Precision Planning

摘要

I operate under the hopeful assumption that all professional watershapers know that detailed, quality construction plans are crucial to the success of any project. Too often, however, I get the unsettling feeling that some contractors in the watershaping trades see plan documents mainly as a means of securing a construction permit. Such a bare-minimum approach can lead to an endless array of problems that can be summed up simply: Plans lacking in detail leave way too many issues to chance and inevitably lead to mistakes. And because we all work in a field where things are quite literally set in concrete or stone, even small gaffes will quite often require difficult (and costly) corrective measures. If you step back and consider the importance of detailed plans - even for an instant - it's obvious that time spent working on construction documents is always of value, especially when it means you won't need to break out the air chisel.