Several live copies of one sheet
A revised plan is emailed while the old PDF sits in a shared folder, in a text thread and in a printed set in the trailer. Each one is a plausible source, and nothing on the old ones says they were replaced.
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Issued for construction drawings: marking the current set and what it replaced
Crews build from the wrong sheet when nobody tells them it was replaced. This page follows one drawing from working copy to Issued for construction, shows how the revision it replaces is marked as superseded, and says what Fidrel does for the people who already hold the old one.
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How old sheets end up in the field
Issued means different things to different people
The architect sends a revision for review, the contractor treats it as approved and the foreman receives it as the set to build from. Without a status on the sheet itself, the word issued has no fixed meaning.
Nobody knows who holds which revision
A revision goes to six subcontractors. When the next one arrives, the project manager cannot say which of the six opened the first, let alone who is still working from it.
What each status means on a drawing
A drawing’s status is the status of its current revision. Working and Shared are drafts that stay inside the project team; For review and Reviewed mark the stages of a check; Approved says the revision has passed that check; Issued for construction says it is the one to build from; Record (as-built) is for the set that documents what was built; Archived takes a revision out of use. Every change is kept in a status history with an optional comment, so you can show later who moved a sheet to Issued for construction and when.
Documents, drawings & models
How the sheet it replaces is marked
In the drawing register, switch between Current revision and All revisions. With all revisions showing, earlier ones carry a Superseded mark, so nobody has to guess which line is live. A recipient who opens the personal link to a replaced revision reads that it has been replaced by a later revision and is asked to request the current one. An RFI that was raised on an older sheet shows a notice that the drawing has a newer revision than the one the RFI was raised on, which is where a lot of rework starts.
From working copy to the set the crews build from
Step 1
Upload the new revision under the same number
Upload the revised sheet with the same document number. Fidrel offers it as New version of that number and keeps the earlier versions, and the drawing register can then show Current revision or All revisions with the older ones marked Superseded.
Step 2
Move the status along the way
Use Change status to take a revision through Working, Shared, For review, Reviewed and Approved to Issued for construction. Approved, Issued for construction and Record (as-built) can be set only by an administrator or a document controller.
Step 3
Issue the set in a transmittal for construction
In the Common data environment, start a New transmittal and choose the purpose Issued for construction (IFC). Only approved revisions and construction issues can be sent, and Fidrel lists any file that cannot be issued for that purpose.
Step 4
Follow who holds which revision
Under Who holds which revision, each recipient’s latest revision shows when it was sent, opened and confirmed, and Replaced by the newer one when there is one. Tell the recipients their revisions were replaced sends an e-mail naming the new revisions.
What the field sees
On a phone, a foreman browses the folders, searches by number or title and opens the latest version. The status shows whether the document is a working version, for review or issued for construction. The personal links in a transmittal work in the browser without an account and stay valid for 30 days, so a subcontractor who was never invited to the project can still open the set.
What this does not do
Fidrel cannot recall or mark a printed set, a PDF saved to a phone or a file someone forwarded, so a copy outside the project stays outside it. Fidrel records whether a link was opened and receipt was confirmed, but it does not stop anyone from building from a sheet, and it sends no reminder to a recipient who has not confirmed. Issued for construction here is a status on a drawing revision and has nothing to do with the IFC model format used for 3D models.
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Frequently asked questions
Anything else on your mind? We are happy to help.
Talk to usUpload the new revision under the same number. The register then lists the earlier versions as Superseded when All revisions is selected, and Current revision shows only the live one.
Only an administrator or a member who holds the document approval right, usually the document controller. The same goes for Approved and for Record (as-built).
No. For the construction purpose only approved revisions and construction issues are sent, and Fidrel lists any file that cannot be issued for that purpose instead of sending it.
The transmittal shows Sent, Opened or Not opened for each recipient, and a recipient can press Confirm receipt on the page they open, which then shows as Confirmed with the date.
They can be told. Tell the recipients their revisions were replaced sends an e-mail that names the revisions that replaced theirs, and each recipient hears of each new revision once.
No. Fidrel controls what is in the project and what it sends. A printed set or a file saved outside the project has to be collected by the person who printed it.