Provide current structural and services records
Provide current structural and services drawings relevant to the proposed openings or cuts. Identify the revision and any investigation that has already been completed. The office needs to know whether information is confirmed, indicative or incomplete.
Identify unknown reinforcement or service positions
Mark areas where thickness, reinforcement, post-tensioning or service positions are unknown. Do not turn assumptions into confirmed values in the enquiry. Ask about location or investigation work as an explicit scope item where the project requires it.
Confirm design and project approval responsibilities
A method description, scan image or website enquiry is not permission to cut or proof that every risk has been resolved. The project’s responsible parties confirm design, interpretation, clearance and approvals through their established process.
Sequence investigation and cutting
Explain who holds the relevant information and who resolves questions before work is booked. Share the planned sequence between investigation, design review, marking and cutting. The office can review the service scope without taking on unagreed project responsibilities.
Your enquiry checklist
- Relevant drawings and their revisions
- Investigation already completed
- Knowns, estimates and unresolved areas
- Responsible project contact and proposed sequence
Send what you know and identify details still being confirmed. These guides help describe a project; the agreed site-specific scope determines the work.