I told this story to [USER=2]@shawn[/USER] a while back but you two will get a kick out of it.
Working on a project that is top secret in greater Greenville, SC.
The "design firm" is out of San Francisco, CA.
We had our first meeting in November. Design Assist team is in place and contracted with a GMP number and they haven't gotten past 30% drawings yet.
The "lead master designer" is 25-30 years old and has 15 years of experience. No shit its on his resume and linkedin profile.
He "knows" that Revit is going to change the face of construction. So much so that according to his plan ALL conduits (even down to 1/2 branch circuits) and piping will be modeled and pre-fabbed offsite. Shipped to site and paint by number assembled. He has estimated that the savings from decreased waste and the efficiency savings of not bending conduit on site will save the owner "20%" (of what no one can answer...total project cost? not likely)...so here we are. The train is rolling along the track.
This genius designer is both the brother of the business owner and the son in law of the venture capitalist funding the project.
And the most recent design we relocated the diesel generator into a new room in the almost dead center of the building. This is a sealed room with extra thick walls to aid in noise abatement. There is no apparent path for combustion or cooling air and the design calls for the exhaust stack to be piped horizontally ~150' with (11) tight 90s and then to vertically extend 10+ stories. There is no indicated fan for moving this exhaust gas. There are however 2 pages of detail for the seismic restraints to support the exhaust system.
Oh yeah the fuel tank is shown in skid with no fueling provisions.
