DowcoProjectJobNotes

Tableofcontents

AGeneralProjectInfo:

BProjectCommunication:

CGeneralModelInfo:

DProjectProfile&Materialsrequirements:

ETeklaMemberAttributeSetup:

FProject/CustomerSurfacePrep&PaintInfo:

GDowcoRFIProcess:

HDowcoEWOProcess:

IDowcoStandardModelingPractice:

JDowcoStandardTeklaNumberingSetup:

KDowcoApip/Sybilimportprocedures:

LProjectDrawinginformation:

MDowcoProceduresForIssuingVoidedDrawings:

NDowcoProjectworkflowreporting:

ODowcoRecordmodelcopyprocedures:

PCustomergeneralrequirements:

Note:
JobNotesmustbereviewedbystaffpriortocommencingworkonanewprojectandonanongoingbasis.

AGeneralProjectInfo:

DowcoJob#is3188
CustomerisSteelstarSteel&CustomerJob#isXXXX

SteelstarClientContactonJS1isKrisMcLeankrism@steelstar.com

ProjectBidinfoistobereviewedandcanbefoundinthefollowinglocation;
\\lgysvr05\squadboss\JOB_Files\Job3188\3188_Bid_Documents\

PMtoreviewthesejobnotesalongwiththecustomerinformationinthefollowinglocation;
\\lgysvr05\Squadboss\JOB_Files\Job3188\3188_Customer_Standards\

BProjectCommunication:

B1Email.
AtthestartofeachprojecttheDowcoprojectemailmustbesetup.

Allemailsaretobecopiedtothejobemailaddressesasfollows,
d3188_client@dowco.comtobeusedforRFIs&allotheremailssenttoclient.
d3188@dowco.comtobeusedforc.c.ofallRFIs&emailstointernalDowcoprojectgroup.

Emailsubjectlineshouldconsistof:
XXXX_WyomingMachineryCoRockSpring_+A_shortdescriptionofemailcontent

Note:ThepreferredmethodofaskingprojectspecificquestionsisbyofficialRFI,andnotemails!

B2Telephoneconversations.
PMsareexpectedtophonethecustomereachweekafterjobstatusreportissentonMondayam,aswellas
onadaytodaybasiswherenecessary.

Note:Ifjobspecificquestions/issuesarediscussedinanytelephoneconversationwiththecustomer,the
detailsmustbebackedupwithofficialconfirmingRFIsortelephoneconversationrecords,sentviaprojecte
mailaddresses.

Allrecordsoftelephoneconversationsaretobekeptinthefollowinglocation;
\\lgysvr05\Squadboss\JOB_Files\Job3188\3188_Record_of_Telephone_conversations\

UseMaster_TCR1.xls&saveasanewfileusingthefollowingfilenamingconvention.
###_init_xxxxxxxx_description.xlse.g.001_sdu_05262011_sample_TCR.xls

B3Gotomeetings.
AllPMs&2ICsshouldhaveGoTomeetinginstalledontheirworkstations.YouareencouragedtouseGoto
meetingswithcustomerstoreviewprojectstatus&reviewproblemareasetc.

B4RFIs.
RefertosectionG.

CGeneralModelInfo:

ModelisbeingdoneinTeklaversion16.1

JobislinkingwithFabTrol.EnsurethatnecessaryFabTrolmodelingpracticesarereviewed.

Anyspecificapproachtoprocessofmodeling,connectingandchecking(toensuremodelisprogressedinthe
mostefficientmanner)istobeconsideredatthejobstartupmeetingandrevisitedasnecessaryasthe
projectprogresses.

Note:JobisImperialwithImperialprofilesandunits,andwithImperialboltsincombinationwithImperial
holediametercalloutsondrawings!

Alldimensioningondrawingsisinimperialunitsandminimumdimensiontextsizeis1/8highonalldrawings
UNO.

Anytextnotesaddedtodrawingsshouldgenerallybe1/8mmhighandcyanincolour.

Anyviewtitlesorsectionordetaillabelsshouldgenerallybe1/4highandcyanincolour.

AbsolutelyNOtextingofTeklapartorassemblymarksisallowed.OnlyTeklapartorassemblymarksare
allowed.

AbsolutelyNOtextingofdimensionsisallowed.OnlyTekladimensionsareallowed.

Allcheckliststobereviewedwithstaffpriortostartingtomodel/connect/detailetc.

Anygrout,existingsteel,joists,windows,openings,concreteetc,etcaretohaveVOID_includedatthestart
ofthepartname,e.g.VOID_GROUT.

Anymaterialsasdescribedinitem15,musthavetheDOWCOcurrentstatussetto:
(13)Byothersorexisting.

AllAssemblyorPartnamesmustuseuppercasecharactersandmustbecontinuousandhavenospaces.

