The Funny Papers
by Harris Hyman, P. E.
Ou r world of work is changing. The
buildings we build are changing, the electrical
and mechanical systems are changing,
our methods are changing, our clients
are changing. Our attitudes toward our
plans—drawings and specifications—are
one of the real indications of the change.
We are a long way from the master
carpenter who carried his plans as a series
of pencil marks on a single seven-foot
board. However, we're not yet to Manhattan,
where a full set of stamped working
drawings is carefully checked before a
building permit is issued, even for a simple
house.
We are somewhere in-between, and
much to the irritation of a number of us,
probably headed