The conversion of engineering notations into permanent drawing changes, following proper drafting standards is termed redline drafting. This type of work has often been relegated to entry level drafting personnel, if available. But often, companies find their drafting staff bottle-necked with multiple projects, and engineers and designers waste valuable time and project profits by making the red-to-black corrections to drawings themselves. Here are three situations where quick and accurate redline services can free your engineers from this routine drafting task and make sure your company meets the client’s project milestones.
Engineering Review Redline Drafting
Often a project must go through multiple rounds of client or internal engineering reviews, progressing the project to its desired conclusion. Each set of engineering changes should be quickly applied to drawings and upgraded with a revision level increase. This marks the new set as the established working set of drawings and prevents old drawings from mistakenly being utilized instead. A good CAD redlining service will create and save each documented set of revisions as a history of the project. The fast turn-around gained with drafting personnel focused only on making accurate changes, per standard, means your engineers will have up to date drawings to continue design work on the project.
Field and Installation Redline Drafting
Field technicians and contractors often make changes to drawings, because field conditions can and will change. In the building of structures, interference between different systems will become apparent in the field and will lead to changes to the engineer’s plans. Similarly, with electrical contractors, field routing of wires and cables per field conditions and available space is standard practice. Keeping field drawings quickly up-dated and re-distributed at each phase of the project, means less confusion for contractors and a satisfied client; a client that will likely offer repeat business.
As-Built Redline Drawings
At the end of a project, an A&E firm must hand off a complete set of documentation to the owner, which includes all floor plans and supporting drawings, details, schedules, and specifications. This package will bear the professional engineer’s stamp of certification, and must be an accurate representation of the facility. As-built drawings are also used to settle any legal disputes if they should arise between the contractor and owner. A redline drafting service should be dedicated to accuracy in creating this drawing set.
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