Alwaysusean_underscoretoseparatetextinanAssemblyorPatname,e.g.VOID_GROUT.

Cambersaregenerallyrequiredwhereshownonthestructuraldrawings.
Theformattobeenteredisasfollowse.g.C=11/8andbeinTeklaUserField1

CamberscanbeaddedonUDADowcopage1inthecamberingfield.Theformattobeenteredmustbe
consistentandasfollowse.g.C=11/4

TeklaPhaseManagerhasonephasewhichissetascurrentandis0(Zero).DoNotunderanycircumstances
add,orchangethePhase.ThisisaSteelStarrequirement!

Gridmustbemodelled&checkedpriortoprogressingwithmodel.
Memberswillbemodeled&checked,beforeanyconnectionsareapplied.

Connectionsonstructuraldrawingswillbereviewedandbesetupandcheckedbeforebeingappliedonmass
intoliveworkingmodel.

Asaminimum,guidancemustbegiventhepreferredmacrotobeusedforconnections.

DowcoCheckingsolutionmustbeusedforchecking/signoff.

ShearplateswillbeplacedontheXXXX/XXXXsideofbeamswherenotspecificallylocated.Forskewed
locationsshearplatehastobelocatedontightsideforerectionpurposes.

BentplateisrequiredandSteelstarspreferenceistouseamaxlengthof100.

Itismandatorythatallweldswillbeappliedcorrectlytothemodelviaconnectionmacrosorinteractive
modelling.Themodelweldswillbeshownondetaildrawings.

DProjectProfile&MaterialsRequirements:

Profiletypes,sizes&materialstobeusedtointegratewithFabTrolareasfollows

RolledshapesUseA572U.N.O.(tobeverifiedwithSteelStarasdiscussed)
RolledchannelsUseA572U.N.O.(tobeverifiedwithSteelStarasdiscussed)
Rolledangles,platesandbarsUseA36U.N.O.

HSSSquare
UseprofiletypeHSS&gradeA53(tobeverified(shoulditbeA500GrB)withSteelStarasdiscussed)

Usee.g.HSS4X4X.250foundunder;
RectangularhollowsectionsHSSprofilesubgroupnamed,(EDInamingconvention).

Notefrom3154JobNotes
ForSquareHSSprofilesusetheEDI(electronicdatainterchange)profilesintheTeklaprofilecatalogue.E.g.
HSS12X12X.313which=HSS12X12X5/16.

HSSRound
UseprofiletypeHSS&gradeA53(tobeverified(shoulditbeA500GrB)withSteelStarasdiscussed)

Usee.g.HSS103/4X.500foundunder;
Circularhollowsectionsprofilesubgroupnamed(SteelStar_HSS)

Notefrom3154JobNotes
ForRoundHSSprofiles,theavailableHSSprofilesdonotmatchSteelStarsFabTrolprofiles.Anewprofilesub
groupnamedSteelStar_HSShasbeenaddedtotheprofiledatabase.Wewilladdthenecessaryprofilestothe
SteelStardatabaseonaJobbyJobbasis.

Additionally,NotethatallotherroundHSSprofileshavebeenremovedfromtheprofiledatabase,toavoid
incorrectprofilesbeinginputintomodel.

Pipe
ForPipeprofiles,useCircularhollowsectionsprofilesubgroupnamed(SteelStar_Pipe)profiles&material
gradeA53U.N.O.

Note:AllotherroundHSSprofileshavebeenremovedfromtheprofiledatabase,toavoidincorrectprofiles
beinginputintomodel.

AnchorBolts/Rods
UseRoundprofiletypeAB&materialgradeF1554G36U.N.O.(tobeverifiedwithSteelStar)

Nuts
UseprofiletypeHS(seeSteelStar_Nutsprofiles)&materialgradeA563U.N.O

Washers
UseprofiletypeHS(seeSteelStar_Washersprofiles)&materialgradeF436U.N.O.

Headed/NelsonStuds
UseprofiletypeWS(seeFabTrol_Studsprofiles)&materialgradeA108U.N.O.

ETeklaMemberAttributeSetup:

Beam&Columnpropertieshavebeensetup&mustbeused.Donotcreateyourown!

Theattributesincludethefollowingpresets:
Partprefixes&startnumbers.
Assemblyprefixes&startnumbers.
Namingconventions.
Profiles&Materialsperaboveinconjunctionwithmaterialrequirementsperstructuraldrawings.

Secondarypartsaretobeprefixedasfollows;
pplateparts,
aangleparts,
mforallothersecondarypartse.g.nuts,washers,rods,cleviss,turnbucklesetc,etc.
BPbaseplateparts,

spforplatestandardparts
saforanglestandardparts.
smforanglestandardparts.

