"I have almost 400 suits and wish I had the chance to actually dress up" — Singer Fola reveals he dressed casually for his project defence because he had just landed from Canada.
The more pages of detailed drawings you have to work with, the less stressful the work becomes.
Providing a QS with only a few pages of drawing details increases the chances of making assumptions, reduces quantity accuracy, and wastes valuable time.
The accuracy of your measured quantities depends on the scale of the drawing, especially when using software for measurement.
Always scale at least two different points on your drawing and cross-check the results against other known dimensions.
Measuring stirrups for a 225 × 225mm column is easy until the shape changes to rectangular or circular.
At that point, you have no option but to understand the principle behind the measurement.