samedi 29 juillet 2017

Importance Of MEP Shop Drawings In A Construction Project

By Debra Scott


When undertaking any construction project, you require proper planning. Planning involves all the initial preparations and on site implementation of all the strategies. You can have excellent project managers, but the success of your project will solely depend on how prepared you are. Before the actual construction begins, the project has to be commissioned. Commissioning is ensuring that all the systems are intact which range from electrical, air conditioning systems, lighting, and drainage systems among others. The biggest setback that most contractors face is preparing MEP shop drawings and getting approval from the regulating authorities.

These shop pictures have a great role before erecting any commercial building a subcontractor or contractor has to give the drawings and they have to be approved. For all components that are fabricated and delivered on site for installation, the pictures play a significant role. Some of the prefabricated components that require the pictures are; structural steel, Millworks, HVAC systems, and elevators.

Before the owner of the project gives the contractor the job he has to get these drawings and they must be reliable. These drawings are simpler versions of the construction documents that guide in the development of construction projects. They give the clearest details that may not be understood in construction documents.

The drawn details help the technicians to fabricate and install all the essential items in construction in the right way. The architect illustration has a significant difference from the document that the contractor develops from the construction material.

The pictures that the contractor provides have to be details that are not fluffy to make it easy for the architect and engineer to understand, this makes you to get more chances of getting an approval. The pictures that the contractor has have an impact on the performance of all the systems. A construction document may miss to include necessary information hence the contractor picture should include each detail.

For quick approvals, the versions given by project contractors ought to be clear. Architects and engineers have many commitments hence they will disapprove illustrations that are not proper and have the impact of derailing the period in which the construction works are to begin. When details are to be altered for the original construction documents, your copy also needs to capture and affect every alteration that is made.

Engineers and architects are always impressed when you can make positive additions on your versions that will have a positive impact on the final project. They will also give approval faster if you can be able to remove any information on the first document that does not have a positive effect on the actual building. Consider initiating a productive dialogue that must involve the architect, engineer, and fabricator if there is any detail that lacks clarity in your version. The other important factor that you must consider when making a version of the initial document is standards, and you require understanding the expected standards by the developer.

When giving MEP drawings every component must have a difference. For instance, a picture illustrating an elevator should not be similar to picture showing an air conditioning system. Using color codes is good because you may need to make changes.




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