Keep each drawing revision tied to its open coordination query.
Keep drawing revisions, discipline queries and client comments in one review flow.
How to build your design revision reviews
Describe the job
Keep drawing revisions, discipline queries and client comments in one review flow.
Review the first version
Choose how the project architect records the Project and how the responsible discipline reviewer reviews the next step.
Refine the views
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Test before sharing
Walk through the process with a sample record and check who owns the next action.
Follow Revision DR-052 through the handoffs.
This fictional design revision reviews example shows the ordinary handoff and the decision that remains open.
Design revision reviews example
- Record
- Revision DR-052
- Drawing
- Entrance layout
Current stage · Project architect
Submit the drawing revision
A fictional architect submits entrance layout revision C.
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Submit the drawing revision
A fictional architect submits entrance layout revision C.
- Record:
- Revision DR-052
- Drawing:
- Entrance layout
Record the technical coordination query
The structural coordinator raises an opening-width query against revision C.
- Record:
- Revision DR-052
- Submitted revision:
- C
Capture the client's response
The client accepts the circulation arrangement while the technical query stays open.
- Record:
- Revision DR-052
- Client response:
- Layout accepted
Keep unresolved coordination visible
Revision D is prepared with a reference to the unresolved technical decision.
- Record:
- Revision DR-052
- Technical query:
- Opening width unresolved
What to include in your design revision reviews
Keep the Project in context
Keep Project, drawing reference, revision, discipline query, technical reviewer, client comments, review decision and next milestone together so the next person can understand the request or record.
When the next step needs a decision
A sample architect submits entrance layout revision C. The structural coordinator raises an opening-width query against revision C.
Keep next milestone visible
Record the responsible designer's response before advancing the affected milestone.
Choose what each person needs
Give the project architect a working view and the responsible discipline reviewer a review view. Keep Project and drawing reference attached to the decision as the work moves between them.
Questions about design revision reviews
Start with Project, drawing reference, revision, discipline query, technical reviewer, client comments, review decision and next milestone. Describe who enters the information and who reviews the next step.
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