Moving away from Manual Markups

ScaffPlan Team

2 August 2022 | 1 minute read

The 3D way of life is quickly consuming the construction industry. Which brings us to the question — why are engineers still certifying 2D plans?

There are a few reasons. Printing and emails have a considerable backlog of security in the legacy and metadata. There is a lot at stake, particularly with structural projects, and it's critical that documents are time stamped and engineers have the final say on the very last output of plans.

The fail-safe and historical way of doing this has been to print 2D drawings and manually mark up changes, going back and forth between the engineer and scaffold designer.

Double-handling by Engineers' Software

In the past few years, we have seen a huge uptake in engineering software used to increase productivity and assist with accurate mathematics to certify jobs.

Engineers sometimes have to recreate the drawings from scratch to get the exact calculations. Just think about how long they took the designer to do — now that's being double handled — at the engineers' hourly rate.

5 Steps to a Fast, Safe and Easy Transition to a Digital Solution. 

1. Pre-highlighted Pass or Fail Criteria

Having inbuilt engineering capabilities in your scaffolding software means a scaffold designer can see green or red highlights indicating the structure pass or fail criteria, allowing them to make necessary adjustments before sending it to the engineer.

2. Automated Engineering Reports

When your scaffold software gives you detailed engineering reports with all reference items and calculations from the scaffold manufacturers' data, engineers can quickly and easily assess your project with minimal rework. 

3. Instant Sharing and Collaboration

A few software solutions allow digital sharing or designs for instant and paper-free markups: no more printouts or cumbersome email trains.

Once the engineer reviews your pre-done plans and reports, it's pretty straightforward — they can instantly let you know if it's ready to be exported for certification — already saving hours in redrawing, calculations, and markups.

5. Certifying 3D Designs

Did you know? Exporting your 3D design in ScaffPlan as an IFC model has all the information, including:

  • Built-in time stamps,
  • Platform built on
  • Designer’s details who made it.

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