Hit 500 blueprints drafted this week, didn't realize it until I added it up

I was just cleaning out my project folder on Thursday and decided to count everything I've done since I started at this shop 2 years ago. Ended up at 503 blueprints for commercial HVAC jobs, mostly roof top units and duct layouts. That's a lot of lines on paper when you think about it lol. What kind of numbers are you guys hitting in a year?

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lucast8116d ago

Organizing your layers by system type early on saves a ton of headache when you have to go back and edit something six months later. Also keeping a master checklist for common details like curb adapters and economizer specs keeps everything consistent.

charlies3716d ago

Gotta disagree a little @lucast81. Sorting by system type sounds good on paper but I've had better luck just keeping things in order of how they get built out in the field. Foundation layers first, then structure, then ductwork, then piping. When I'm redlining something six months later I'm thinking in terms of construction sequence not system categories. That master checklist idea though, that part is solid. Saves me every time on those random rooftop unit details.

wren23015d ago

Wait, what? You redline stuff six months later? I can barely remember what I ate for breakfast yesterday let alone what I was thinking on a set of drawings half a year ago. Are you some kind of construction savant or did you just develop a photographic memory for duct layout? I'm genuinely impressed but also a little freaked out. My redlines are basically "future me's problem" and future me is always cursing past me for being an idiot.