Saw a crew today push a 3/8" fillet at a beam seat with E7018s pulled from an open can, no reconditioning, because the crane’s on the clock. Under AWS D1.1 and the approved WPS, those rods need storage at 250–300°F with exposure limits documented; how are you maintaining consumable control and hold-point fit-up verification without becoming the project’s villain?
@OP I’ve had luck staging 10–20 lb portable rod ovens at each lift with a cheap time-out tag on the lid and a quick ‘green tag’ fit-up signoff (plus a photo) before the crane is released, so I’m not the rod police mid-pick. Would your GC back making it a scheduling gate — no pick without the tag? That pushes the compliance fight into planning instead of the deck.