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QA/QC for architects and engineers.

Direct answer

What is QA/QC for architects and engineers?

QA/QC for architects and engineers is the review Specset runs before drawings and specifications are issued. It is a cited, traceable drawing review: each finding cites its source and is marked up on the plan sheet. Your reviewer confirms, downgrades, or rejects it before the set goes out.

The drawing

What is a cited, traceable drawing review?

Each drawing finding cites its source and is marked up directly on the plan sheet. The reviewer opens that source, then confirms, downgrades, or rejects the finding.

Before issue

Who adjudicates a finding before the set is issued?

The design team. Specset files the finding. The reviewer confirms, downgrades, or rejects it before the drawings and specifications are issued.

Common questions

What do architects and engineers ask about QA/QC?

01Does QA/QC for architects and engineers run before the set is issued?

Yes. Specset reviews the specifications and the drawings together before the set goes out. Findings come back cited, and the design team adjudicates them.

02How is a drawing finding traced on an A/E review?

The finding cites its source and is marked up directly on the plan sheet. The reviewer opens that source from the finding.

03Can the design team reject a finding before issue?

Yes. Confirm, downgrade, or reject stays with the reviewer. Specset files the finding. The design team decides what goes out with the set.

04Where is the overview of this design review?

Design quality review is the overview. This page is the A/E pass: QA/QC before the drawings and specifications are issued.

Design quality review

05What does the design team review before the set is issued?

The findings. Specset reads the specifications and the drawings, and QC is a review of those findings. Each one cites its source and is marked up on the plan sheet. The reviewer confirms, downgrades, or rejects it before the set is issued.

What is the best AI for design QC?

Start with one set

What do you send for a QA/QC review?

One design set: the specifications and the drawings. The findings come back with their sources, and you check the sheets.