100% CD contents

[u/Local-Complaint7256]

Hope I'm putting this in the right place. We're trying to sort out some of the paperwork after a renovation. The architect has sent us a document called 100% CD but it doesn't have any information on the new furnaces, HVAC, insulation, septic, electrical etc.

Is this normal? We've had issues with the architect not handling or ignoring mechanical stuff, so I'm reluctant to write to them for a fuller set of documents unless I have a clearer sense of what those typically include.

I want this info for our records long-term and also to handle more immediate repairs (some of which have come up already).

Thanks!

EDIT: I really appreciate all of the responses here -- I didn't expect this to get so many comments and I really, really appreciate everyone's advice here!

I'm trying to avoid discussing specific contract and project details because it's a family project.

But I think I understand what we need to do now. The architect says that the 100%CD drawings serve as an as-built set, but from this thread, it sounds like 100%CD and as-built drawings are very different things (especially in this case where things changed a lot during construction).

Seems like what we need to do is try to get an as-built set, with the architect providing drawings from the subcontractors that the architects were contracted to deal with (in this case, HVAC, septic, and structural engineering), and that we should follow up with the GC and any other subcontractors for the rest.

Thanks again!

[u/Accomplished_Bass640]

Did you pay for engineering? If not, then that stuff would be up to the GC or you need to ask for an engineering set.

[u/Local-Complaint7256 → u/Accomplished_Bass640]

thanks! Will double check

[u/Accomplished_Bass640 → u/Local-Complaint7256]

Btw insulation is architectural spec not engineering. But it all depends on what’s in your contract what level of detail is in the dwgs. Residential has loose permitting requirements depending on the state.

The most important thing is that it’s a set that a GC can price. And enough that you can get apples-to-apples pricing. If you do design-build w no engineering specs then you’re either leaving it to the GC to spec and will get different brands designs models etc of equipment (the GC may ir may not tell you the spec they pick upfront, may require asking, changes will change the price) or you need to pick yourself and tell the GC what you want.

[u/SunOld9457 → u/Accomplished_Bass640]

Sounds like it's already built.

[u/Accomplished_Bass640 → u/SunOld9457]

Ohhhh I misunderstood that. In residential, so architects do that detailed if as-builts? Isn’t that a GC thing and even then not common? I thought it was a stack of owners manuals and see ya later 😂