| Blue prints are used and abused in the field by | | | | protection for blue prints that need to be carried from |
| construction workers. Blue prints are an important part | | | | site to site; in effect, the blue prints become more |
| of any job in the field, whether the job is big or small. In | | | | durable and longer lived. |
| all cases, the blue prints are always in danger of being | | | | Carrying blue prints in carriers is becoming a popular |
| torn, damage, stained, or just worn out. | | | | option since blue prints can be transported neatly, |
| Contractors typically carry blue prints as rolled | | | | safely and conveniently. Carrier systems eliminate |
| documents which are referenced repeated times | | | | “curl” that makes rolled documents hard |
| during a work day at the construction site. The | | | | to handle. Carriers are engineered from durable, heavy |
| potential dangers for blue prints include general wear | | | | duty materials designed to stand up to harsh weather |
| and tear, weather, coffee spills, burns from cigarette | | | | and construction environments. Some of the carrier |
| ashes, and dirt and grime. The contractor often travels | | | | systems come with extra pockets and zipper |
| from site to site with the rolled blue prints tossed | | | | closures, while others are compatible with all file |
| causally in the truck. If you have ever been to a | | | | cabinets back at the office. |
| construction site, you know that they are a chaotic and | | | | Laminated files are becoming more popular for |
| dirty place; this makes protecting blue prints at a | | | | engineers, construction workers, and architects in the |
| construction site a full time job. Thus, the life of a | | | | field. Large document lamination is affordable and |
| blueprint at the construction is short. | | | | provides for the ultimate safety of a document, |
| New options now exist in the form of storing blue | | | | although the weight of the document is more than |
| prints in plastic covers. These covers are proving to be | | | | doubled. Long term storage of laminated documents |
| a good method to protect files from coffee spills, | | | | can prove problematic since they are inflexible and can |
| weather, or dirt. They can also protect the documents | | | | get permanently creased. |
| from cigarette ashes. Plastic covers can provide good | | | | |