I do design work here as well as drafting of both mechanical and electrical enclosures, devices, cables, diagrams, etc. Over the years, we have developed check lists for each 'type' of drawing. Once a drawing has been reviewed by the team and everyone is happy, we send it to a 'checker' or person usually not involved in the review; a 'third-party' so-to-speak. The checker bounces format and anything else off the list and approves each line on the check list. Things like page numbers, revision letters, dimensions, quantities, etc etc etc are all listed on the lists. We will not "release" or "stamp" off on any drawings without a checklist completed and stored in a repository as proof and back-up that it was performed. This will not remove every error from a print, but it will drastically reduce the number of errors and reduce re-work. The list started as something we all made ourselves and used under the radar but they became known company wide and are now part of our ISO process and get audited.
If the drafters had some simple checklist to run on their prints before they were stamped it would reduce the release of such lousy crap to those who have to work from them. A line for "is receptacle spacing show appropriately and are the distances acceptable" and maybe a "do all appliances show the appropriate power locations" blah blah blah. We have spaces on the lists for the checkers to mark 'not applicable' if there is something not on the drawings that is in the list. If any NAs are marked, we require a PE to sign off on each and every NA to make sure the checker didn't either miss something in the print, or not know what they are doing. Check check check. That's the key to good prints IMO.
I kid I kid.
