Coordination Review for MEP Engineers

Why MEP Engineers Need Coordination Review

MEP Engineers carry accountability for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing system design and how it coordinates with structural and architectural constraints. A common friction point: routing conflicts with structural members or architectural ceiling heights that don't get caught until shop drawing phase.

Coordination Review is meant to fix that. It gets applied when drawings from multiple disciplines need to be checked against each other, with a specific goal: surface conflicts between architectural, structural, and MEP drawings before they reach the field.

What Structured AI Checks for MEP Engineers

For mep engineers running coordination review, Structured AI uses Overlay, which auto-aligns sheets from different disciplines, even at different scales, so cross-discipline conflicts show up without manual light table work. Findings are scoped to what this role is actually on the hook for, not a generic error list, but issues organized around mechanical, electrical, and plumbing system design and how it coordinates with structural and architectural constraints.

Coordinating mechanical, electrical, and plumbing in 2D means tracking conflicts across dozens of sheets without a model. Structured flags every coordination conflict before the set leaves the office: above-ceiling clashes, penetrations through fire-rated assemblies, equipment missing on plans.

Where This Fits in Your Workflow

Coordination Review for mep engineers usually happens when drawings from multiple disciplines need to be checked against each other. Structured AI works on .pdf, .dwg, .rvt, and .ifc files, and for Revit modeled projects, the Revit Add-In runs the same checks directly against live geometry with element level results, no export needed. Findings can be exported and assigned by trade or discipline, so the review step slots into the existing document workflow instead of adding a new one.

FAQ

How is coordination review different from a general plan check? Coordination Review is scoped to what actually matters at this stage of the project and for this role: surface conflicts between architectural, structural, and MEP drawings before they reach the field. It uses Structured AI's deterministic checks rather than a confidence-scored, probabilistic flag.

Do mep engineers need special training to use this? No. Upload the relevant drawings and specifications, or connect the Revit model directly, and findings come back organized the way mep engineers already review work. Teams can also build Custom Checks in plain English without writing any code.

Can findings be shared with the rest of the project team? Yes. Every finding links back to the exact sheet and location, and can be exported and assigned by trade or discipline for team wide visibility and follow up.