Ep.172 - The Process of Field Engineering - Field Engineers

Dec 27, 2020

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Jason announces he's pausing Saturday and Sunday worker and field engineer topics to focus on the upcoming book and boot camps. Then he shares his nightmare story of running a job without field engineers, spending $250k from contingency on layout mistakes that would've been prevented. He walks through the 43-step process of what field engineers should actually be doing, from personal organization and the Field Engineering Methods Manual to primary control, baselines, lift drawings, and quality checks. Field engineers aren't personal assistants, they're professional construction managers training to become superintendents.

What you'll learn in this episode:

Nightmare story: Job without field engineers cost $250k in contingency from layout and general mistakes
Success story: Roman Lug Cruz, craft worker who only spoke Spanish, trained to be field engineer in eight months
Field Engineering Methods Manual: Chapters 1-8 are the Bible for organization, layout, total stations, levels, lasers
43-step startup process: Tools, testing area, primary control, secondary control, baselines, benchmarks, lift drawings
What field engineers really do: Professional construction managers doing layout, quality, safety, RFIs, not personal assistants

If you're a general contractor saying "I wish I had better supers," field engineering is your silver bullet for training future superintendents.

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