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Coordination issue management from detection to verified closure

Turn clashes and design conflicts into owned decisions, with enough context to resolve the cause instead of merely moving geometry.

Authentic ZX Collabs modular coordination view showing a building-services clash condition
A clash becomes useful only when it is converted into an owned, verifiable issue.Authentic ZX coordination evidence—the image shows a related production condition, not the full decision or closure record

Minimum workflow

Five controls to keep.

  1. 01

    Federate deliberately

    Record the exact model versions, coordinate basis, tolerance and rules used for each coordination run.

  2. 02

    Group by root cause

    Combine duplicate clash points into an actionable issue representing one interface, route or design decision.

  3. 03

    Add decision context

    Capture location, affected systems, consequence, evidence and the party able to decide—not only the party able to edit.

  4. 04

    Agree ownership and timing

    Assign one accountable owner, a realistic due date and a status whose meaning is shared by every discipline.

  5. 05

    Verify in the next state

    Close only after the relevant updated models are retested and the outcome satisfies the agreed resolution criteria.

Supporting records

Artifacts that make the process visible.

  • Federation and clash-test record
  • Issue register or BCF issue set
  • Decision and meeting record
  • Verified closure report

Useful measures

Measure flow and acceptance—not activity.

  • Open high-priority interfaces
  • Overdue and reopened issues
  • Average verified closure time
  • Duplicate clashes reduced to actionable issues

Early warnings

Failure patterns to challenge.

  1. 01

    Thousands of raw clashes issued as a report

  2. 02

    Issue ownership assigned to a meeting

  3. 03

    Geometry moved without design approval

  4. 04

    Closed status accepted without federation retest

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