The staged duct pieces are for the wrong floor or area

Do not stage duct blindly from the delivery pile. Match piece tags to the current drawing area and stack the next-needed pieces in order so the lift crew keeps moving.

Stop if

• Don't just grab random pieces off the pile. Check the piece tags against the 1st-floor blueprint layout and stack them in order, so the journeyman can pull them straight into the lift without digging.

Watch out

• Do not drag random shiny duct to the lift just because it looks close.

Check

• Confirm the floor, zone, and system the journeyman is hanging now.
• Match duct tags to the mechanical drawing before moving pieces.
• Stage pieces in install order, with the next piece on top.
• Separate other-floor material so it does not get mixed into the active pile.
• Tell the journeyman/foreman if tags or drawings do not match.

Steps

• Confirm the floor, zone, and system the journeyman is hanging now.
• Match duct tags to the mechanical drawing before moving pieces.
• Stage pieces in install order, with the next piece on top.
• Separate other-floor material so it does not get mixed into the active pile.
• Tell the journeyman/foreman if tags or drawings do not match.

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