Month: December 2021

  • Quiz on getting Approvals

    Here is a quiz that Bharath has written. Very relevant.

    Engineers Architects are trying to wriggle out of their responsibilities by stamping “VIEWED” or “No COMMENT”. They do not want to stamp approved for fear of any error in the document could come back and bite.

    Insurance companies on the other hand are trying to minimize their risk when they provide insurance to detailers by explicitly stating, they will not cover the detailer unless the drawings are stamped for approval by the engineer and architect, and anyone else.

    To cut the discussion short, if the detailer issues without approval then the detailer will put everyone at risk because there will be no insurance cover. Detailers are the smallest in the chain. Try to litigate against the detailer is unlikely to get any good result. They could simply windup.

    Now here is the quiz

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScspZzCdNBlwVb4FJcB3rUebNuaZHBk28goPcUBHGFXz-aQiA/viewform

  • Tek1 adds Revit and Tekla to precast Detailing

    Tek1 has extended their tool kit by adding Revit Structural and Tekla Precast to detail precast concrete.

    We were trialing precast for a few months now. We have developed some internal tools to handle precast panel shop drawing efficiently.

    Tekla for Precast

    We are experts in using Teka for steel detailing. Now are embarking on using Tekla for detailing precast. As first step, we have upgraded our 2 steel detailing Licenses in Melbourne to Global License and upgraded to enterprise. We are running parallel trials with Revit and Tekla to test whether Tekla will make the grade.

  • Appreciation from client

    Hi Koshy,

    You guys just did a job for Morada Build Co Pty Ltd at Lot 6 Newes Road Coorabell NSW and are currently drafting a couple more…We supplied the structural steel, fabrication and installation of this project and were very impressed with the drawings and the way the job went together onsite…

    We are currently super busy and looking for someone to do a couple of house steel projects for us

    Greg Dutton | Estimator

    Richard Steel