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Holcim SOP Rework Project
Project Type
Technical Editing
Began
November 2nd, 2022
Ended
November 30th, 2022
Role
Grammar Editor & Quality Control
In a Technical Editing and Style course in 2022, I collaborated with a team of four students to edit Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Holcim, a global company specializing in building materials. We revised three SOPs covering Ready-Mix (RMX) Concrete, Construction Aggregates, and RMX Machine Driving.
As the grammar, formatting, and quality assurance lead, I focused on ensuring consistency and accuracy throughout the documents. I also focused on ensuring the visual design of these SOP's aligned with present company style. Although this project was my first experience with SOP editing and professional team coordination, it deepened my skills primarily in technical and grammatical editing, formatting standardization practices, and project management.
Due to company confidentiality, full documents cannot be shared, but I have included a slideshow below of screenshots of our edited versions and the style sheet we developed.
SOP Style Sheet
This is a screenshot from the SOP style sheet our team created together for this assignment. It includes manuscript formatting, number formatting, image and table formatting as well as spelling, hyphenation and grammar usage.
Most of the content you see here is formatting taken from the Chicago Manual of Style, with minor changes made to follow specifications sent to us by the company from the professor.
Most of the content you see here is formatting taken from the Chicago Manual of Style, with minor changes made to follow specifications sent to us by the company from the professor.
SOP Style Sheet 2
This is the second page of the same formatting sheet, including the term spelling list, and image formatting guidelines. This was also taken from the CMS, and was primarily formatted by me as a way to properly learn how to develop and create style sheets by my more experienced team.
RMX Concrete SOP Example
This is a screenshot of the RMX Concrete SOP, with editing comments attached. This page consisted of formatting changes such as spacing, term usage and list formatting adjustments. The header at the top was also completely reworked by me, as it was originally intrusive and far too large, and I redesigned it for each page to keep a consistent left aligned format while following the brand colors in the header dividers.
Concrete Aggregate SOP Example
This is a page of editing taken from the Concrete Aggregate SOP. Formatting here included spacing, list adjustments as well as spelling and grammar edits done by me in green. All formatting here continued to follow our style guide, and we referred any unknown questions to our professor who could better reference the client.
RMX Driving SOP Example
This is a page of editing taken from the RMX Driving SOP. Formatting here included primarily typeface editing such as size and font, as well as generalized formatting for lists and spacing.
SOP Style Sheet
This is a screenshot from the SOP style sheet our team created together for this assignment. It includes manuscript formatting, number formatting, image and table formatting as well as spelling, hyphenation and grammar usage.
Most of the content you see here is formatting taken from the Chicago Manual of Style, with minor changes made to follow specifications sent to us by the company from the professor.
Most of the content you see here is formatting taken from the Chicago Manual of Style, with minor changes made to follow specifications sent to us by the company from the professor.
SOP Style Sheet 2
This is the second page of the same formatting sheet, including the term spelling list, and image formatting guidelines. This was also taken from the CMS, and was primarily formatted by me as a way to properly learn how to develop and create style sheets by my more experienced team.
RMX Concrete SOP Example
This is a screenshot of the RMX Concrete SOP, with editing comments attached. This page consisted of formatting changes such as spacing, term usage and list formatting adjustments. The header at the top was also completely reworked by me, as it was originally intrusive and far too large, and I redesigned it for each page to keep a consistent left aligned format while following the brand colors in the header dividers.
Concrete Aggregate SOP Example
This is a page of editing taken from the Concrete Aggregate SOP. Formatting here included spacing, list adjustments as well as spelling and grammar edits done by me in green. All formatting here continued to follow our style guide, and we referred any unknown questions to our professor who could better reference the client.
RMX Driving SOP Example
This is a page of editing taken from the RMX Driving SOP. Formatting here included primarily typeface editing such as size and font, as well as generalized formatting for lists and spacing.
SOP Style Sheet
This is a screenshot from the SOP style sheet our team created together for this assignment. It includes manuscript formatting, number formatting, image and table formatting as well as spelling, hyphenation and grammar usage.
Most of the content you see here is formatting taken from the Chicago Manual of Style, with minor changes made to follow specifications sent to us by the company from the professor.
Most of the content you see here is formatting taken from the Chicago Manual of Style, with minor changes made to follow specifications sent to us by the company from the professor.
SOP Style Sheet 2
This is the second page of the same formatting sheet, including the term spelling list, and image formatting guidelines. This was also taken from the CMS, and was primarily formatted by me as a way to properly learn how to develop and create style sheets by my more experienced team.
RMX Concrete SOP Example
This is a screenshot of the RMX Concrete SOP, with editing comments attached. This page consisted of formatting changes such as spacing, term usage and list formatting adjustments. The header at the top was also completely reworked by me, as it was originally intrusive and far too large, and I redesigned it for each page to keep a consistent left aligned format while following the brand colors in the header dividers.
