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Thursday, October 30
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2014
Hot Models Wanted!!!
Architecture + Engineering + Construction + Operations = 1
Jay B Zallan VDC BIM Director
Class Description
Single and group Hot Models
wanted!!!
Become a superstar, right
from your home or office!
Ten easy steps, simple steps,
complex steps... Maybe
more
Embrace your complexity,
embrace AECOs complex-
efficiencies and use them to
make BIMs that can bring
team, project, firm and
maybe even the world a
revolution of (Hot) Modelling & process-logic.
Key Learning Objectives
1. Become a Master of Sexy, Kinky BIM: How to efficiently give and
receive hot, pleasurable building information
2. Explore how to become a creator of (Hot) Model(s).
3. Learn to create dynamic projects and processes.
4. Learn how to Design and (Hot) Model FOR USE in Construction
and beyond.
Tags: General (multi-discipline), BIM Management, Business Strategy/
leadership. All Levels
JayZallan@gmail.com @JayZallan
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About | J
Architecture|Technology|Creativity
These are J ay B. Zallans professional passions.
An oft intense and well experienced VDC BIM Leader. J ay is also an
Artist and AECO technologist; has worked in AECO running the gamut
from Designer to Project Manager and on into the VDC BIM leadership
realms.
Bringing unique & qualified insights into the business & creative
processes of AECO J ay focuses on helping teams deliver on project
success goals. Building efficient project delivery, communication and
collaboration strategies J ay leverages technology and teamwork
toward such ends.
Mr. Zallan has more than 20 years of Architectural experience and
enjoys a varied & diverse portfolio of Architecture and Art.
J ay is an Autodesk Expert Elite member, Autodesk Implementation
Certified Expert, he is the AUGIworld magazine Revit Editor and
Graphic Standards BIM Advisory Board contributor, as well as President
of the Los Angeles Revit Users Group.
J ay is and has been a highly rated speaker at Autodesk University, Revit
Technology Conference North America as well as Europe, The BIM
Workshops and a lecturer on Creativity & Architecture at the University
of Southern California, Cal Poly, LACMA, as well as various AIA & CSI
events.
Portfolio: http://jbzallan.wix.com/portfolio
Email: J ayZallan@gmail.com
Twitter: @J ayZallan
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Hot Models = Sexy Kinky BIM
The play on words is not only for effect; the concepts actually fit and
express some of the keys to master for creating and delivering more
and more successful AECO BIM projects.
What is Sexy Kinky BIM?
Efficiently and pleasurably strategize, create, coordinate
and communicate desirable data and information.
Sexy because when the BIM processes are working efficiently,
effectively and proactively then the results are beautiful.
Kinky because our projects require every team and individual to
both give information as well as receive information, depending
on project needs.
Efficiently and pleasurably setup, give and receive desirable
(hot) building information models.
Simple, Easy & Complex
I suggest that a distinction can be made between easy and
simple.
Simple is defined as: Composed of a single element; not compound
according to The Googles. I use this definition to create more finite
organization of actions in contrast to easy, which is defined as:
achieved without great effort; presenting few difficulties.
Hmmm, without great effortfew difficulties huh? That seems a bit
vague and subjective to me so I use it herein with a bit of scepticism
myself; but never mind that now, thats a beer-o-clock conversation
you can always approach me in person, email or tweet out to keep
that conversation going.
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I must admit that this idea is ever evolving but for now I work under the
conceptual premise that Simple has a pair of potential options, with
complexities or not; while easy has larger and varying amounts of
possibilities and complexities. That said lets look at three of what I will
call simple steps.
(Hot) Models | The Simple Steps
Simple? Yes, these three are either/ors in my opinion.
Complex? Yes, Simply-Complex I find quite a bit.
00 | Strategy
Having no strategy is still a strategy: just bad!
I would like you to take an idea on-board and if we can agree on this
one point, I think it will show that there are myriad good and bad ways
to approach BIM; whether the (final) Building, the Information or the
(Hot) Model
The worst possible project for everyone is bad
Thats it, thats all we need suppose.
