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