A field measurement is any measurement taken directly on
the job site. Sometimes architects and engineers will request a field
measurement to be made by the job site superintendent or other
contractors.
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I've been working on homes for more than three decades
and it's not uncommon to have a measurement on the building blueprints
that doesn't work. That's right, even professional architects and
engineers make mistakes.
When something like this happens, simply contact the building designer
for a solution. Field measurements could also be requested for any
building changes or modifications by the property owners.
I worked with one structural engineer who requested field measurements
often and if the problem was big enough, he would visit the job site and
collect all of the these measurements himself.
As a general rule of some, I rarely had anyone measure anything that was
important or at least important to me. One time I had someone measure
something that was 110 inches and they told me that it was 101 inches.
Incorrect measurements like these can cost stair building contractors
lots of money.
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