Brisbane Standard Drawings (BSD)

Standard drawings show construction layouts and details of infrastructure assets that are acceptable to Brisbane City Council.

Standard drawings must be referenced (quoting the drawing number and revision version) or physically included in tender and contract documents for work:

• to be constructed for Council
• in a development to be contributed to Council
• on an asset owned by Council.

Council introduced Brisbane Standard Drawings (BSD) to replace the previous UMS drawings. The BSD are used for Brisbane City Plan 2014. UMS drawings continue to have effect for the Superseded Brisbane City Plan 2000 and for any ongoing activity where UMS is referenced. For all other purposes, BSD are the current drawings.

UMS to BSD conversion

Download superseded UMS drawings. You can also download a table showing the equivalent BSD drawings for a UMS drawing (as at 2014):

• UMS to BSD conversion (Excel - 123kb).

Brisbane Standard Drawings

Brisbane Standard Drawings are organised into 11 series. Download the specific drawing you need from the drop-down lists.

The PDF documents contained in drop-down lists are best accessed in Google Chrome.

The details contained within the standard drawings are of a technical nature and as such are not accessible. For assistance accessing and interpreting these drawings, please contact Council on 07 3403 8888.

Amendment register

To assist users with updating their collection of Brisbane Standard Drawings, an amendment register (Excel - 123kb) is available to download and cross-reference. You can also download a compiled set of amended and added standard drawings (PDF 12.7Mb).

0000 series - Preface

This category includes the standard drawings index, amendment registers and supplementary notes.

1000 series - General

This category contains miscellaneous standard drawings.

2000 series - Road corridor

This category contains standard drawings for vehicle crossings, trench restoration, traffic islands, bus bays/stops/shelters and retaining walls.

3000 series - Traffic management

This category contains standard drawings for manoeuvring areas, turning templates, parking regulation signs, pavement marking, roundabouts and intersections.

4000 series - Traffic signals and intelligent transport systems

This category contains standard drawings for traffic signals and intelligent transport systems.

The round pit type shown in previous revisions of the standard drawings is no longer to be used on Brisbane City Council installations. Council has adopted the Queensland Main Roads circular pit and cover. Refer to the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (QDTMR) drawings 1415, 1416, 1417-1 and 1417-2.

5000 series - Pedestrian and cyclist facilities

This category includes standard drawings for pedestrian and cyclist facilities.

7000 series - Fences, barriers and public furniture

This category contains standard drawings for fences, noise barriers, entrance barriers, vehicle access and seating.

8000 series - Stormwater drainage and water quality

This category contains standard drawings for stormwater drainage and water quality.

9000 series - Streetscape and landscape

This category includes standard drawings for streetscape planting and landscaping.

10,000 series - Park and natural area facilities

This category includes standard drawings for all park infrastructure, facilities and landscaping.

11,000 series - Electrical facilities and installations

This category includes standard drawings for park and pedestrian lighting requirements.

You can also view the Reference Specifications for Engineering Work.