The method

Within tolerance is the
expected condition.

Only the exceptions are worth colouring.

Demountable grandstand · 3 stations registered · synthetic dataset

01 · THE SEQUENCE SPECIFY → MEASURE → VERIFY → RECORD

Four stages, one record

  1. 01

    Specify

    The tolerance, the points that carry it, and who accepts the result — settled in writing while the answer is still cheap to change.

    → AN AGREED STANDARD

  2. 02

    Measure

    One control network per site, so every observation resolves to the same datum and can be compared against itself later.

    → ONE COORDINATE SYSTEM

  3. 03

    Verify

    As-built geometry against design, each point reported inside or outside the agreed tolerance.

    → PER-POINT VERIFICATION

  4. 04

    Record

    Every verified state dated and retained, so what was built has an answer after the structure is gone.

    → A RECORD THAT OUTLASTS THE BUILD

02 · THE ARGUMENT

A tolerance agreed late is a negotiation. Agreed early, it is a specification.

Most disputes on a temporary build are not disagreements about measurement. They are disagreements about what the measurement was supposed to prove, discovered once the structure is standing and the schedule has no room in it — an argument the party with the least documentation loses.

Tolerance worked to
0.006 ft
ON PAST DELIVERY · REPORTED AGAINST
Reported per point
Every
INSIDE OR OUTSIDE, NEVER SUMMARISED AWAY
03 · SCOPE

What this is not

House Cleo provides independent technical review, specification and documentation. Work requiring certification is carried out with a licensed surveyor or engineer of record.

The method, in writing.

The full method document sets out the specification format, the verification procedure, and what the record contains at handover.

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