Made for Architects
Check a Late Change Before You Touch the Drawings
Also useful for: Project Managers, people in Creative
Turn a late design request into a focused impact check before editing any drawing, model, schedule, or specification. Identify what could spread, what needs confirmation, and whether the change is ready to proceed.
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Use this when
Use this when you receive a change after design decisions have been coordinated, documents have been issued, products have been selected, approvals are underway, or construction has started. It is especially useful when someone calls the request minor or urgent.
You'll need
- Project stage
- Requested change
- Reason and urgency
- Current issue status
- Affected area and systems
- Coordination parties
- Approval, procurement, and site status
- Scope and fee context
You'll get
- A defined change boundary, a list of confirmed and possible dependencies, the documents and consultants requiring review, fee and schedule flags, unresolved questions, and a HOLD, INVESTIGATE, or REVISE recommendation
- You can state exactly what must happen before you touch the drawings.
By the end of this playbook
You will have:
- A defined change boundary, a list of confirmed and possible dependencies, the documents and consultants requiring review, fee and schedule flags, unresolved questions, and a HOLD, INVESTIGATE, or REVISE recommendation
- You can state exactly what must happen before you touch the drawings.
Sample
This is sample data, not your prompt. Pro unlocks this higher-stakes Playbook. On Free Playbooks you can still copy the assembled prompt into any AI.
Sample input
Project stage: Construction documentation Requested change: Move the Level 2 electrical room door 900 mm east and reverse its swing to make room for tenant storage. Reason and urgency: Client request; revised tender package requested by Friday. Current issue status: Permit Revision P2 is under authority review. Tender set isn't issued. Affected area and systems: Rated corridor wall, electrical room, egress route, cable tray, door hardware, and storage layout. Coordination parties: Electrical engineer, fire consultant, hardware consultant, cost consultant, and client project manager. Approval, procurement, and site status: Hardware isn't ordered. Electrical shop drawings are under review. No Level 2 work has started. Scope and fee context: Client-driven redesign after permit issue may be an additional service.
Sample assembled prompt
CHANGE DEFINITION Confirmed request: Move the... Unclear boundary: Confirm whether the electrical... CONFIRMED IMPACTS - Architectural plan, door... - Electrical room access and equipment... - The permit set is under... POSSIBLE IMPACTS - Egress width and... - Fire rating continuity and hardware... - Cable tray routing or equipment... - Tender quantities and cost may... COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY FLAGS - The... - Friday delivery isn't reliable... DECISION GATE INVESTIGATE - The change... NEXT ACTIONS - You ask the... - You ask the fire consultant... - You ask the project lead... - You ask the cost consultant... DON'T TOUCH THE DRAWINGS UNTIL:...