FProject/CustomerSurfacePrep&PaintInfo:

FinishesrequiredwhereappropriatearetobeenteredintheTeklaFINISHfieldasfollows;

SteelStarCorp.
ASSEMBLYMARKFINISHESARE
S/CFORSHOPPRIME
NFORNOPAINT
SFORSHOPBOLTS
FFORFIELDBOLTS

Inaddition,theFabTrolFinishes&applyingtheminTekla.pdfisbeingreferredtofortheGfinishfor
galvanizedmaterialonly.

GDowcoRFIProcess:

ThepreferredmethodofaskingprojectrelatedquestionsisbyRFI.

FabTrolmustbeusedtoprepare,log,manage&issueprojectRFIs.

IdeallyonlyonequestionistoberaisedperRFI.

DowcopolicyisthatareasonablenumberofRFIscanbeexpectedonanyjob.Thenumberidentifiedas
reasonableis32RFIspereach$100,000.00ofcontractvalue.

PMsmustbeawareofthis.IfthenumberofRFIsonaprojectisoverthis,wemustconsiderifanEWOis
appropriatetorecovercostsforadditionalworkassociatedwithRFIs.

AseachRFIisprepared,theaffectedmembersmustbetaggedwiththeappropriateRFIinfo.

ThisisrequiredinthefollowingUDAs
Dowcopage1UDAsDowcoCurrentStatusandRFIDescription
Dowcopage2UDADWC_RFI

DowcoCurrentStatusShouldbechangedto(12)HoldInQuestion.
RFIDescriptionShouldincludeabriefdescriptionoftheRFI,dateandinitialsoftheperson.

ForDowcopage1UDAsDowcoCurrentStatusandRFIDescription,thepreferredmethodistousethe
followingmacro;DowcoPage5Dowco_Attributes57,(seebelow).

UsingthismacrotoidentifytheRFI#andfieldallowsthefirstandsubsequentEWOstobetaggedintoapiece
inorderwithoutthedangersofattemptingtodosomanually.

ForDowcopage2UDADWC_RFI,thepreferredmethodistousethefollowingmacro;

DowcoPage5Dowco2_Values95,(seebelow).

UsingthismacrotoidentifytheRFI#andfieldallowsthefirstandsubsequentEWOstobetaggedintoapiece
inorderwithoutthedangersofattemptingtodosomanually.

HDowcoEWOProcess:

Uponreceiptofreviseddesigndrawings,alinecheckcomparingnewtoolddesigndrawingsmustbedone.

Ifitisdeterminedthatnewmaterialsorrevisionstoexistingmembersarerequired,anEWOmustbe
prepared.

BeforetheEWOcanbeprepared,abackupmodelcopymustbemadesothatwecanprove(ifrequired)the
workdonepriortoimplementingrevisions.

Afterthemodelcopyismadeallexistingmembersaffectedbyrevisionsmustbetaggedwiththeappropriate
EWO#inDowcopage2UDADWC_EWO

Thepreferredmethodofdoingthisistousethefollowingmacro;
DowcoPage5Dowco2_Values95(seebelow).

UsingthismacrotoidentifytheEWO#andfieldallowsthefirstandsubsequentEWOstobetaggedinto
apieceinorderwithoutthedangersofattemptingtodosomanually.

Modelreportsitemizingaffectedmembers,marksandcurrentstatusshouldbeusedinpreparationofEWO.

EWOmustbepreparedandissuedtocustomerforapproval.

EWOmustbereturned,signedbythecustomer,atwhichtimewewillcommencewithmakingnecessary
changes.

IDowcoStandardModelingPractice:

Fordaytodaytasks,referto
Note:Thesemustbereviewedpriortoworkonmodel/drawingscommencing.

Modellers/ConnectorsMustdoitemsaspartofyourdaytodayworkprocesses
RFIsmustbetaggedinallapplicablemodels.
Clashcheckasyouapplyeachconnection.
Considererectabilityofmemberasframesintosupportingsteelandsteelsurroundingthemember.
Consideraccesstomakeconnections/fit&tightenbolts(lookfurtherthantheindividualconnection
andlookatsurroundingmembers&connectionsthatmaycauseissues.
Inquireassemblytocheckmain&secondarypartsbeforereleasingforchecking.

ModelcheckersMustdoitemsaspartofyourdaytodayworkprocesses
Checkallchangestomodel&thenrepeatabove.

Itismandatorythatallweldswillbeappliedcorrectlytothemodelviaconnectionmacrosorinteractive
modelling.Themodelweldswillbeshownondetaildrawings.

Whencheckingmodel,itisthecheckersresponsibilitytoreleasemembersforinclusionintoABMsas
appropriate.

Note:SteelStarABMONLYNEEDSMAINMEMBERSI.E.W,HSS,&WT

Checkerto
changeto
Yesto
include
Matlin

Connectioncodesfromthecustomerdrawingsaretobeaddedtoallmemberswherethereisanapplicable
connectionreference:
e.g.S4detail10willhaveaConncodeofS4_Det10appliedtotheUDAfortheapplicableend.

