Why does the Specialty Engineering Consultant need to make site visits during construction?
The infrastructure (conduit, connection boxes, etc.) for a technical system is specific to that system and may impose requirements the traditional electrical trades are inexperienced in dealing with. The electrical consultant may also not be familiar with the infrastructure requirements. CDAI has found it necessary to make at least minimal site visits during construction to review conduit and connection box placements, to review the general construction progress and to address problems in coordination of the specialty items with the base trades. This is particularly important if value engineering or other modification exercised have been performed on the base building since the start of construction.
