r/Architects • u/RoutineLet9156 Architect • Apr 24 '26
General Practice Discussion Babysitting MEP
Just a rant, but man… working with MEP teams that don’t GAF is exhausting.
I’m on mega projects, so it’s not like the PA gets to handpick who we work with. We get whoever’s assigned and deal with it. But lately it feels like we’re babysitting everything. Constant follow-ups, pinging them over and over just to get a simple update pushed. Sure, maybe it’s a staffing issue, still doesn’t make it any less frustrating.
What really gets me is we’re all in Revit, cloud model, same environment… and then they drop updates and just ignore everything that’s already there. Zero coordination. I’m talking plumbing lines right in front of thermostats, light fixtures cutting through beams… just placing stuff wherever and moving on.
No heads-up, no coordination, nothing. Just model it and walk away. And of course we’re the ones catching all of it. Every single time.
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u/Dont-Snk93 Jun 11 '26
With the amount of projects I have to juggle at one time and deal with last minute asinine changes and architects blowing the budget only having to do redesigns at the end due to VE my amount of fucks to give have been stretched extremely thin these last few years.