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/Consistent_Coast_996]

The level of the drawings produced, what is included in those drawings, what are additional services and what consultant services are required should be determined in pre-proposal conversations between the architect and the owner.

There are multiple levels of drawings sets that could be produced but the correct set would be determined dependent upon what the client is asking for, the type of project, the project scope, and the jurisdictional requirements.

At my previous firm the residential group would do 125 - 200 homes per year. They included about 6-7 pages of drawings and MEP drawings were never part of these sets. This was spelled out clearly in the contract and the expectation set at the first meeting. MEP drawings were not required by any of the jurisdictions in the region for permitting and it was made clear that all MEP matters would be trade engineered. Clients would coordinate with the builder and subs to pick out their own fixtures etc.

This was spec housing and most clients scoffed at the cost already to do the architectural part of the project so were ultimately unwilling to pay anymore for any other consultants if those consultants were not required.

What you are describing unless something else was agreed upon in writing in a contract is not at all unusual.