drawing side: the bonus chart, incentives and waivers, parking ratios, and the tables a density bonus set includes.https://tecto.studio/guides/cbc-11a-vs-11b/https://tecto.studio/guides/cbc-11a-vs-11b/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700When California's Chapter 11A applies to a multifamily building, when 11B does, where both apply, and how each shows up on the accessibility sheets.https://tecto.studio/guides/cost-of-a-drafter/https://tecto.studio/guides/cost-of-a-drafter/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700Drafter salaries from the BLS for Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, the loaded cost of a hire, and the hours a practice needs before a hire pays for itself.https://tecto.studio/guides/five-over-one-podium-code/https://tecto.studio/guides/five-over-one-podium-code/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700The IBC rules behind a 5-over-1 podium building: the 510.2 separation, height, story and area limits for Type IIIA and VA, and where each shows on the set.https://tecto.studio/guides/ladbs-clearances/https://tecto.studio/guides/ladbs-clearances/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700The LADBS clearance worksheet on a multifamily permit: which departments sign off, what each reads from the drawings, and how to track clearance status.https://tecto.studio/guides/ladbs-plan-check-corrections/https://tecto.studio/guides/ladbs-plan-check-corrections/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700How a multifamily set's LADBS correction sheet is answered on the drawings: ePlanLA uploads, keyed responses, clouded sheets, verification and extensions.https://tecto.studio/guides/multifamily-cd-sheet-list/https://tecto.studio/guides/multifamily-cd-sheet-list/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700A full construction document sheet list for a multifamily podium building, series by series, with what each sheet shows and how the list scales.https://tecto.studio/guides/responsible-control-california/https://tecto.studio/guides/responsible-control-california/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700What the Architects Practice Act and 16 CCR 151 require when a team outside your office draws the set your architect of record signs and stamps.https://tecto.studio/guides/revit-standards-handoff/https://tecto.studio/guides/revit-standards-handoff/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700What to send an outside production team before the first sheet: the Revit template, title blocks, keynotes, shared parameters, version and worksharing setup.https://tecto.studio/guides/title-block-check/https://tecto.studio/guides/title-block-check/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700A 14-item title block checklist for construction documents: numbers, titles, dates, revisions, scales, callouts and consultant references, with the Revit checks.