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  • Memo #23 – How to write blog posts

    I wish to move this firm towards a more decentralised model: where our success, your success, and your team’s success will ultimately be decided by the client. The client will be your God. Serve him well. Going forward, you will be responsible for your own marketing, not myself. If you market yourself well – then…

  • Memo #22: How to update clients on quote requests

    It is a material advantage to quote early, and accurately. Clients will then have an option of: (a) committing early and locking in a quote, or (b) to continue searching. If you deliver a quote late, then you may lose the opportunity to secure an earlier tender – perhaps someone who did quote early, won…

  • Memo #21 – DWG to be included with PDFs for drilling, column, erection layouts

    This is a client requirement. The clients would like to have the erection drawings in DWG format as well. Why do they need them? They require the DWG format for the erection drawings because they use them to mark the drilling locations for anchors and determine the precise placement of columns, among other purposes. How…

  • Memo #20 – A Stable Foundation

    Most things worth doing take time. It takes investment, and patience, and hard work. Things don’t come from thin-air, like magic. It is much the same when building a firm: it takes time. I will document in which direction I intend to push this firm re:remuneration model, and why our remuneration model is superior to…

  • Memo #19 – As soon as IFA review drawings are received, update client with ETA

    We have written before the clients are frenetic about the delivery of their drawings. They want to know WHEN the drawings are coming. If you have received some IFA review drawings 1 hour ago, they will often call within 1-3 hours to ask for an ETA on their drawings. You must be vigilant and proactive…

  • Clarifying Truss Members

    Job Dan Murphy Pakenham. Client Call. Stating that Trusses since there are covered should not be galvanized This was a grey area for us. But going forward, Unless explicitly called for do not galvanise steel unless exposed to the atmosphere without a cover. Trusses are within some sort of cladding. Hence do not galvanize

  • E-00 ISO Metric View

    On A3 should be readable. If not readable add split drawings to more than one sheet. Name drawing E-ISO-1, E-ISO-3 etc so that everyone can easy know it is isometric. Add part marks. Do not show purlins Today me, client and fabricator spent a lot of time on on quote No https://tek1-quotes.herokuapp.com/quotes/3687 trying to identify…

  • Export Grid Lines to IFC

    It is important that grid lines are there in IFC Model. Without grid lines it is hard to locate members on IFC model from drawing. Today I am searching for https://tek1-quotes.herokuapp.com/quotes/3909 col shown on drg E-23 Section JJ. I download the IFC Model. But no grid lines. The IFC model does not look like the…

  • Staff Memo #18 – Put the Correct Address

    Company Name is: Tek 1 Pty Ltd Address is: 35 Bradstreet Road, Mount Waverley, 3149, Victoria, Australia Phone number: +61 (03) 9560 6397 Email: koshy@tek1.com.au I would not wish to see any other address there. This is super important from a legal point of view. Legal notices are “served” at an address. Hopefully we’ll never…