I have a hard copy set of as-builts that need to be put into CAD for a corporate submittal process. The hard copy is sealed by a registered architect no longer in business/practicing. Since I'm not licensed I'm wondering what kind of legal issues are involved in myself basically tracing these drawings?
do you have a set of drawings or a set of drawings which have recorded the actual building dimensions? my opinion is that unless you measure the building yourself and verify the building as built, you don't really have a set of as built drawings. i suppose you could input the drawings into cad under the condition that you are entering plans that have been documented by another architect and that you have not measured the building and will, therefore, not guarantee that the drawings are as built. if the owner of the building wants to pay you, you should verify the building as built in the field. also, if you are not registered, you are just creating a cad drawing from a set of drawings. if this is what you are being paid to do that is all you're repsonsible for anyway.
Second vado
Your main legal issue will be the accuracy of your drawings reflecting as-built conditions, if he is paying you to do asbuilt that's one thing, if he is paying you to input a plan that's another.
If submitting the plans and you did not field verify, put in huge bold letter somewhere to the effect "Base Drawings Prepared by ....Date:...All dimensions to be field verified.".
If you are asking about copyright, one question is how old the drawings are (copyrights expire) and the other is how you got them - i.e. from the owner, who presumably has a contractual right to use them or from another source.
As long as you don't reproduce the architect's seal or represent that the traced drawings are equivalent to the originals you should not run afoul of licensing laws.
Likewise, why does no one ever do performance metriXing in a nice and serious way? Theoretically, if the firm is around long enough it should make sense? I guess it does not relate at all to profit's in an immediate manner, and so we can't view the value of spending one guys time on it and one guys time on a new project versus both those guys [or gals] on the new one.
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I have a hard copy set of as-builts that need to be put into CAD for a corporate submittal process. The hard copy is sealed by a registered architect no longer in business/practicing. Since I'm not licensed I'm wondering what kind of legal issues are involved in myself basically tracing these drawings?
do you have a set of drawings or a set of drawings which have recorded the actual building dimensions? my opinion is that unless you measure the building yourself and verify the building as built, you don't really have a set of as built drawings. i suppose you could input the drawings into cad under the condition that you are entering plans that have been documented by another architect and that you have not measured the building and will, therefore, not guarantee that the drawings are as built. if the owner of the building wants to pay you, you should verify the building as built in the field. also, if you are not registered, you are just creating a cad drawing from a set of drawings. if this is what you are being paid to do that is all you're repsonsible for anyway.
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Second vado
Your main legal issue will be the accuracy of your drawings reflecting as-built conditions, if he is paying you to do asbuilt that's one thing, if he is paying you to input a plan that's another.
If submitting the plans and you did not field verify, put in huge bold letter somewhere to the effect "Base Drawings Prepared by ....Date:...All dimensions to be field verified.".
If you are asking about copyright, one question is how old the drawings are (copyrights expire) and the other is how you got them - i.e. from the owner, who presumably has a contractual right to use them or from another source.
As long as you don't reproduce the architect's seal or represent that the traced drawings are equivalent to the originals you should not run afoul of licensing laws.
Likewise, why does no one ever do performance metriXing in a nice and serious way? Theoretically, if the firm is around long enough it should make sense? I guess it does not relate at all to profit's in an immediate manner, and so we can't view the value of spending one guys time on it and one guys time on a new project versus both those guys [or gals] on the new one.
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