Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Fieldnotes
Fieldnotes
-they make a quality control plan at the start of every project, Identifying everyones role.
Clients usually don't ask for this sheet, but they occasionally do internal audits of projects that
had mix-ups, to see where things went wrong
What other types of writing are done?
National guidelines
Design standards
Currently writing National Bike Guidelines (2017)
-These are mostly recommendations to designers like them, or companies that don't have their
expertise but are looking to design roadways so that it is safe for pedestrians and bicyclists
-for guidelines must still use matter of fact voice, and be carefully written so there is no room
for misinterpretation.
-guidelines dont always go through quality control, and are sometimes written only by a higher
level person, like the President or one of her partners.
-for example, the Vision Zero Policy, which envisions a world with 0 pedestrian/bicyclist
deaths.
-still must prevent plagiarism and vary diction, and must note that all of their works are public,
though they do not own the copyright to them.