Drafter
Arnel Manlunas
Every line on a sheet is a decision. My job is to make sure none of them are accidents.
Arnel is a drafter at APD. His work is the exacting kind that never shows off — turning a design into a permit-ready set where every dimension, callout, and detail agrees with the next, and holds up when a plan reviewer goes looking for the one that doesn't.
He treats a drawing set as a promise: the contractor should be able to build from it without guessing, and the city should be able to approve it without a stack of corrections. Getting there is patience, not flair.
Field notes
The little things Arnel keeps on the bench.
How I check a set
Backwards — I start at the details and work out to the plan, because the details are where a set quietly contradicts itself, and where plan check finds it first.
The boring part that matters
Notes, schedules, and title blocks. Nobody frames a permit for its keynotes, but a clean, consistent set is the difference between one review cycle and three.
What good drafting feels like
Quiet. When a set is right, nobody calls — the contractor builds, the inspector signs, and the drawing did its whole job without anyone noticing it.
The standard
Draw it so the person building it never has to phone you to ask what you meant.
Have a project that fits Arnel's lane?
Tell us what you're building. We'll get Arnel on the call.
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