We have 2 cases where client fabricated off approval model when RFIs were not cleared. They could fabricate only beause we sent all the files to them. Hence going forward no machine files, .sdp files to be sent to client until all rfis are cleared and drawings are approved.
This will prevent them making anything from approval drawings.
I wish to move this firm towards a more decentralised model: where our success, your success, and your team’s success will ultimately be decided by the client.
The client will be your God. Serve him well.
Build your own brand!
Going forward, you will be responsible for your own marketing, not myself. If you market yourself well – then your name / reputation will correspondingly increase. With that comes opportunity for yourself and this firm:
This firm gives you an opportunity unlike any other in the world: you can market your own name within this firm. Yes, there is a risk of poaching, but I am relying on staff satisfaction, competitive remuneration, and most importantly: the freedom and opportunity for your own self advancement, that I would argue, is unlike any other firm in the world. If something is broken: you have the opportunity to fix it, without fighting through 10 layers of bureaucracy.
How to write a blog post:
(A) What type of things to blog?
(1) Project Related Blog Posts
Explain:
(a) Problems you faced on the project and
(b) how you solved them, in particular: how you save your clients time / money.
In doing so, you will prove to clients that you know what you are talking about, which gives a lot of confidence in them giving you work.
(2) Tuition Related Blog Posts
These blog posts are used to TEACH our internal staff and also external detailers. The general idea is what Tek1 will build a brand over time to be THE HUB and LEARNING centre on steel detailing across the world.
Lastly: NO AI SLOP and no AI BLOG POSTS. If it’s not unique or original, I don’t want it here. If you get caught doing this this will be a PERMANENT BAN.
(1) ETA for the member count: e.g.
Material Take off report – ETA: Tuesday 21st March close of business AEST.
Member Count off report – ETA: Tuesday 21st March close of business AEST.
(2) A note for when it was started:
Material Takeoff Started on Friday 17th March, 9:00 PM AEST
(3) A note for when it was finished:
Preliminary Drafting for Material Takeoff Completed on 20th March 1:35AM AEST
And then Sushil will add in when it was finally delivered.
For “Structural Steel Shop Drawings”, This is a client requirement. The clients would like to have the “steel erection drawings” in DWG format as well.
Why do they need them? Surveyors require the DWG format for the erection drawings because they use them to mark the locations for anchors and determine the precise placement of columns, among other purposes. How do they do this?:
The more sophisticated surveyors use Total Station Surveys. Look through some videos on this:
Be warned: there is a risk that surveyors may use outdated or obsolete files in order to mark out column locations, drilling points. (I have a software solution for this problem, which will come shortly). Till that time, remain vigilant in ensuring your clients have the latest Anchor bolt and Steel shop drawings. drawings.
On a related point: it is critical that we do not miss any dimensions. If we miss a dimension, we will get a call from the construction site, or the factory floor: the time wasted, and the costs are astronomical.
TeklaStructures do a good job on producing the model and the shop drawings. As steel detailers, it is our job to make use of the tool properly
Most things worth doing take time. It takes investment, and patience, and hard work. Things don’t come from thin-air, like magic. It is much the same when building a firm: it takes time. I will document in which direction I intend to push this firm re:remuneration model, and why our remuneration model is superior to that of other firms:
Our remuneration is not guaranteed – here’s why:
The way forward:
By doing this above, far from having an uncertain remuneration, you will have guaranteed it, and that of your client’s as well. Have faith and stay focused.
We have written before the clients who are Steel Fabricators, Builders, Precast Panel Manufacturers are frenetic about the delivery of their drawings. They want to know WHEN the drawings are coming. If you have received some IFA (Issued For Approval) review drawings 1 hour ago, they will often call within 1-3 hours to ask for an ETA on their drawings.
To be on a construction site is expensive for every one. The builder has expensive rental on site. They deploy good number of supervisors, engineers, riggers, on site.
Without knowing expected time of arrival of shop drawings, They are not able to plan properly
As steel detailer and precast detailer, it is our job to make sure that all parties are aware about when the drawings will arrive
You must be vigilant and proactive to their needs:
Memo – as soon as IFA review drawings with reviews are received – please make a status update.
Job Dan Murphy Pakenham.
Client Call. Stating that Trusses since there are covered should not be galvanized
This was a grey area for us. But going forward, Unless explicitly called for do not galvanise steel unless exposed to the atmosphere without a cover. Trusses are within some sort of cladding. Hence do not galvanize
On A3 should be readable. If not readable add split drawings to more than one sheet. Name drawing E-ISO-1, E-ISO-3 etc so that everyone can easy know it is isometric.
Add part marks.
Do not show purlins
Today me, client and fabricator spent a lot of time on on quote No https://tek1-quotes.herokuapp.com/quotes/3687 trying to identify drawing nos on the Iso metric drawing.
It is important that grid lines are there in IFC Model. Without grid lines it is hard to locate members on IFC model from drawing. Today I am searching for https://tek1-quotes.herokuapp.com/quotes/3909 col shown on drg E-23 Section JJ. I download the IFC Model. But no grid lines. The IFC model does not look like the floor plan too. Spending too much time
