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A week of redlines from a new architect nearly broke my team
We were working on a big set of commercial kitchen plans for a restaurant chain, about 50 sheets total. The architect we were paired with was new to the firm and sent back the first 10 sheets with what felt like a thousand redlines. I'm not joking, every single dimension string had a note, every fixture callout was questioned. My lead drafter, Sarah, spent three full days just addressing comments, many of which were about personal preferences, not code. The worst was a note that said, 'I don't like the way this elevation looks, make it more... elegant.' On a grease duct detail. We lost a whole week of schedule. Has anyone else had a project grind to a halt because of overly picky review comments? How do you handle it without starting a fight?
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zarat372mo ago
Bet on the new guy having zero trust in other people's work. He probably got burned before or was trained to question everything. Had a carpenter client refuse to look at my termite report because the last guy lied to him, same energy.
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adams.river5mo ago
Skyler's idea about one sheet first is smart. I used to just send full sets back. Then a reviewer marked up five sheets with the exact same note on each one. Wasted a day of my time. Now I make them agree on the standard for sheet one. It saves so much headache later.
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