BuildBuild: Week 45, Monday 7am…
The handy copy
After a proper question from site, drawing 042 has a new version on the published shelf: C02. Dave, the site manager, has C01, folded in the van door since March.
Dave: Got 042 right here.
Stage 5 · Build it · Stop 11 of 13
The drawing in the van
The back alley's bill so far: 130 weeks · See the bill
The information · Drawing 042, in two versions
When I change, the old me has to go. Otherwise somebody builds from me anyway.
The wrong way
9am
The trench goes in exactly where Dave's drawing says.
Red pen
Dave marks a small change on the van copy in red pen, and folds it back into the door. The coffee on the van roof has gone cold.
BuildBuild: 2pm…
The app
Rex, the new assistant engineer, checks the site app.
Rex: Dave… the app says C02. Yours says C01.
Built to which?
The Clerk of Works, the client's eyes on site, asks which version it was built to.
Dave: The right one. Probably.
Wednesday
Fill it in. Dig it again. Two days, and a lot of words not suitable for a children's website. The van copy goes back in the door.
The handy copy won, and it was out of date. And nobody can prove what's actually in the ground.
+2 weeks on the back alley's bill: An old copy in a van: a trench dug twice, and red-pen changes that never reached the designer.