With that one assumption we can
easily postulate that there is a
positive converse; a Good if you
will; creating a continuum where
there is a myriad of possible ideals
and plateaus that are all certainly
better than the worst possible project
for everyone on the planet. (Yes I
am also invoking a bit of the
butterfly effect too : )
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The best possible project for everyone is good
If we can agree on these ideas then we can honestly discuss strategies
and furthermore strategies for success. First though lets dive into some
approaches that are too oft used in AEC and O: No explicit strategy.
Having no consciously devised strategy leaves intact an unpredictable
approach at best and a disastrous one at worst.
Holding such an unadvised business model is further an untenable path
and ultimately and consequentially will negatively impact project
outcomes, firm growth, profit and reputation, if not its viability as the
business climates cycle.
Using no explicit strategy can be thought of as a generator (of a sort)
of AECO climate change -and similarly, (but to a more complete
degree) as in the Earthly climate change, we are in control of it; we
are its generator though a main distinction between these examples
is in AECO there is still time to reverse bad approaches.
An AECO Landscape | The Strategy Continuum
-The AECO Landscape principle was inspired by some of Sam Harriss concepts in The
Moral Landscape Similar to the image above good AECO approaches are shown
as peaks.
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01 | Infrastructure
Infrastructure is an important aspect to creating (Hot) Models and the
ROI for most every upgrade can be huge! The infrastructure discussion
is greater than is practical including herein to a comprehensive
degree, but I will give some topics to focus on as well as info and a few
links to get your research started in the (hopefully) correct direction.
External Digital System | Connection to the outside world
o Reliability
o Speed
Up and Down(load)
Internal Digital Ecosystem | Connection to the inside world
o Ecosystem and Layout
Open Plan offices are not efficient! (Go find the
research, its out there!) Here are a few places to
peruse:
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/201
4/may/03/this-column-change-your-life-open-
plan-offices
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ women/womens-
business/10665747/Open-plan-offices-suck.-
Why-people-are-finally-waking-up-to-it.html
http://www.newyorker.com/ business/currency
/the-open-office-trap
I suggest dark, quiet environments, learning from the
movie and high-end visualization fields, these are
perhaps the most efficient scenes for heavy
computer work when anything graphical is created.
o Network
Connection/ Throughput
Workstation grade user systems See the
performance spec below
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2 x 24 Monitors (Minimum) See the performance
spec below
o Backup plan
The power will go out for a few days or more at
some point
What will the firm do then?
General System Considerations
Autodesk's SysReq's can all be found at these links but I would
emphatically suggest that you to go well beyond even their
"Performance: Large, Complex Model" spec's, as I will illustrate below.
"Performance: Large, Complex Model" | The Spec's
-From Autodesk, with my comments in blue:
Windows 8 64-bit Enterprise or Professional edition, or Windows 7
64-bit Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium edition
OK, say goodbye to Vista64!!!
Multicore Xeon or i-Series processor or AMD equivalent with SSE2
technology (highest affordable CPU speed rating
recommended) -Can't agree more, this is where the bulk of $$$
should go!
Multiple cores for many tasks, up to 16 cores for near-
p(Hot)orealistic rendering operations Yes! 16 cores!!!
Unless by the time this is published there are more
available ;)
16 GB RAM (Usually sufficient for a typical editing session for a
single (Hot) Model up to approximately 700 MB on disk. This
estimate is based on internal testing and customer reports.
Individual (Hot) Models will vary in their use of computer
resources and performance characteristics.) It's 2013 now and
we should think of 16 GB being the base amount for
Workstations, but 32GB or 64GB are my recommendations!
128GB seems a bit costly for average projects and users but
those who do large projects should really fight for 128GB.
(Hot) Models created in previous versions of Revit software
products may require more available memory for the one-time
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upgrade process -See? 16GB is not going to be "enough" to work
effectively for many, if not most of us.
