i'm sure theres lots of such stories, with no budget I checked some pipeline
drawings submitted for analysis and found the pipeline (per the dwgs) missed
the station it was supposed to enter by 567m.. they were told the pipeline
had to end at the meter station, so it did by the lines just not by the
numbers
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From: Steve McKenzie [mailto:mechproj@xtra.co.nz]
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 4:30 PM
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Subject: RE: [PipingDesign] 90.08 degree elbow?
Reminds me of one of my favourites.
I was designing a pump station in Manila a few years back. The station had to fit between an existing street and an existing 500,000m^3 reservoir ; a very tight fit. The CAD guys produced a beautiful layout that looked too good to be true. I took them to site to check measure, and the reservoir was 3m closer to the road than on their drawings. When questioned as to how this happened, they said they were having difficulty getting the pump station to fit, so they "moved" the reservoir on paper. And they couldn't understand why smoke was coming out of my ears.
Cheers
Steve
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From: Christopher Wright [mailto:chrisw@skypoint.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 10:10 AM
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Subject: Re: [PipingDesign] 90.08 degree elbow?
On Sep 17, 2004, at 4:59 PM, Rich Scotti wrote:
> There is a way to connect two components in AutoPLANT that are not
> completely aligned.
Ah... good plan. Force it to happen with CAD software, thus ensuring
that it will happen in the real world. Good thinking. You'll go far in
management.
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