Working Together with Detailer to Make Best of Steel Shop Drawings

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Working Together with Detailer to Make Best of
Steel Shop Drawings

• By
• FCGAB

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• Learn how good interactions among contractor or
  fabricators and drafters on shop drawings can
  lead to fruitful steel structures design.
• Construction documents dont offer adequate and
  prices information about the design of steel
  structures. Fabricators, engineers and architects
  demand something like elaborated shop drawings to
  understand the details of every individual steel
  component. This calls the need for a steel
  detailer who is familiar and experienced in
  creating these drawings with accuracy.

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• However, as a contractor, you must make your own
  efforts to ensure that you get desired shop
  drawings at the end. Learn how you and the
  detailer you hire can achieve this goal by
  establishing good mutual understanding and
  association.
• Does the Detailer Communicate?
• First of all, make sure that the individual or
  the company you hire for Steel Shop Drawings
  considers communication as an important part of
  the process. They should be accessible whenever
  you need to resolve any queries. Ask beforehand
  whether they offer regular feedbacks and what
  procedure they employ for project feedback.

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• Standard Terminology
• Shop drawings establish extremely useful
  communication among fabricators, engineers and
  contractors. For this, it is important that the
  detailer follows the standard terminology for
  Steel Detailing, modelation, modeling and for all
  types of specifications. Confirm it in advance
  that the detailer is familiar with the standards
  followed in your region.

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• Sample Submittal
• Asking for a sample submittal from the detailer
  can definitely help your engineers and
  sub-contractors to begin their process
  simultaneously. A submittal can help these
  professionals to decide on types of materials,
  patterns, colors and other important aspects even
  before the shop drawings are complete. Not only
  will it save time, but can also help in keeping
  everything at place.

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• Number of Copies for Review
• Completed shop drawings are required by
  different experts working on the steel structures
  design and projects for review and approval. It
  is a good idea to convey in advance to the
  detailer how many copies you expect. Inspection
  copies and field copies must be distributed to
  the contractor, supplier, consulting engineer and
  architect to obtain reviews, get revisions done
  and to reach the final approval.

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• Compatible Technology
• If you have outsourced the work of shop drawings
  to a company located in some other region, it is
  very important that you arrange for technology
  compatible with what the company follows. For
  example, if the detailer uses Auto CAD software
  in the process, you can get it installed on your
  computers as well for better understanding of the
  final specifications. Also decide whether the
  files will be exchanged via emails, secure FTP or
  in CDs.

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• Accurate Steel Shop Drawings are the precursor
  to successful steel structure design and they can
  be obtained from good understanding between
  contractors and detailers.
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