jade_johnson•16d agoMost Upvoted

I found out that 90% of drawings get rejected on the first pass by the QC team

I was digging through our firm's old project logs from 2019 for a remodel job in Cleveland and found a stat that blew my mind. Apparently, almost all of our residential drawings flunked QC the first time around, mostly because of missing dimensions or annotation errors. My lead drafter says that's just the reality of tight deadlines, but I think it points to a bigger problem with how we check our own work before submitting. What's your take does a high rejection rate mean we're rushing, or is it just part of the drafting process?

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keith_rivera1916d ago

Jumping in real quick because @rodriguez.felix brings up a good point but I see it a little different. Tight deadlines force you to move fast and that's when little stuff slips through like a dimension you swore you already put in. I've been on jobs where I double checked everything myself and still missed a callout because I was rushing to get it to the next guy. The 90% number is high but it doesn't mean nobody's checking their own work, it just means the QC team is catching what gets missed when you're racing a deadline.

rodriguez.felix16d ago

Yeah but I kinda disagree with your lead drafter on this one. Missing dimensions and annotation errors aren't about rushing, they're about people not checking their own work properly before handing it off. I've seen drafters who pump stuff out fast but still catch 95% of their own mistakes because they have a personal checklist they run through every time. If 90% is getting bounced, that's a culture problem where people are treating QC like a safety net instead of a last resort.