Engineering and 3D Designer: overview

Site drawings, the 3D scaffold designer with its component library, design rules and templates, the document register, review queue, transmittals, permits and drawing checks.

The steps, written out

1. Site drawings: Only revisions issued to site are shown — always build from these
2. Scaffold designer: Design scaffolds in 2D and 3D on the real building; the bill of materials, drawings, quote and loading list come straight from the design.
3. Component library: Every designer component is a catalogue item, so a design always counts real, rentable stock with its weight, rate and value.
4. Design rules: Values the design rule checks use: manufacturer data and Summit Scaffold Rentals standards, signed off by a named person.
5. Design templates: Structure templates are inserted from the designer (Insert template); design templates start new designs.
6. Labour tuning: Design labour estimates compared with real timesheet hours, to tune the productivity rates (minutes per component).
7. Document register: Revision-controlled drawings, calculations, PE-stamped designs and permits
8. Review queue: Revisions waiting for engineering approval
9. Transmittals: Formal issue of drawings and documents to customers
10. Permits: Building, right-of-way and sidewalk permits with expiry warnings
11. Drawing check: Is every standing scaffold built from the latest issued revision of its drawing?

Tip

Engineering holds the 3D scaffold designer, drawings, reviews and permits.