Submission of evidence to the Edge commission of inquiry on future professionalism
I would totally support this initiative. As professionals we always say we should never reinvent the wheel but yet we do on almost every project. By we, I mean if not ourselves, our opposite professional and or even our colleagues. Basic practices continue to be, for want of better wording, not practiced.
Re the use of pdf, university students and I am sure many others in the industry use a crack to cut and paste from pdf documents so why not make it easier as they are doing it anyway and promote the cut & paste and edit-ability for project purpose. As long as reference is used of the original author, why not? or perhaps they could be purchased on line as working docs?
The sharing of lessons learned is crucial for ongoing development of individual professionals as mistakes made during construction are common. It is easy to comment with hindsight and criticise, it is the support of basic knowledge that should be available to all not just in specifications written by another for a specific project. Method statements for example is classic. Failure to adhering to a method statement can result in failure of the end product. For example a failure to carry out pretesting prior application of a material.
Perhaps a Lessons Learned file could be started entitled, "Defects,the reasons for occurrence and for their prevention." it could start with underground and substructure works and finish with for example roofing. Separate files for MEP / Data, Telecom etc. obviously.
Lastly Operational & Maintenance Manuals should have a standard layout, I am working on that myself as we speak.
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