CASE in Point
The Newsletter of the Council of American Structural Engineers
Guidelines on Peer Review and Coordination/Completeness CASE Guideline 962-D: A Guideline Addressing Coordination and Completeness of Structural Construction Documents
CASE Guideline 962-G: Guidelines for Performing Project Specific Peer Reviews on Structural Projects
This guideline discusses the background behind the issue, the important aspects of design relationships, communication, coordination and completeness, guidance for dimensioning of structural drawings, effects of various project delivery systems, document revisions, and closes with recommendations for development and application of quality management procedures. A Drawing Review Checklist is attached. The key to achieving the desired level of quality throughout the profession is for each structural engineering firm to focus on and develop its own specific quality management plan and to implement that plan on each project. This guideline will assist the structural engineering profession in achieving that goal. Please see the companion publication to this document: CASE Tool 9-1: A Guideline Addressing Coordination and Completeness of Structural Construction.
Increasing complexity of structural design and code requirements, compressed schedules and financial pressures are among many factors that have prompted the greater frequency of peer review of structural engineering projects. The peer review of a project by a qualified third party is intended to result in an improved project with less risk to all parties involved, including the engineer, owner, and contractor. The intention of these guidelines is to increase awareness of such issues, assist in establishing a framework for the review and improve the process for all interested parties. Please see the companion publication to this document: CASE Contract #5: An Agreement for Structural Peer Review Services. You can purchase all CASE products at www.booksforengineers.com.
CASE Summer Planning Meeting August 6 -7, 2013; Chicago, IL The CASE Summer Planning Meeting is scheduled for August 6-7th in Chicago, IL. A new feature added to this meeting will be a roundtable discussion on topics relating to the business of Structural Engineering, facilitated by some of the CASE Executive Committee members. Topics in the past have included the Business of BIM, using social media within your firm, Peer Review and Special Inspections. Attendees to this session will also earn 1.5 PDHs. Please contact CASE Executive Director Heather Talbert (htalbert@acec.org) if you are interested in attending this roundtable or have any suggested topics for the roundtable.
Upcoming ACEC Online Seminars Get On the Pathway to Success August 6, 1:30-3:00 pm
Stop waiting for the economy to improve. In The Pathway to Success, Scott Hunter, president of The Hunter Partnership Alliance, will demonstrate how firms don’t need to be dependent on the economy for their success and will lay out four steps that firms can take to start building business today. For more information and to register, www.acec.org/education/eventDetails.cfm?eventID=1443.
Use Design Thinking to Build Business and Break the Commodity Trap August 13, 1:30-3:00 pm
Engineering firms use design thinking every day to solve their clients’ most pressing and complex design problems. In Using Design Thinking to Build Business and Break the Commodity Trap, find out how to use this core competency in your business planning. Joseph Rei of MORF Consulting will demonstrate how firms can use design thinking to gain market share, strengthen their STRUCTURE magazine
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position with clients, and solve the ongoing problem of “engineering commoditization.” For more information and to register, www.acec.org/education/eventDetails.cfm?eventID=1446. Top ACEC On-Demand Webinars from spring 2013: • Transportation Project Financing Through TIFIA: Major Expansion of Federal Assistance • Are You Fighting Fires Instead of Managing Your Employees? • Accounting 101 for Project Managers • Creating a High-Performing Marketing & Business Development Organization • How to Write Division 00: Tips for Preparing Effective Bidding and Contracting • Seven Critical Mistakes Engineers Make During Contract Negotiation & Project Executing that Sabotage Their Projects & Invite Litigation • Successful Integration of an Acquisition
To see the full ACEC Bookstore selection, www.acec.org/bookstore.
July 2013
