How do I manage drawings, their revisions and their approval?

The worst thing that happens on site is a worker building from an old revision. The cure is one known approved revision per drawing.

Adding a drawing

1. From the project page open Drawings — Figure 1.
2. Add a drawing with its number, title and discipline: architectural, structural, MEP, civil, other.
3. Upload the first revision file (A) with a change description.

Revisions and approval

1. With every amendment upload a new revision (B, then C…); the previous one becomes superseded automatically.
2. Move the status: draft → internal review → client review → approved.
3. On approval the system records who approved it and when.
4. From Engineering → Drawings — Figure 2 — you see every project’s drawings and can filter by discipline and status.

Notes

• Never send a drawing to site unless its status is approved; a draft in a contractor’s hands is a cost you will pay.
• Write the change description on every revision; six months later you will not remember why the drawing changed.
• A superseded revision is kept, never deleted; it is your evidence in any dispute.