Shoutout to the guy who labeled his revision 4 as 'final final v2'

I was going through some old prints from a job I did last year in Austin and found one where the title block had 'REV 4 - FINAL FINAL v2' in the notes field. Made me laugh because I've seen this kind of thing way too many times now. People think they're being clever with file names and revision labels but it just creates a mess when you're trying to track changes. I had to go back and forth with the structural engineer three times because they kept working from the wrong version. The worst part is they didn't use a formal revision table with dates and descriptions, so I had no idea what actually changed between revs. Does anyone else have a system that actually works for keeping revisions straight when clients keep asking for last minute tweaks?

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ivanross1mo ago

Nah @miles_roberts I gotta push back on that. When you've got a crew waiting on site and a concrete pour scheduled for 7am, "checking metadata" is not an option when the file is labeled "final final v2" and the old rev is still in the shared folder. I've seen entire steel beams get ordered wrong because someone grabbed rev 3 thinking it was the latest when rev 4 was sitting right next to it with no date. That kind of sloppy labeling costs real money and time, especially when you're dealing with multiple subs who all need to be on the same page. A simple rev table with dates would save everyone the headache.

jamie7701mo ago

Final final v2" is an inside joke? @miles_roberts you're out of your mind.

miles_roberts1mo ago

Kinda disagree here. Rev labels are just a game at this point, and "final final v2" is basically an inside joke everyone gets. If the engineer can't tell which version is current, that's on them for not checking the date or metadata.