Preventing Design Conflicts
How early in the project timeline should different disciplines like structural and mechanical start coordinating their drawings, and what specific steps can be taken to ensure conflicts are identified and resolved before construction begins?
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Coordination should start way earlier than most people think. The problem is that structural and mechanical teams work in silos, so nobody checks if designs fit together until something doesn't work on site. The key is doing systematic overlays during design development. As https://www.fields-builds.com/blog/cutting-costs-avoiding-delays-constructability-reviews explains, major system overlays catch clashes by literally putting drawings on top of each other. Someone with construction experience should lead this, and the project owner needs to make sure it actually happens.