Quick check
Guess first, no penalty. You ask AI which design standard applies to a made-up pump station. What do you do with the answer?
Your project names the standard, not the tool
A standard is a published set of rules for a type of work. An edition is one version of that standard, with its own date. Your contract, your specification or your local rules say which standard and which edition apply.
AI tools often mix up editions, invent clause numbers and name standards from other countries. They can sound certain about all three.
A worked example
A prompt is the message you type to the AI. This one makes the tool point at your document, not its memory:
Here is the design section of our project specification, pasted below.
Which standard does it name, and which edition? Quote the sentence that says so.
If the text doesn't name a standard, write "not named in this text".
Don't use your memory of standards.Your turn
Fill the gaps
Fill each gap in the same prompt.
Standard prompt
Which standard does this text name, and which edition? . If the text doesn't name one, write .
Try it
Your steps, about 2 minutes
- 1.Find the standard and edition your current project, or a made-up one, names. Write them on your kit card, with the page where you found them.2 min