Calculation Results Documenting
There is no brainer that all calculation results should be properly documented. However, every calculation report prepared by a certain engineer is often significantly different from a report done by another engineer. The reason is that calculation report structure is not usually standardized for civil engineering (fortunately).
Below I propose a clear structure of a calculation report of a generic building that consists of global analysis and member design. The report structure and checklist below are based on the standard procedures used in #Ramboll Finland, in IGS department in particular.?
Not every calculation and design should be documented in a very detailed manner. Hence, filing calculation results should be graded by at least two levels of detail. Let's name them "Calculation Note" (simplified) and "Calculation Report" (full or extended).
Required level of detail should be agreed with customer and/or local authorities. Apart of client's/authority's requirements, there should be an adequate minimum level of information in the report that makes it possible to understand how the calculation was performed and what tools used.
Some of the inputs might not necessarily be in the calculation report body, rather they can be included in design basis or similar kind of document.
Sr. 岩土设计工程师
2 年Interesting. Is it a practice there to share the design model itself with the clients? Would this impact (positively or negatively) the easiness of reporting and data sharing between the project parties?
Engineering Manager @ Wentworth Labs | Custom Design Solutions Leader
2 年Interesting read!
? Pressure Vessel Design ? Nonlinear FEA Analysis ? FEA Speaker/Teacher
2 年That is so cool Pavel! I will have to take a look at your checklist in my spare time - but I can already say that I'm glad that my work inspired you to do this :)