When I started learning draughting I couldn’t have imagined the adventure it would lead me to! I’m not just talking about the excitement of testing my CAD speed skills against my colleges during down-time at the office. As exciting as that was, it was nothing compared with the adventures that were to come.
The fun really starts when the draughtsman realises that he has a certain power over what happens on site. Let me tell you a story:
There was once a young draughtsman, drawing away on an apartment building, when he got a frantic call from the architect: ‘WHO SENT THE PLANS FOR THE TOILET UNDER THE STAIRS TO SITE?’
‘Um, I did’
‘WELL THEY’VE BUILT THEM EXACTLY AS YOU’VE DRAWN IT!’
Frantically he starts opening his issued drawings to see what he’s done wrong, ‘Sorry I was under a lot of pressure - ’
opening the folder, there it is, Sunny apartments-working drawings.dwg , double-click, open:
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| ohh dear |
‘THEY BUILT IT CLOSED’
‘So there is no door’
‘THAT’S WHAT WE SENT THEM’
‘And they just did it’
‘THAT’S WHAT THEY DO’
So what’s the moral of the story? Check your drawings before you issue them. Because once you’ve issued them, you can’t get them back.
Watch this space for more adventures of brave draughtsmen and woman who have pioneered the way; made the mistakes and taken the blame so that you won’t have to.
Tommy
Seriously? On the other side of the coin, when there is something critically important that a contractor needs to do, and the issued drawing shows it correctly, he will phone and ask 'Why?', or carry on with his own 'better' way. What a laugh! This has inspired me to delve into my archive of stuff-ups.. wacth this space - thank you Tommy.
ReplyDeleteClassic - i did a similar thing, couldn't believe that they would blindly follow the plan and my mistakes.
ReplyDeleteAt the time its pretty nerve wrecking but it always makes for a good story :)
Shot Tom