AS BUILTS- FOREMEN, I NEED YOUR HELP

[Casualsparky]

Hey everybody,

Recently took on my first foreman roll and the job went well, thankfully! Now it is as built time. I am familiar with the concept of these, but have never had to make a set before. What do you include or exclude, if anything, different than your working plans? Are they simply a fresh, clean version of working plans on a new set of prints? (No whiteout and dirt?) Include junction box pull schedules? Any info helps, how do you do yours!? Thanks!

 

[gadfly56]

Hey everybody,

Recently took on my first foreman roll and the job went well, thankfully! Now it is as built time. I am familiar with the concept of these, but have never had to make a set before. What do you include or exclude, if anything, different than your working plans? Are they simply a fresh, clean version of working plans on a new set of prints? (No whiteout and dirt?) Include junction box pull schedules? Any info helps, how do you do yours!? Thanks!

Not to be flippant, they should be "as built". The next job I see where everything was installed exactly where it was shown on the design drawings will be the first. If the locations of the receptacles are shown with dimensions and instead of being 3' from the edge of the door they're 4', you draw in the new location and change the dimension. Panel on a different wall? Revise the drawing. Conduit followed a different route? Different size? Different material? Revise the drawing. Different lighting fixtures installed? Revise the reflected ceiling plans, notes, and luminare schedule. Add, deletes, relocations, it all goes on the as-builts. Pray to God that your crew meticulously red-lined the construction drawings as they went, otherwise this can be a nightmare of a time suck, depending on the size of the job.

 

[George Stolz]

Casual, I would ask your boss what to detail. It's easy to put too little detail or spend too much time on them. It's the boss' money you're spending doing this, so it makes sense to get their take on it.

 

[brantmacga]

AS BUILTS- FOREMEN, I NEED YOUR HELP

I suppose everyone does it differently, but usually I just follow what they want in the specs as far as redline drawings go.

Typically it would be a change in device or Lighting location, or the addition of each, and a change in circuit numbers. I haven’t seen specs that ask for a change in material type as that usually isn’t allowed without the engineers approval. A change in Lighting type should be covered in the submittal package, but if not, it doesn’t hurt to make a note of it.

And the redline markups should be happening as changes are made to make it easier.


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[luckylerado]

Hey everybody,

Recently took on my first foreman roll and the job went well, thankfully! Now it is as built time. I am familiar with the concept of these, but have never had to make a set before. What do you include or exclude, if anything, different than your working plans? Are they simply a fresh, clean version of working plans on a new set of prints? (No whiteout and dirt?) Include junction box pull schedules? Any info helps, how do you do yours!? Thanks!

At a minimum, ckt numbers and panel schedules. Device location is nice. Depending on the customer requirements that may be all that is required. For some customers they want the as-built to exactly reflect everything on the project. Consider the maintenance man 10 years from now trying to troubleshoot something using your set of record drawings. There is a reasonable expectation that the drawings are right when they need them.