Problems with the as-built drawings
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Our company needs to produce 12 units of a certain equipment in the near future. According to the relevant regulations, a as-built drawing must be provided to the customer for each unit, which means 12 drawings are required. Furthermore, as stipulated in 3.2.2.2.3f) of GB150, both the original design drawings and the as-built drawings are necessary for each unit, resulting in another 24 drawings needed in total. This is understandable; things can vary during the manufacturing process for each product, but simply keeping a record of it would suffice – why go to the trouble of creating such elaborate drawings? I think it’s a waste; what do you all think?
Our company has the design qualifications; generally, we provide twelve sets of as-built drawings to the clients. The design drawings are for internal use within the company and need not be provided to the clients. For the drawings used internally, we treat 12 units as one set. In total, there are the drawings necessary for production, namely 12 sets of as-built drawings, plus the first five items specified in 3.2.2.2.3
My current company doesn’t have the design qualifications; we have to pay other design firms to create the drawings. According to the relevant regulations and GB150 standards, 36 copies are required, and then there are those needed by the technical department and the production department – so in total we need over 40 copies of the drawings. Hey, that adds up to a significant cost.