Concrete Aggregate SOP Example
This is a page of editing taken from the Concrete Aggregate SOP. Formatting here included spacing, list adjustments as well as spelling and grammar edits done by me in green. All formatting here continued to follow our style guide, and we referred any unknown questions to our professor who could better reference the client.
RMX Driving SOP Example
This is a page of editing taken from the RMX Driving SOP. Formatting here included primarily typeface editing such as size and font, as well as generalized formatting for lists and spacing.
SOP Style Sheet
This is a screenshot from the SOP style sheet our team created together for this assignment. It includes manuscript formatting, number formatting, image and table formatting as well as spelling, hyphenation and grammar usage.
Most of the content you see here is formatting taken from the Chicago Manual of Style, with minor changes made to follow specifications sent to us by the company from the professor.
Most of the content you see here is formatting taken from the Chicago Manual of Style, with minor changes made to follow specifications sent to us by the company from the professor.
SOP Style Sheet 2
This is the second page of the same formatting sheet, including the term spelling list, and image formatting guidelines. This was also taken from the CMS, and was primarily formatted by me as a way to properly learn how to develop and create style sheets by my more experienced team.
RMX Concrete SOP Example
This is a screenshot of the RMX Concrete SOP, with editing comments attached. This page consisted of formatting changes such as spacing, term usage and list formatting adjustments. The header at the top was also completely reworked by me, as it was originally intrusive and far too large, and I redesigned it for each page to keep a consistent left aligned format while following the brand colors in the header dividers.
Concrete Aggregate SOP Example
This is a page of editing taken from the Concrete Aggregate SOP. Formatting here included spacing, list adjustments as well as spelling and grammar edits done by me in green. All formatting here continued to follow our style guide, and we referred any unknown questions to our professor who could better reference the client.
RMX Driving SOP Example
This is a page of editing taken from the RMX Driving SOP. Formatting here included primarily typeface editing such as size and font, as well as generalized formatting for lists and spacing.
SOP Style Sheet
This is a screenshot from the SOP style sheet our team created together for this assignment. It includes manuscript formatting, number formatting, image and table formatting as well as spelling, hyphenation and grammar usage.
Most of the content you see here is formatting taken from the Chicago Manual of Style, with minor changes made to follow specifications sent to us by the company from the professor.
Most of the content you see here is formatting taken from the Chicago Manual of Style, with minor changes made to follow specifications sent to us by the company from the professor.
SOP Style Sheet 2
This is the second page of the same formatting sheet, including the term spelling list, and image formatting guidelines. This was also taken from the CMS, and was primarily formatted by me as a way to properly learn how to develop and create style sheets by my more experienced team.
RMX Concrete SOP Example
This is a screenshot of the RMX Concrete SOP, with editing comments attached. This page consisted of formatting changes such as spacing, term usage and list formatting adjustments. The header at the top was also completely reworked by me, as it was originally intrusive and far too large, and I redesigned it for each page to keep a consistent left aligned format while following the brand colors in the header dividers.
Concrete Aggregate SOP Example
This is a page of editing taken from the Concrete Aggregate SOP. Formatting here included spacing, list adjustments as well as spelling and grammar edits done by me in green. All formatting here continued to follow our style guide, and we referred any unknown questions to our professor who could better reference the client.
RMX Driving SOP Example
This is a page of editing taken from the RMX Driving SOP. Formatting here included primarily typeface editing such as size and font, as well as generalized formatting for lists and spacing.
SOP Style Sheet
This is a screenshot from the SOP style sheet our team created together for this assignment. It includes manuscript formatting, number formatting, image and table formatting as well as spelling, hyphenation and grammar usage.
Most of the content you see here is formatting taken from the Chicago Manual of Style, with minor changes made to follow specifications sent to us by the company from the professor.
Most of the content you see here is formatting taken from the Chicago Manual of Style, with minor changes made to follow specifications sent to us by the company from the professor.
SOP Style Sheet 2
This is the second page of the same formatting sheet, including the term spelling list, and image formatting guidelines. This was also taken from the CMS, and was primarily formatted by me as a way to properly learn how to develop and create style sheets by my more experienced team.
RMX Concrete SOP Example
This is a screenshot of the RMX Concrete SOP, with editing comments attached. This page consisted of formatting changes such as spacing, term usage and list formatting adjustments. The header at the top was also completely reworked by me, as it was originally intrusive and far too large, and I redesigned it for each page to keep a consistent left aligned format while following the brand colors in the header dividers.
Concrete Aggregate SOP Example
This is a page of editing taken from the Concrete Aggregate SOP. Formatting here included spacing, list adjustments as well as spelling and grammar edits done by me in green. All formatting here continued to follow our style guide, and we referred any unknown questions to our professor who could better reference the client.
RMX Driving SOP Example
This is a page of editing taken from the RMX Driving SOP. Formatting here included primarily typeface editing such as size and font, as well as generalized formatting for lists and spacing.
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