Description

Whatever your role in the company, blueprint reading is an essential skill in construction. It’s key to managing projects, overseeing subcontractors, drafting contracts and RFI’s, reviewing scope letters, pricing and negotiating change orders, estimating costs, and managing risks.


In this workshop, attendees will learn about:

All the different types of drawings (plan view, elevation view, details, schedules, and isometric) Fundamentals and tips in reading MEP drawings Architectural, Structural, Civil, and Landscape Drawings and their impact on MEP scope MEP deliverables and milestones for Design-Build drawings (SD, DD, CD, IFC) Attendees will also participate in an MEP drawing scavenger hunt locating key elements in mechanical, electrical and plumbing

About the Instructor

Troy Aichele, Mechanical Contractor, Instructor, Consultant (Aichele & Associates, LLC)

Troy has spent 30 years in the mechanical construction industry, with extensive experience in office buildings, high-rise, hospitality, hospitals, casinos, and schools in both remodel and new construction environments.  Troy is recognized as an effective team builder as well as a leader is business and sales planning, scheduling, cost-control, design, constructability, value engineering, and labor productivity.  Troy expediently problem solves with personnel from field workers, contractors, engineers, architects, accountants, purchasing, insurance and bonding agents, auditors, and developers on large scale projects that differ in teams, schedule, location, and design.

While Troy was growing his career as a mechanical contractor, he pursued his passion to contribute to both local and national mechanical affiliations and contribute to the education and training of current and future mechanical contractors.  To serve the former, Troy served on Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) Board of Directors, John R. Gentille Foundation (formally MCERF) Board of Trustees and as a Chairman of the MCAA’s Career Development Committee overseeing more than 60 student chapters in North America and managing the annual National Student Chapter Competition.