Issue10_SpringSummer2017

2) We will be asking that the last line – the “reviewed” line – be filled in only after the project team member actually reviews the drawings and the redline corrections have been made. We will discontinue the practice of electronically filling in this line at the start of the project/ drafting process. This will be the extra “sign-off,” if you will, that the plans have been reviewed by someone other than the designer or drafter. Additionally, the drafter must be sure to render the “reviewed” field blank upon starting a new drawing or using a previous base plan/template. This adds another process step to the methodology of preparing plans worthy of submittal to an agency, a client or for building and construction. Your QA/QC Committee lead will oversee these changes. If you have forgotten, our Committee members are: Al Busher, Josh Egnatz, Chris Fagan, Nick Giardina, Andy Graves, John Jenney, Brendan Maurer, Julia O’Brien, Jim Schrager, Aaron Silva, Ana Suprenant, John Thatcher, Dan Turner. We will next be issuing guidelines on best practices for digital seals. Stay tuned.

Please take a minute to read this in its entirety. We are all busy people. We have deadlines to meet – both from our supervisors and from our clients. Saving a few minutes here and there sometimes seem critically important. However, there are some small processes that can add a lot to our quality assurance without adding a lot of time. Most of our current title blocks have four places to initial – designed, drawn, checked, and approved by. These initials are for internal reference and are used frequently - often a few years after a set of plans has been issued. Who worked on this project? Who reviewed it? It’s important to fill these lines in – but it needs to be with the right people (the person actually doing the QC review) and done at the right time. The QA/QC Committee will be making two changes to this set of check-offs: 1) We will be combining the “checked” and “approved” lines into one which will say “reviewed.” When a licensed individual signs and seals plans, he or she is indicating approval of the plans. Therefore, the “approved” line is redundant.