An ounce of coordination error prevention is worth a ton of the cure.
One coordination error, two or three… that would be walk in the park…we usually find hundreds…Here is the story of one, a particularly troublesome one.
As you know, construction drawing coordination errors, whether seemingly minute, manageable or indefinably gigantic, can have quite an impact on your life. If errors are not caught on paper before ground breaking and material delivery, you may notice a few things: costs skyrocket, delays paralyze your crew, tensions rise, inboxes overflow, tempers flare, your cell phone rings every five seconds, and you just might begin to forget what your family looks like.
Maybe you have already been there, but if not, an example may help explain how this can happen.
Recently, we found an alarming coordination error that involved a large number of doors and windows that would not fit into the openings designed for them! Luckily, we found this chaos inducing error on paper - imagine the mess it would create if it were not discovered until the windows and doors were delivered and the exterior walls were built.
As you know, material procurement for commercial projects is not as simple as waltzing down to your local Home Depot… and if the size is wrong you cannot return to the store for an easy exchange. In many cases, the doors and windows are custom made and finished (wood/metal types, glazing types, etc.) and cannot be returned. To make matters worse, the days, weeks, or even months for costly replacement doors and windows to be built and delivered can cause some real problems… you can’t secure the building easily without doors and windows, right?
Or even worse… what if the openings have to be reframed? Sometimes you cannot change the size of the doors or windows due to egress codes or other requirements. Reframing can be a major (and expensive) hassle and may involve a ton of rework that most people would be willing to give their right arm to avoid. And remember, we are not talking about a few windows — we are talking about hundreds!
To top it all off, this rework and/or re-ordering is done at “non-competitive,” “non-bulk,” “non-discount” rates. Regrettably, it can become quite painful. Needless to say, we were happy to be able to help those involved with this project steer clear of this potential fiasco.
How do you avoid this predicament?
Has something like this ever happened to you? Well… don’t let it happen again! To avoid these potential nightmares and gain peace of mind, a simple coordination review by the Nigro Firm is the perfect solution.
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