m/e/p for residential 2

[skier1578]

I work for a firm that provides architectural and structural plans and engineering for primarily residential structures. We are being asked more frequently to do m/e/p drawings. Does anyone have any recomendations of any book(s) with a basic guide for these plans (sizing pipe, electrical load calcs, etc.). The plans we have seen all look very simple, but we would like a reference so that we can learn to do them correctly (ie. "pluming plans for dummies). Thank you for any input.

 

[UcfSE]

If dummies were meant to do plans, we wouldn't have engineers. Hire someone qualified to do the MEP.

 

[PEinc]

Great answer, UcfSE.

 

[skier1578]

As I said - residential plans. Typically, in my area, these plans haven't been required for submittal. Some of our local jurisdictions are requiring them though. Maybe the "dummy" reference was a poor one, and your response appropriate.

However, I'll restate the question, "Does anyone know of any good references for residential m/e/p plans". I have found a few, but they seem over-simplified. Maybe they are that simple, I don't know. I understand the statement "Hire someone qualified to do the MEP", that is why we have typically stayed away from them and have stuck to the structural side. We are now trying to learn something new. Doing this could save us headaches on projects down the road when the contractor comes back and says one of the M/E/P guys put a hole in a beam - "is that OK". By controlling these plans, we can plan for such things.

So, if anyone has any reference recomendations, that would be helpful. Thanks again.

 

[BigInch]

The best way to learn is from somebody who knows what they're doing already. Hire the work to be done in your office and learn as much as you can. Keep doing that until you know how to do it too.

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