Anydashesshownoncustomerdrawing/detailsshouldbereplacedwithan_underscore.

TheNo.ofboltsthatarerequiredverticallyinaconnectionistobedeterminedfromconnectiondetailson
drawings.The#istobedefinedinspecificmemberUDAs.Thiswillreducetheoverall#ofconnectionswewill
havetosetupanduse.

IntheexamplebelowwhenaDowcoconnectionisappliedatend1,theconnectionhas2boltsverticallyand
whenaDowcoconnectionisappliedatend2,theconnectionhas4bolts.

Thesamplebelowshowstheuseofmyinitials,theactualcodestobeusedwillrelatetotheconnectioncodes
onthedesigninfo(refaboveinfo)andbefollowedbyadashandthe#ofbolts.Thecorrectformatforthe
code+the#ofboltswouldbee.g.S4_Det102

TeklaAutoMomentsymbolsforuseonErectiondiagrams.
WhereStructuraldrawingsindicatemomentconnectionviatypicalmomentconnectionsymbol
WecannowidentifythisconditioninmemberUDAs(StartMomSym)&(EndMomSym)underDowco3.E.g.
seebelow.

WhentheEdiagramsarecreatedthefollowingmustbedonetohavetheMomentsymbolsappear.
1 GotoToolsMacros.
2 SelecttheDrawingtoolsandclickRun.
3 IntheDrawingtoolsmenuselecttheMomentsymbolIcontothefarright.
4 SelectthepreferredsymbolcolourDowcostandardisCyan.
5 SelectallthemembersinthedrawingviewandthenclickCreate.

1
3
2

JDowcoStandardTeklaNumberingSetup:

Numberingsettingsareasperbelowandifindoubt,load&applythestandardsettings.

KDowcoApip/SybilImportProcedures:

LProjectDrawinginformation:

Erectiondrawings:
Erectiondrawingsheetsizes24x36

Assembly&Partdrawings:
Assemblydrawingsheetsizes24x36&11x17asrequiredtosuitdetailedmember.
Partsdrawingsheetsizes8x11

MDowcoProceduresForIssuingVoidedDrawings:

TypicalProcedureforissuingVOIDorCancelledDrawings.

Notes:
Thisprocedureistobeusedwhenadrawingthathasbeenissuedtoapprovalorshopis
cancelledandallmembersonthedrawingarenolongerrequired.
VOIDDrawingsmustbeissuedonatransmittalthatONLYincludesVOIDDrawings.
Whereadrawingissuedtoapprovalorshophasasimplequantitychangeorotherchange,this
remainsasimplerevisionandshouldbecarriedoutassuch.
ThisprocessforissuingVOIDDrawingsisnotthesameastheprocessinNorakjobnotesforVOID
Membersandthisshouldprocessshouldnotbeconfusedwiththatorreadinconjunctionwith
thejobnotes.

IdentifypieceswhereVOIDdrawings(s)needtobeissued.

1. OpenmodelviewandensureviewiscolorizedbyDowcoCurrentStatus.
2. Filtermodelviewfornecessarypieces&highlightthememberswhichhaveVOIDdrawingissued.
3. OpenUDAs&drawinglistandfilterdrawinglistbyselectedparts.
4. InDowcopage1UDAsyouwillchangeONLYthefollowingitems;
MainPNameChangetoVOIDDummy
CurrentStatusChangeto(13)ByOthersorExisting

Afterthe2UDAsspecifiedarechangedthemodelstatuscolorwillupdate.Seefollowingpage.

Next,selectthenecessarydrawing(s)andClickontheDrawingRevisionbuttontoopenthe
RevisionHandlingmenu.
FromthedropdownmenuatthetopontheRevisionHandlingmenu,loadtheoptionnamed
Dowco_Void_Drg.
Modifythedatepresetofx/xx/xxxxtothecurrentdateandthenClickonCreate.
TherevisionoftheselecteddrawingsintheTeklaDrawinglistwillnowchangetoV
Openorprinteachdrawingandcheckthatthevoidstamphasbeenapplied,seebelow.

TheVOIDdrawing(s)arenowreadytobeissuedonatransmittalofVOIDdrawingsonly!

NDowcoProjectWorkflowReporting:

ODowcoRecordModelCopyProcedures:

Backupmodelcopiesmustbemadewheneverthefollowingprocessesarerequired.
AftertheinitialmodelABMiscompleteandaftereachsubsequentrevisedABM.
BeforeimplementinganyRFIsthatrequireanEWOtobecreated.
BeforeimplementinganEWOresultingfromdesigndrawingchanges.
Beforeattemptingtomakeanymodelchangeswheretheremaybeuncertaintyovertheresults.

PCustomerGeneralRequirements:

IFINDOUBTASK!