Coordination Review for Structural Engineers

Why Structural Engineers Need Coordination Review

Load paths, framing, connections, and foundation design is what Structural Engineers are on the hook for. And a recurring problem is catching architectural or MEP changes that got made after structural drawings were already finalized, without a reliable way to flag the conflict.

Coordination Review addresses this head on, applied when drawings from multiple disciplines need to be checked against each other. The goal is straightforward: surface conflicts between architectural, structural, and MEP drawings before they reach the field.

What Structured AI Checks for Structural Engineers

For structural 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 load paths, framing, connections, and foundation design.

Structural coordination conflicts with architectural and MEP drawings are exactly the kind of cross-discipline issue Overlay is built to catch, aligning sheets across disciplines automatically so a missed beam-to-duct conflict or an unaccounted-for opening doesn't survive to the field.

Where This Fits in Your Workflow

Coordination Review for structural 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 structural 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 structural 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.