Integrated master capstone · Lesson 1 of 4

Integrated master capstone: principles and terminology

One teaching job carried from drawing to closeout: the seven handoffs, the paper each leaves behind, which document wins when two disagree, and why approval never moves responsibility.

You will be able to: Name the documents a flashing job produces from drawing to closeout, say who owns each, and read a contract's order of precedence.

9 min · 12 slides · 6 questions

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One job, carried from drawing to closeout

A constructed teaching case, not a real project: one straight run of parapet coping, 148 ft 6 in long, on a single-ply low-slope roof, in 24 gauge galvanized steel, from FlashDraft's Coping Cap starter template.

Every number is an exercise input and says so. The aim is to see which document answers which question, from first drawing to last warranty review.

Sources

FlashDraft template library - Architectural Flashing Supply
AFS fabrication limits - materials, thicknesses, bend rules and sizes the shop can make - Architectural Flashing Supply

Glossary

Shop drawing: A drawing a contractor or subcontractor submits to the Government to show in detail the proposed fabrication and assembly of structural elements, and the installation of materials or equipment, as FAR 52.236-21 describes it.
Submittal: Something the contractor sends for review. UFGS 07 60 00 lists shop drawings, product data, samples, certificates, the maker's installation instructions and maintenance data.
Request for Information (RFI): A question submitted on a project that receives an official response. UFGS 01 78 00 lists such responses among the sources of deviations that as-built drawings record.
As-built drawings: The marked-up drawings the contractor keeps on site showing actual conditions and deviations from the contract documents, in UFGS 01 78 00's words.
Record drawings: The final compilation of actual conditions reflected in the as-built drawings, as UFGS 01 78 00 defines them.
Order of precedence: Which document governs when two contract documents disagree. In FAR clause 52.236-21 the specifications govern the drawings; a private contract states its own rule.