5 GB free disk space; 10,000+ RPM for Point Cloud interactions
Can you say: SSD? Solid State Drives are mandatory IMHO!!! Use
the old spinning drives for archiving, etc. but use SSD's for all
system and other software + Active Workstation storage... Several
drives may be required (read as: ARE Required) these days...
Also; only 5GB of free space? Hahaha -if you only have 5 free GB
of space you need some help -or a new SSD!!!
1,920 x 1,200 monitor with true colour
-That should say:
o Basic setup 2 x 24" Monitors at 1920 x 1200 pixels
o Recommended/ Preferred setup 2 x 27" Monitors at
2,560x1440 pixels
o OMFG setup 4 (to 6) x 24" or 4 x 27" to 30 Monitors ;)
DirectX 10 capable graphics card with Shader (Hot) Model 3 as
recommended by Autodesk
See this link to find
"Certified" Graphics
cards, etc. The ADSK
"Recommended"
ones may be OK but
then again, maybe
not... Use at your own
choosing, after
testing.
Internet Explorer 7 (or later) Yeah that will happen since it's built
into Microsoft Windows, though I use Mozilla Firefox primarily.
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MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion-compliant device -I suggest the
following:
o MS-Mouse (for the scroll wheel :-)
o 3Dconnexion Space Pilot Pro or Space Mouse Pro for daily work
o 3Dconnexion Space Navigator for travel,
o Wacom Intous5 Touch Large Pen Tablet (This replaces my
mouse!!! -except for that pesky scroll wheel)
Note: I also use a Wacom Cintiq 22 at home, so if you can afford
one of those (mine was a gift) it's a great 3rd (or 5th ;-) Monitor as
well as being an Interactive drawing surface... So, until all
monitors are touch w/ pens these Cintiq's are awesome!
Download or installation from DVD9 or USB key OK
Internet connectivity for license registration and prerequisite
component download OK
To hell with more cowbell I say: More Processor, More Ram and More
Monitor
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http:/ / i-
cdn.apartmenttherapy.com/uimages/unplggd/071911_rg_AffordableMultiMonitorSet
up_01.jpg
02 | The-A-Team
Good teams make Hot Models | Hot Models make good projects
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Teams are only as good as their weakest link?
First off I do not believe that is entirely true but weak teammates do
have a strong proclivity for negatively affecting any team, if not
handled with honesty and closely managed. The team is a product of
every player, calculated in concert with one another.
The best possible team is good
Similar to the image above for An AECO Landscape the converse is
also true This is a way we can look at many issues: What is the
continuum we are constrained within and how can we get the best
possible results?
The bastardization of the original a chain is only as strong as its
weakest link can be used to some effect, though this must be
balanced with the understanding that the complexion of the overall
team is what obviously predicts the potential outcomes.
n order to make honest and real judgements as to any
positive or negative effects players on the team may bring;
one does need to evaluate and rate the players honestly.
+Having a plan to create an environment of A-Teams
doesnt hurt!
Hopefully we can all agree that the overall complexion of any team
wants to be heavy with talent (if not entirely staffed with such A-Teams)
and then have a lesser mix of intermediate staff and an even smaller
mix of inexperienced players; to be a realistic and nominal team.
Do you want nominal or extraordinary? The question is that simple.
Either hire A-Teams or develop them but be sure that developing A-
Teams will take fortitude, investment and time. How much of these
depend on how the approach is devised, planned and implemented.
AECO Needs A-Teams
Providing pathways for staff to achieve these A-levels of proficiency
and expertise as well as a framework to see that achieved as quickly
as possible is perhaps job #1 for management.
I
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Bring younger, or less experienced teammates, etc. up to speed and
mentor them into A-Team candidates (both BIM and Discipline related)
ASAP.
One does the project and the firm a disservice with an all (or mostly)
inexperienced team Unless these under-experienced (etc.) teams
have extra time for re-working inevitable and understandable mistakes,
as well as extra budget to cover all the necessary overtime, etc.
