It's great that this technically exists, this presentation being used on this large a scale by all EC's is a whole different story. I appriaciate seeing this type of work, but someone has to pay for the liberal aspects of what's needed to create this type of work. Most times it's not billable or put into a EC's budget in a project, what is there maybe will be "As Built's" and not all those are put to CAD by the EC's. I totally understand your company might well have and offer these services, it's not every EC's responsibility to have and maintain CAD files. I'm just saying, and would like to say!
Well i dont want to say it but the best way to learn is by doing thats from our cad people most of our cad folks learn it by doing it .
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Its the future of construction its a must to bid large projects if you dont have cad your out the door today.
I thought that they already doing it, they just don't have the experience or a strong background of it, I frankly read into it that they are into P/I & D, or more low voltage work than worring about staging massive home runs.
This is a field install and cad design i install it but i also tell the cad folks were i want it . They then make it work with other trades by sitting at there desk in a nice office and can communicate with mechanical contractors/ fire sprinkler contractor / arch/ engineers / construction managers / owners reps all at the same time ..
This is a very rosey assumption, you and your company are in a very small percentage of using CAD to present this level of information.
As far a the meeting(s); 1) someone has to pay for this grand meeting(s), The bigger the job the bigger meetings respectfully. 2) Who runs the meeting might be the prevailer or controller of the information, as well as the direction of the meeting.
3) The importance of one desires or needs are not always clearly presented either solo or in these meetings and is not always of the same importance to another party, IE not everyone equal to the GC or to the client, and they will let the party know. A) only if it effects the schedule, or if it effects another trade on the job will a situation pop to the top as a point of descision.
Scheduling and peeking order will control the flow of information on the job.
Time is saved you can design & change it in seconds and print it that second for the field electrician while everyone is online with auto cad .
Only correct and accurate drawings at the time of an edit or print time allow for printing on demand; this one requirement of a drawing to be changed can be compounded with various discplines involved. In most cases not all discplines are at the same level of completion of any said project at any one time.
If one want to know what's in your way look at the HVAC drawings or if chemicals are in the building look for their plans or arrangements of runs! Look at HVAC and then look at structural second, then look at the usuage of an area that can also be controlled or design/arranged by the discipline that has it services in there.
Architect's work alone on large projects can be in three phase, CC's Creative Concept, DD's Design Dococuments; CD's Construction Documents. the DD's is when they let the other disiplines in.
The A/E firm is in control of the lay out of a job (maybe it's a E/A), they control the information to M/E, the Structural Engineer, the EE and the Landscaper and the Surveyor of a job. If it's a design build that puts the GC is first! They then hire who they like or ask for bids on the same services.
Granted most contractors will be working with CD's in the field, it's only when someone or a discpline want to make a hole or missed something that an RFI is created addressing the situation. A RFI can cause, small sketchs of whole sale sheet changes and revisions.
My friend in the EE world has often said he doesn't need to show any "how to" to distrubite or home run a circuit the scale of his job don't require it, and that it won't matter anyways, the EC's going to do it the way they want. Granted some small jobs might need some visual drawings, the presented ISO (if I can say that) is self describing!
Good Stuff!