Road and bridge projects
A roadway job issues revised drawings, answers RFIs and records field changes across many segments and many parties, and the team has to show later what was issued and what was answered. This page covers the document-control part of that work in Fidrel and says plainly which highway records the product does not hold.
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A revised sheet has to reach the paving crew, a bridge subcontractor, a utility owner and the inspector. An email list is copied from the last issue, someone is missing, and nobody finds out until the wrong sheet is built.
An RFI is raised against one revision of a drawing, and the answer arrives after the drawing has been revised again. The reader of the answer needs to know which revision the question was about.
A change agreed in the field starts as a phone call. Weeks later the change order exists, but nothing connects it to the question that started it or the sheet it changed.
The drawing register lists every drawing by number with its title, revision, status and revision date, grouped by discipline. Switch between Current revision and All revisions, where earlier sheets read Superseded. For two PDF revisions of a sheet you can use Overlay or Side by side in the viewer, which shows what changed before the next issue goes out. Document numbers are unique in the project, so a second file with a taken number is stopped until you choose New version or change the number.
Documents, drawings & models
An issued transmittal is locked and records its purpose, recipients and the revision of each document sent. Only shared or published revisions can be issued, and an issue for construction takes only approved ones. When a revision is later replaced, Fidrel can email the recipients who hold the old one. One transmittal emails at most 50 recipients and sending is limited per person per hour, so a very wide distribution goes out as several transmittals, each with its own number.
Step 1
Upload drawings with the number, title and revision in the file name. A file with an existing number is listed as New version of that number, and an identical file is skipped. Then set the Status up to Issued for construction, and later Record (as-built).
Step 2
Choose New transmittal, add the documents, pick a purpose and add recipients typed in or taken from the contact register. On issue, each recipient gets an emailed personal link with no account needed, and the transmittal locks with its revisions.
Step 3
The transmittal lists each recipient as Sent, Opened or Not opened, and a recipient can confirm receipt on the download page. Open Who holds which revision to see the latest revision each recipient was sent and which ones have since been replaced.
Step 4
An RFI lists Linked drawings and documents and has a free-text Area field you can use for the segment or structure. If the drawing gets a newer revision, the RFI says so. A change that follows can be started from the RFI.
An RFI has a deadline, a recipient who must be a project member, a priority and a status from Draft to Closed, with an Overdue flag when the deadline has passed. The answer is published with Publish answer, but it does not change the sheet: the revised drawing goes in as a new revision and the RFI keeps pointing at the one it was raised on. A change order can be started from an RFI, carries its files and activity history, and a daily report can raise an NCR with Create NCR. No email is sent for change orders or NCRs; RFIs appear only in one gathered email a day.
Fidrel has no pay quantities, no time charges or contract time, no material testing records, no DOT forms and no agency system. A DWG file is shown for viewing and is never edited in Fidrel. The change order register says that it does not replace contractual notices and decisions, so keep sending those the way the contract requires. Fidrel makes no claim to meet any agency requirement or specification; it records what you and your team enter, upload and send.
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Talk to usYes. Issue the drawing in a transmittal and open Who holds which revision. It lists the latest revision each recipient was sent, with Sent, Opened and Confirmed, and marks one Replaced when a newer revision exists.
No. Each recipient gets a personal link by email, valid for 30 days, to a page where they download the documents and can confirm receipt.
Link the drawing or create the RFI from a markup. The RFI keeps the revision it was raised on and says when the drawing has a newer revision.
No. Fidrel has no pay quantities, time charges, material testing records or agency forms. It covers the drawings, transmittals, RFIs, change orders and daily reports around them.
Yes. In a daily report, Create NCR fills in the title, text, location and responsible person and links the two records in both directions.