Expectations | Reality vs. Delusion
If the team on the project is not up to the level of expertise
necessary; expecting them to deliver a quality BIM project is
simply a delusion and success is a crap-shoot at best.
That is not a personal attack, we have all been there but
we do need to deal with staffing in an honest manner, with
integrity. Meaning: if we acknowledge the teams actual
levels of expertise and work with that as it is then at least
we can plan for success and bring everyone up to the A-
Team state.
(Hot) Models | Easy Steps
03 | Planning
plans are useless, but planning is indispensable
Dwight D Eisenhower
Assess | Plan | Create | Validate
AstraightforwardwayofplanningandpredictivelycompleteasuccessfulprojectinBIMor
Lifeforthatmatter!
Assess
Preliminary and Schematic Phase (BIM Project design)
Know What you are to do, When and Whythen add How!
Define the BIM Teams AKA: BIM Orchestra: once these are chosen and
the contracts are being finalized and signed, a BIM Execution Plan
should be in place or developed and become part of the agreed
upon contracts, since they define much of the scope. These early
assessment phase communications and collaboration comes at a
crucial time where the prospective players begin to formulate an
alliance and open working channels.
Remove Vagaries | Work with Specifics
Define and articulate all knowable tasks, methods, workflows and
schedules at the Pre-Schematic or Project design phase. This is the time
to come to an agreed upon understanding of what is expected and
what is ultimately going to be delivered and when; in effort of getting
the project built and operating as efficiently as possible.
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Plan
Strategic BIM Project Planning
The Architect, Structural, MEP Engineers and Contractors, plus all other
design team members will need to come to an understanding on who
is (Hot) Modelling what elements in each of their respective (Hot)
Models and phases. Do this by using a checklist like the AIA-E203 that
lists the elements on the project and then assign an element author
and Level of Development (LOD) for each, at each phase. Bear in
mind that some element ownerships may overlap and more than one
design team member may want to (Hot) Model these elements; such
as floor slabs, lighting, etc. Do not do this in a vacuum!
The question: Who Owns What and for How Long is paramount to
decipher. Once decided, further plans on how to transfer these from
one Author to another become necessary. Try to keep it easy, but
provide the appropriate levels of complexity in the process
descriptions.
BIM Project Execution Process Map (PXP) sample. Source: buildingSMART alliance
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Project Planning Questions | A Partial List
First off, preface every project-planning question with: Whatever we
do; is it to be individually, together, collaboratively and/ or jointly?
As you can see there are a lot of issues to deal with and these along
with the BxP, BIMx, J BEP, BIMeXP, PXP, or whatever you call them, will
get you right on your way to addressing the issues at hand: A
Coordinated BIM.
A Few Notes on Sheet Coordination
Coordination of the sheet set is nothing new to AEC, nor to BIM
projects. By coordinating through sheet parameters, disciplines can
designate their sheets that should be included in the sheet index as
well as which are included in each release. These parameters can then
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be scheduled, including those in linked (Hot) Models, to create and
sort the master index. Thats (Hot)!
Kick Off Meetings
In addition to what may be included in the BIMeXP, here are some
other Revit Specific, Proactive Plans to
consider including and discussing
plus finalizing at the Kick-off
Meeting.
Kick off meetings are essential and may be a series of meetings that
include the creation or completion of the BIM execution plan.
The project starts at these meetings, not when something is first (Hot)
Modelled. Therefore, assign the right people now.
Getting the right people in the meeting and not just principals is
paramount. Get people with technical knowledge and understanding
of not only BIM, but the Project Type and Construction Methodology
and Design, Owner and Budgetary needs, so that unrealistic promises
are not made. As stated previously: Not just decision makers but also
thinkers, creative and technical players as well...
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The more that is nailed down early the more coordinated the project
will be. Make sure to strategize every system, major and minor so there
are as few unknowns as possible.
