> I just love the way they quote the size of a flight of stairs in 
> millimeters! I mean, it rises 12 feet up, and we care about 25mm?

That's because people who build the stairs works with that order
of tolerance (mm).

> But most of all, it's just numbers. *Millions* of numbers. Almost every 
> line has a second line next to it with some numbers.

Yep. That's easier to build something :-)
Maybe you should ask for simplified plans with only big dimension lines
(just L and W of each room). We often provide that kind of stuff.

> (I just reliased... Every single doorway in the place has a unique ID 
> written on it. Wow.)

That's pretty normal. The drawing is probably linked to some spreadsheet
saying how much doors of what type are needed.

> There are also all sorts of symbols that look like they probably mean 
> something to a building engineer. Means nothing to me though! Heh.

Apart from broad room dimensions, ceiling heights and under-slab heights,
you probably shouldn't care for anything else.

Fabien (architect).

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