Who would set out site?

[Big Jimbo]

@SteamyTea Will you still do me a Dirty Donna, if i am ever down your way ?

[SteamyTea]

4 minutes ago, Big Jimbo said:

@SteamyTea Will you still do me a Dirty Donna, if i am ever down your way ?

Donna Donna still got no knickers on er.

(I can't look at Christmas reindeers without saying that out load when children are about)

[SimonD]

1 hour ago, JohnMo said:

That maybe the issue (haha) - technician, not an engineer.

 

1 hour ago, SteamyTea said:

Chartered Engineers are what are really needed.

 

1 hour ago, JohnMo said:

had zero idea how to manage drawing revisions.

 

1 hour ago, SteamyTea said:

The problems usually arises 'on the shop floor', not in the drawing/engineering office.

 

Engineers not needed at all. 😉

 

A long long time ago in what feels like a galaxy far far away,  I used to run document control for projects building anything from oil rigs and oil refineries to pharmaceutical plants all over the world. The engineers used to come crawling to us to ensure the right drawing versions were in the right place and the right time, especially when we got to construction drawings and sub-contract tender and issue. Nowadays, unless you've got good prior experience, some companies like the one I worked for ask for a Masters in Library Science for senior roles doing this.

[SimonD]

On 16/03/2026 at 19:16, flanagaj said:

Would you still check even though it was set out with a total station?

 

In case it helps you to feel better, we had a full topographical and lazer scan of the existing building to provide base dwg files as most of this was staying in place, then had a measurement survey by an architectural technician and again by an architect. I had to admit I thought we had it covered until a Polish brick layer kindly informed me that the back of the existing house was 120mm longer than the front. Cue a run to the phone to stop production of the curved glulam beams all ordered at the same length. In the end the glulam company did a fantastic job of manufacturing 3 different length curved beams for the main structure. The only pain for me was laying the metal standing seam roof onto a not square roof and hiding that it's not quite square! As lesson learned in not demolishing and starting again, but I do wish professionals could measure properly 🙄

[SteamyTea]

2 minutes ago, SimonD said:

but I do wish professionals could measure properly

Maybe @craig can shed some light on this, he has people out measuring I think.