Hosted Components
Discuss positives/ negatives for using hosted & non-hosted
objects. In particular, the results for deletion of host objects in
relation to their hosted objects. This is mandatory for every
object, just like Copy/Monitor protocols are necessary!
Copy/Monitor
Copy/Monitor should be avoided for plumbing fixtures and lights,
according to some MEP philosophies; it is a better workflow to
have these objects in both (Hot) Models and coordinate views
showing either the architects or the engineers version via view
templates and/ or worksets. This requires coordination from both
sides to ensure both are on the same page with changes. There
are other philosophies where this duplication is not desiredwork
it out early, so everyone knows what is expected.
Another approach is to transfer the ownership of these
components, based on the BIMEXP and AIA-E202, but whatever
the case get this down in the BIMEXP.
File Linking
Upon successful linking, MEP should set the linked architecture
(Hot) Model(s) to room bounding so that spaces can be
created, based on the Architects room objects. Correctly label
the spaces with the same name as the architects rooms. MEP
can either create a space tag that uses the room name/number
from the architects (Hot) Model or use the subscription add-in
called Space Naming Utility to transfer the names from the
architects (Hot) Model into the spaces in the MEP (Hot) Model.
Linked views
Linked views are very powerful when used to match views from
other (Hot) Models. Structural and MEP should coordinate with
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the Architect and each will create dedicated views that can be
used for backgrounds in one anothers discipline specific (Hot)
Models.
Annotation Import
Having a set of documents look the same across multiple
disciplines is a desired touch. The architect should create an
example project that has their annotation families displayed and
explained for use by the other disciplines. These annotations
should include grids, levels, tags, view markers, view titles,
titleblocks, etc.
Who Owns What
Owning an element just does not mean who (Hot) Models the
elements. Owning an element means that the Owning team is
ultimately responsible for the elements placement, size and
location. Its ok if the Architect and the Structural Engineer (Hot)
Model the same elements, such as slabs but only one team
should own them. Make a checklist, the AIA E 203 is a good start
but expand it since only the very basic of structural elements are
listed in that document. Pay close attention to who owns
columns, beams, curbs, slabs, and non-load bearing masonry
walls, lights, receptacles, plumbing fixtures...
(Hot) Model Exchange & Setups
Several steps are involved when exchanging (Hot) Models
between disciplines. Setup includes linking, (Hot) Model cleanup,
shared coordinates, etc. Have everything possibly known about
project needs addressed and discussed at these meetings.
Define cleanup procedures, so those can be added to the
BIMEXP as well, as no-one needs extraneous things in (Hot)
Models that are linked back and forthDo you Need those
sheets, schedules, legends, details, renderings, elevations and
sections in the other disciplines (Hot) Models, etc. for each (Hot)
Model transfer? (See: http:/ / cad-vs-
bim.blogspot.com/ 2010/04/revit-to-revit-file-linking.html for
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considerations to consider in cleaning files for transfer ;-) Dont
forget to Purge Unused too!!!
Remember, these solutions are scalable for projects of differing
sizes and complexities, so dont get overwhelmed if you have
smaller or only moderately complex projects these same
concepts will help every project type and size.
Create
Create = Make, Coordinate, Annotate, Detail, Peer Review (QC)
Making (Hot) Models
Plan the work; Work the plan. Its as simple as that! Simply-Complex as
that, more like ;)
Schematic Design
Refining the BIM | Model for Construction, Coordinate for Efficiency
If the BIMEXP is followed and teams are conscious of and (Hot)
Modelling into coordination, employing good QA processes; this along
with Project and BIM management oversight (and input) then there will
be less QC and ultimately better projects. Architects and Engineers are
best served if they are aware that a large, if not main part of what they
should be doing is to: Model for Construction It is one of the main
stories we need tell and thats where we can save client huge monies!
SchematicFraming:Planlooksflat,nomatterthenatureof(Hot)Modelling:Isthis(Hot)
ModellingneededatSD???
