WESTPLAN ENGINEERING (1980 - 1994)
It was at the end of 1979 that four partners decided to embark on a new vision to create a company that would specialize in the production of shop detail drawings. We all had the common ideals and vision that this company would cater specifically for the needs of the workshop. We all had backgrounds in engineering and could offer expertise in a variety of areas ranging from workshop fabrication techniques through to engineering and architectural design. Our vision was to be the best we could be.
In the early eighties we set about introducing a number of changes to the way detail drawings were produced. Coming from site and workshop backgrounds we soon realized that the steel marking system that was in use at the time had limitations both in the workshop and also on site when it came to tracking lost items. We changed the marking system from a basic numeric system to an alpha numeric system that was directly linked to a drawing sheet and marking plans, making the tracking instant and simple to follow. At that time and with the availability of photocopiers at reasonable prices we popularized the use of A3 drawing sheets to the industry and thus making it easier for the workshops to adapt to mass production techniques. This was the fore runner to the modern data base adopted in 3D modeling software today.
WESTPLAN DRAFTING (1994 - Present)
Over the years the company had become more diverse with interests in various other fields like property development and building so it was decided that we would split the entity to more closely reflect the various specialties on which we had embarked.
In 1994 Westplan Drafting became the detail drafting arm and continues to this day.
We are now a family company with the same ideals that we embarked on in the beginning with Westplan Engineering. This period also marked the transition from the drawing board to 2D drafting and a little later 3D modeling. Westplan was one of the first detailing companies in Australia to use 3D drafting for the production of shop detail drawings using a fairly primitive (by today’s standards) software package called Fabcad. Today we use the latest versions of Tekla Structures which is able to produce models and detail drawings of almost any description as well as producing fully data based reports of assemblies, bolt lists and electronic data of any description.
Today Westplan Drafting is entering a new era with Emidio Giardini still at the head of the team with the able assistance of sons Mark and Paul ready to lead it into the next phase of development.
