Engineering drawings are increasingly being issued as incomplete and are indicating details that cannot be constructed as drawn…. Design services are paid for based on the number of hours expended in preparation of design documents rather than on the quality of the design provided. A dollar spent on better designs can often result in a $100 savings in hard construction costs, but owners often fail to realize this.

David A. Beck, P.E.
Bennington, New Hampshire

When I call on an architect or structural engineer I discuss CASE 962D with them because I know that if they take the time to study and apply it, my next project with them will flow better.

Ted Hazledine
Benchmark Fabricated Steel
Terre Haute, Indiana

Nearly two-thirds of owners indicated a decline in the quality of design documents and pointed to incomplete construction documents as the number one reason for projects going over budget.

FMI/CMAA Fifth Annual Survey of Owners (2004)

The publication of CASE 962D represents an authoritative integration of articles and discussions by structural engineers during the past 15 to 20 years. Until now, the participants and audience have been mostly the structural engineering community. The time has come to involve the stakeholders who have the most to gain from the benefits of adopting concepts presented in the CASE guideline.

Emile J. Troup, P.E.
Canton, Massachusetts