Design development GERD itial design phase A structural engineer from a firm of consulting engineers has sent an email to a more senior colleague, with an update on a project for a new airport terminal. e00 O8 @ ae Delete Reply Reply All Forward Print Stefan, \We had our frst design meeting with the airport authority and the architect, yesterday. As you know, the client just gave the architect a short list of essential requirements for the terminal, so the design brief was pretty open. As a result, the ideas he’s come up with form quite an adventurous concept. However, things are stil at an early stage ~ there are no scale drawings yet, just eight sketches showing roughly what he wants the building to look like. So it wasn't possible to assess the design in detail. The next step is for the architect to develop the sketches into preliminary drawings. These are due at the end of April ae HELD Collaborative development dei 10 When a design team consists of engineers and consultants from different organizations, the design development process needs to be carefully co-ordinated. Before the first draft (version) of a drawing is sent to members of the team, a decision is made about who needs a copy. Sometimes, a drawing will only be issued to certain specialists in the team, Sometimes, it will be circulated to all the team members. After team members have received a drawing, they can comment on it, and may ask for the design to be changed. Following these comments, the drawing will be revised ~ that is, drawn again with the requested changes made to it. Every drawing is numbered, and each time a drawing is amended (revised), the letter next to the drawing number is changed. Therefore drawing 110A, after a revision, becomes 110B. When revision B is issued, it becomes the current drawing, and A is superseded. With each new revision, written notes are added to the drawing, These describe the amendments that have been made. ‘When engineers revise drawings during the early stages of the design process, they may have to go back to the drawing board (start again), and redesign concepts completely. For later revisions, the design should only need to be refined slightly ‘After a preliminary drawing has been finally approved (accepted), a senior engineer can sign off (authorize) the drawing as a working drawing - that is, one that the production or construction team can work to. However, this does not always mean the drawing will be final. Often, working drawings go through more revisions to resolve problems during production. Pre-production phase Production phase Design Rough Preliminary | i brief *| sketches |") drawings “lilt ajaee [ees — Revisions Profesional English in Use Engineering21 22 2.3 24 Find words in A opposite with the following meanings. 1 a description of design objectives dasiga deie& 2 a rough, hand-drawn illustration sketches 3 an initial diagram, requiring further development prenion Yewvinas 4 an overall design idea concep Put the words in the box into the table to make groups of verbs with similar meanings. Look at B opposite to help you. amend circulate redesign revise supersede approve issue refine __ sign off send out distribute change improve Choose the correct words from the brackets to complete the sentences about drawings. Look at B opposite to help you. 1 Haas the drawing been revised, or is this the first (draft/refine)? 2 This has been superseded. It’s not the (current/preliminary) drawing 3 Has this drawing been signed off? Can they (circulatefwork) to it in the factory? 4 I still need to (comment/note) on the latest set of drawings. 5 Construction can’t start until the first (current/working) drawings have been issued. Complete the email using the correct forms of the words in the box. Look at B opposite to help you. The first one has been done for you. amendment current draft issue note revision supersede work hacen reeiniindbiali iota ‘There seems to be a problem with diwg 1120, which you (1)....!8eued yesterday. The drawing is marked A$ (2) .uenumnu G, But there are NO i inthe right-hand colurnn detailing the (4) ‘made. And on the actual drawing, there are no visible diferences from the first (8) nvwnnnnnnen + Has the (6) -- version (11208) been sent accidenty, incorrectly labelled as 11206, instead of the new drawing? Please advise asap, as we are assuming ths is not the (7) vv Grawing, and | have therefore told the fabrication team not 10 (8) -n-w--- 10 it until WE receive clarification Ja coeo} Se Think about design development on a project you have worked on, or on a type of project you know about. Describe the key stages from the design brief to the issue and ongoing revision of working drawings. Say how designers, consultants and production teams arc involved at each stage of the process, and explain what procedures are used Professanal English in Use Engineering "