Document control for mobile structures
Document control for mobile structures
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Hi guys,
I am preparing construction/fabrication drawings for a small steel boom that will be bolted to a mobile piece of equipment (a snubbing unit). I am wondering what language I can put on the drawings to limit the use of the design to this single project/unit. In conventional structural engineering I can just use a property address to control the use of the design.
In this case I wonder if there is a serial number or unit name that is used to track and regulate these types of units. I'd like to solve the problem in general however for the design of any mobile structure.
Thanks in advance.
I am preparing construction/fabrication drawings for a small steel boom that will be bolted to a mobile piece of equipment (a snubbing unit). I am wondering what language I can put on the drawings to limit the use of the design to this single project/unit. In conventional structural engineering I can just use a property address to control the use of the design.
In this case I wonder if there is a serial number or unit name that is used to track and regulate these types of units. I'd like to solve the problem in general however for the design of any mobile structure.
Thanks in advance.






RE: Document control for mobile structures
Mind you, you won't really be able to control the use of the drawings. You should, however, insist that the client agree to a per-unit contract and inspection/review cost and procedure BEFORE you ever send them your work. Make sure that the contract is binding upon and enures for the successors and assigns of both parties as well.
RE: Document control for mobile structures
RE: Document control for mobile structures
You need, effectively, to make it such that where someone does repeat your design without permission it is both NOT YOUR LIABILITY and RECOVERABLE.
RE: Document control for mobile structures
Maine EIT, Civil/Structural.
RE: Document control for mobile structures
Recovery is very rare and troublesome. I simply meant that you should do your best to include language that will help.
You need a good lawyer for this one, I think...
RE: Document control for mobile structures
Heh, that's why I asked. I couldn't think of a good way to make something easily recoverable and was curious what you had in mind. At my work we obviously state that work done outside of the project number that utilize our design/drawings is not our liability and the usual language that the drawings are our property and so on. I guess there's really nothing more we could do.
Maine EIT, Civil/Structural.