Casework
CSI Division 06, Wood, Plastics & Composites
Built-in cabinetry, such as kitchen and bathroom cabinets, classroom storage, and reception desks, either shop-fabricated off site to exact field dimensions or, on a tighter budget, assembled from a manufacturer's stock modular units, distinct from loose furniture since it's permanently attached to the building.
Why it matters
Shop-fabricated casework has to be built from accurate field dimensions taken after the surrounding walls and floors actually exist, not from the original drawings, since real field conditions rarely match the drawings exactly.
On a real project
A millwork shop sends a field measurer to a finished classroom to verify actual wall dimensions before fabricating custom casework, rather than building strictly to the dimensions shown on the original architectural drawings.
Who this matters most to
A Carpenter installs shop-fabricated casework on site, working from the shop drawings the millwork shop produced from its own field measurements.
Where this goes wrong
A millwork shop fabricates an entire building's worth of classroom casework directly from the architectural drawings, skipping a field measurement, and several rooms come in slightly out of square. The casework leaves visible gaps against the wall that have to be scribed and filled on site.