Organising Work » alan http://blog.works-organiser.com Helping Your Projects by Organising Your Work Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:03:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.35 Drawing Management on Construction Projects http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects/ http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2016 09:04:12 +0000 http://blog.works-organiser.com/?p=85 How to Manage Your Drawings As a service to the industry we  present a series of seven articles on Drawing Management on Construction on Construction Projects. Starting with the fundamentals, the drawing block, and continuing through revision workflow and change control, we end with recommendations for evaluating commercial DMS (Document Management Systems). The final part contains … Continue reading Drawing Management on Construction Projects →

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]]> http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects/feed/ 0 Drawing Management on Construction Projects (Part 7) http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-7/ http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-7/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2016 13:48:10 +0000 http://blog.works-organiser.com/?p=75 This is part 7 of a 7-part series of articles on Drawing Management on Construction Projects. (Back to Part 6 – Drawing Scheduling, to the Table of Contents) Implications for Document Management Systems It should be clear by now that drawing management is focused on managing the drawing list. Therefore any document management system that you … Continue reading Drawing Management on Construction Projects (Part 7) →

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]]> http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-7/feed/ 0 Drawing Management on Construction Projects (Part 6) http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-6/ http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-6/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2015 17:45:09 +0000 http://blog.works-organiser.com/?p=73 This is part 6 of a 7-part series of articles on Drawing Management on Construction Projects. (Back to Part 5 – New Revisions and Change Control, to the Table of Contents) Drawing Scheduling The drawing list is the core element of drawing scheduling. Start with a detailed list of project components, and make a list … Continue reading Drawing Management on Construction Projects (Part 6) →

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]]> http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-6/feed/ 0 Drawing Management on Construction Projects (Part 5) http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-5/ http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-5/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2015 17:34:46 +0000 http://blog.works-organiser.com/?p=67 This is part 5 of a 7-part series of articles on Drawing Management on Construction Projects. (Back to Part 4 – Workflow Information, to the Table of Contents) New Revisions and Change Control New drawing revisions are made for a variety of reasons: Adding detail as the design evolves Scope, schedule, design or other changes (change … Continue reading Drawing Management on Construction Projects (Part 5) →

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]]> http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-5/feed/ 0 Drawing Management on Construction Projects (Part 4) http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-4/ http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-4/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2015 07:18:51 +0000 http://blog.works-organiser.com/?p=63 This is part 4 of a 7-part series of articles on Drawing Management on Construction Projects. (Back to Part 3 – Classification Systems, to the Table of Contents) Workflow Information Workflow Steps Workflow information records revision production and approvals. This information is recorded on a per-revision basis, which means that each revision has its own completely … Continue reading Drawing Management on Construction Projects (Part 4) →

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]]> http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-4/feed/ 0 Drawing Management on Construction Projects (Part 3) http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-3/ http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-3/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2015 08:10:51 +0000 http://blog.works-organiser.com/?p=58 This is part 3 of a 7-part series of articles on Drawing Management on Construction Projects. (Back to Part 2 – Drawing Identification, to the Table of Contents) Classification Systems A Classification System is a generalised method of organising and finding construction documents, including drawings. Typically it is based on the drawing code components. The classification is … Continue reading Drawing Management on Construction Projects (Part 3) →

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]]> http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-3/feed/ 0 Drawing Management on Construction Projects (Part 2) http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-2/ http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-2/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2015 12:00:15 +0000 http://blog.works-organiser.com/?p=52 This is part 2 of a 7-part series of articles on Drawing Management on Construction Projects. (Back to Part 1 – Drawing Management, to the Table of Contents) Drawing Identification Drawing Codes Drawings are uniquely identified by a Drawing Code. The drawing coding system is defined by the project. Obviously, there should never be two drawings … Continue reading Drawing Management on Construction Projects (Part 2) →

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]]> http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-2/feed/ 0 Drawing Management on Construction Projects (Part 1) http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-1/ http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-1/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2015 15:56:41 +0000 http://blog.works-organiser.com/?p=48 This is part 1 of a 7-part series of articles on Drawing Management on Construction Projects. (To the Table of Contents) Drawing Management Managing drawings on construction projects is an essential part of project management. The basic goals of drawing management are to manage drawing production, and to be able to quickly find the current … Continue reading Drawing Management on Construction Projects (Part 1) →

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]]> http://blog.works-organiser.com/drawing-management-on-construction-projects-part-1/feed/ 0 Managing Documentation on EPC Projects http://blog.works-organiser.com/managing-documentation-on-epc-projects/ http://blog.works-organiser.com/managing-documentation-on-epc-projects/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:03:04 +0000 http://blog.works-organiser.com/?p=40 EPC Projects Require Better Document Management In Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) projects the engineering component of the project taken on by the EPC contractor includes considerable design review and coordination activities. In comparison to Design-Build contracts, there are many more parties involved in design and design review, leading to many more interfaces that must … Continue reading Managing Documentation on EPC Projects →

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]]> http://blog.works-organiser.com/managing-documentation-on-epc-projects/feed/ 0 The ITA Contractual Practices Checklist for Construction Contracts http://blog.works-organiser.com/ita-contractual-practices-checklist/ http://blog.works-organiser.com/ita-contractual-practices-checklist/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2015 05:15:43 +0000 http://blog.works-organiser.com/?p=32 ITA Working Group 3 Members Writing Contracts is Difficult Writing contracts for construction projects is challenging. Writing contracts for construction projects with underground components, e.g. tunnels and caverns, is especially challenging. In addition to the innumerable issues that must be considered on a normal project, you must also consider all the surprises likely to occur … Continue reading The ITA Contractual Practices Checklist for Construction Contracts →

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