Reading Structural Drawings for Beam Conflicts | TinnerFlow

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Reading Structural Drawings for Beam Conflicts

HVAC duct must route around structural beams. Apprentices who can't read structural drawings hit beams.

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Stop if

Confirm no beam conflict at elevation [X]. If conflict, approved routing or RFI?

Watch out

Don't route without checking structural drawings. Don't drill or notch beams without engineer approval. Don't assume HVAC plan accounts for all structure.

Check

Beam elevation vs duct elevation?
Beam in duct path?
Beam depth?
Coordination drawing or clash report?

Steps

Beam elevation vs duct elevation?
Beam in duct path?
Beam depth?
Coordination drawing or clash report?

Say this to your foreman

Confirm no beam conflict at elevation [X]. If conflict, approved routing or RFI?

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