CoordinatingCeilingDepths(3DCutawayView)
In every case, these live coordination sessions should use (Hot) Models
from each discipline, individually color-coded for ease of visibility. Cut
the (Hot) Model using a live 3D view and keep moving the cut line
through the building a foot or so at a time. When completed from the
first direction, un-cut the view and repeat the process in a
perpendicular direction.
These Visual Audits are the same as for internal coordination but can
highlight many potential issues well before they are built or planned on
being built.
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Other items to Verify during DD & CD Audits
Critical path for contractor being addressed
Material Ordering Needs
Foundation Permits, etc.
Detailing
SOP
Mitigating Rework, Copy/Monitor management.
Getting the (Hot) Models back and reacting
Coordinated 100% DD (Hot) Model Submittal Strategy
Engineering Development
Nominal to Specific Structure & MEP
Is the envelope virginal and intact, or is it now violated? AKA:
Get that Column out of the Toilet!!!
CoordinatingBeamoffsetswithslabopenings(3DCutawayView)
Verify that the Architect has shown any Structural elements in the
architectural Revit/BIM. It is better to ask early so that any
structural elements that are not showing up correctly could be
fixed so you could avoid it in the 11th hour in the CD phase when
everyone is in panic mode to make a submittal. A common
problem is that family settings, for structural framing of braces for
example, work for the structural Revit (Hot) Model but do not
show correctly for the architectural Revit (Hot) Model.
No Blind Changes in a Vacuum Any Longer
Its in DD and CD where we must not blindly change settings or
components in any of the (Hot) Models without first considering
the down-stream ramifications. Such as to change settings in the
Structural Revit (Hot) Model and risk it not looking correct in the
Structural plans just because it is not showing as desired in the
Architectural (Hot) Model. Help each other and suggest a
solution such as, that the Architect may need to make their own
Structural Revit families to show their own graphic settings, or
help them realize that BIM graphics can look different than
CADD graphics and that is usually the best solution as those
purely graphical issues arise.
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Set up and or attend live coordination sessions with the architect
and other design professionals and at these meetings and
establish how often (Hot) Model are exchanged and (Hot)
Models are to be shared back and forth.
What about the MEP design engineers and what about their (Hot)
Models? As the structural engineer the coordination should primarily
occur between the architectural (Hot) Model and the structural (Hot)
Model. This is because the architectural (Hot) Model should be
constantly updated to account for MEP changes that would affect
structural. Again there are exceptions, but as a structural engineer you
do not want to get involved with having to coordinate between the
MEP and architecture. Consider interior slab edges as an example, if
the architect is responsible for the structural slab edges then its best to
wait for the architect to coordinate those openings with the MEP
engineer and then coordinate those openings with the architect. With
all this said, its best to open and link in the MEP 3d (Hot) Model into the
structural 3d (Hot) Model to find major items that would need
coordination.
If all of this coordination and collaboration is done successfully and the
contractor is happy with the design teams well-coordinated (Hot)
Models and well formatted (Hot) Models, then the owner will find out
and everybody winsplus the (Hot) Models may actually not require
rebuilding for CA and FMjust amended.
When a contractor is given well-coordinated Revit (Hot) Models
from the design teams during pre-construction, there are a
number of Autodesk and Autodesk compatible tools that they
can now use to improve the project quality and workflow.
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These (and other) tools:
enhance coordination and collaboration with the design team
during pre-construction and construction, reducing RFIs and
change orders
allow the General Contractor to mine the (Hot) Model for
construction phase information
give the construction team leverage to use other tools like
augmented reality and the growing list of mobile apps to
improve BIM in the field
and help the entire team to provide a data rich deliverable to
the owner for facility maintenance and operation
During DD, the MEP consultant should coordinate with the architect
and structural engineer for the location and size of the mechanical
room as well as utility risers, shafts, and chases. Major equipment
location should be coordinated, such as boilers, cooling towers, air
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handlers, heat pumps, exhaust fans, electrical panels, generators,
etc. Additionally, ADA requirements for plumbing fixtures should be
addressed.