Lower Costs Higher Quality More Business Greater Profits
Layout; a Labor Intensive Hassle
... with mistakes that can ruin your profitability and reputation
Layout is currently a time-consuming, error-prone and mind-numbing number of
tape pulls (four per sleeve location) together with repetitious chalking of
lines for entire piping systems in order to set inserts. Your personnel will
typically be working on a wind-blown, open deck with marked-up conventional
drawings that are often confusing, rain soaked and/or sun bleached. If, not
surprisingly, the process fails, holes have to be cut, hanger inserts
drilled, sleeves replaced, x-rays taken, piping installation delayed and
secondary layout performed.
Danny O'Brien, developer of the Precision Point System, knows all
about wrestling with layout problems. As a plumbing contractor, it's part of
the job. So, he put together an innovative way of performing layouts that
makes it a lot easier, faster and more accurate.
By implementing the Precision Point System, the layout process is
transformed into a professional step-by-step system, increasing accuracy and
reducing the time required by about 75%. This system can be utilized on any
style floor construction: cast in place; precast; or hollow core.
But performing the layout
is not the only difficult aspect of this task. You also have to manage the layout process, obtaining control line information, dealing with control
line errors, working around other trades and so on.
Despite these difficulties,
you have to perform the layout and install penetrations and inserts
accurately and within the required time limits. That's why the Precision
Point System provides more than just the layout tools. We provide a set of
management processes, tools and documentation that helps you save time,
reduce stress, avoid costly errors and complete the job in a professional
and timely manner.
Times Are Tough
... But
there is a way that you can gain an edge in getting business and
retaining customers.
Your bids need to be highly competitive but you've still got to make a
profit.
It's hard work getting the job ... You'd better manage it well to make
it profitable ... and you need to do a high quality job and work well
with the General Contractor in order to get repeat business.
Eliminating 75% of the time required for layout and avoiding the cost
and time required to fix layout errors will make your bids more
competitive, your work more professional and your customers more
satisfied.
Use Precision Point; get more business and retain more customers.
The Precision Point Layout System helps you reduce costs and improve
quality and timeliness
Owners, Developers & Architects want it
built the way it was designed.
Accuracy and consistency of layout from floor to floor
We provide layout management guidelines to contractors
which help them interface effectively with Architects and GCs in order to
get an accurate reading on control lines.
Once that has been accomplished,
contractors who use the Precision Point System are much more likely to use a
precise and consistent layout from floor to floor.
This avoids having to adjust walls (and
reduce floor space) because of layout errors.
If you're a Contractor, you can maintain and enhance your reputation with the people that
count.
If you're a Developer, GC or Architect, you can use contractors who will make your
life simpler.
The Complexity of
Mechanical Systems
Mechanical systems alone consume thousands of sleeves and hangar inserts
on a single job and each has to be meticulously placed.
The sheer numbers involved add exponentially to the complexity, time
and
inaccuracies of the layout process. The Precision Point System
reduces the impact of the increased numbers by a factor of almost four
and transforms this tedious task into a straightforward, intuitive and
rewarding process.
Because your people use far less tape pulls using a set of clearly
marked plastic discs (instead of having to deal with marked up, dirty
paper drawings), they can proceed quickly, avoid errors, avoid being
stepped on by other trades
They can stay well ahead of the steel - earning
the respect and gratitude of the General Contractor.
It is fast, accurate and can be used as a manual tool or enhanced
with CAD drawings and laser lineage.