3rd Party QC
Third-Party Quality Audit for CD Set for All Disciplines in Dallas, Texas
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Sreela Biswas
- September 25, 2025
- 3:58 pm
Task Assigned
Our team was engaged to perform a third-party quality audit of the construction drawing (CD) set across all major disciplines—Architectural, Structural, Civil, and MEP. The primary objective was to ensure seamless coordination among disciplines, eliminate conflicts, and verify that the design intent was consistently reflected throughout the drawing package.
Project Timeline
- Phase 1: Identifying clashes and inconsistencies between disciplines.
- Phase 2: Checking for misalignments in dimensions, elevations, annotations, and references.
- Phase 3: Ensuring that the drawing set provided a clear, constructible design with minimal risk of rework or delays.
Additional Notes
- Structural beams were interfering with MEP ductwork and underground utilities, as well as overlapping with foundations. We conducted detailed cross-checks across all disciplines to resolve conflicts early. Reduced RFIs and prevented on-site rework, saving time and cost.
- Each discipline had varying symbols, scaling, and drawing conventions, complicating coordination. Our team standardized presentation styles and ensured consistency across all drawings. As a result, it improved readability and smoother coordination among project teams.
- Some parts were missing callouts with misaligned section cuts, and incomplete detail links, creating gaps in the CD set. We verified and corrected all references to maintain continuity across the drawing package. It delivered a comprehensive set of CDs with fewer errors and stronger constructability.
- Multiple teams working with different versions of drawings led to mismatched sets. Our team verified that all updates were reflected across disciplines through systematic version control. As a result, all stakeholders worked with the most current information, which minimized delays.
