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The one dimension everyone forgets to check on their sections
I was going over a set of shop drawings last Thursday and spotted the same mistake I see in like half the submittals that cross my desk. People are great about getting their plan views tight with all the dimensions and notes, but they totally forget to check the z-axis clearance for mechanical chases. My last job in Austin had a 10 inch duct that ran right through where someone drew a structural beam on the elevation. It took three RFIs and a week of delays to fix it because nobody caught it before it left the office. Now I always pull up the section cut and highlight every single pipe or duct that runs perpendicular to a beam or joist. Has anyone else found a good way to catch these clashes before they become someone else's headache?
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