What we hand over
By stage
Section titled “By stage”Permit level
Section titled “Permit level”Structural calculation, structural arrangement, technical description — signed, with evidence of qualification. The structural part of the permit design.
Detailed level
Section titled “Detailed level”Plans, sections, connection drawings, member layouts and schedules, material grades, execution requirements — and for a thin-walled structure the restraint, the screw pattern and the anchorage marked. The structural detailed design.
Shop drawings
Section titled “Shop drawings”In steel, member-by-member drawings, take-offs, welding and bolting symbols. In LGS, the machine program as well. Steel shop drawings · LGS shop design.
Expert opinion
Section titled “Expert opinion”A written opinion on capacity and whether the building can be built on, together with the method of investigation and the assumptions. Structural expert opinion.
Format
Section titled “Format”The contractual deliverable is generally the drawn and written documentation. Handing over the model is a matter of separate agreement — as is whether it may be edited on. Drawings or model as the deliverable.
What we leave on the drawings
Section titled “What we leave on the drawings”The assumptions. If a figure was missing and we worked to a recorded assumption, it appears on the drawings — we do not remove it. What happens if the input is incomplete.
What is worth keeping
Section titled “What is worth keeping”The structural documentation, for the whole life of the building. At a later alteration it is what tells you which wall is load-bearing and which is part of the bracing system — because you cannot tell by looking. Load-bearing and non-load-bearing walls · Later alterations.
The point
Section titled “The point”What we hand over will be the only source for decades on what is in the wall. That is why we write the assumptions on it too, and why it is worth keeping.