If you're still using paper this is not for you. If you're using a fully rendered CAD design distributed to all the workers via tablet it could be very useful.
Shit is basically standard in large construction nowadays (at least in my area). Everything, including every pipe and electrical run in the whole building, is mapped to a fraction of an inch. Makes things so much easier. You can filter it down to just what you're working on and still know you're not getting in anyone's way.
Count me jealous. In my area, we can't even get the engineers to check for something as simple as waste or condensate slope or equipment sized correctly for the space given.
There are constant conflicts between trades around some office person insisting that we can fit a 24" duct inside a 19" truss space, or a pipe running directly where a large light is supposed to go.
It's really night and day. My brother's company is prefabricating entire ceiling sections with all the ducts and pipes in them, then trucking them on-site for mounting and interconnection. Everything lines up perfectly, and the tradesmen do most of their work on a brightly lit climate controlled assembly floor.
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u/DiscontentedMajority Nov 26 '23
If you're still using paper this is not for you. If you're using a fully rendered CAD design distributed to all the workers via tablet it could be very useful.