Having to Scrap Senior's Boilerplate "DD" Drawings
More of a rant than me seeking productive feedback. I'm an electrical EIT with 1.5 years of experience and my only senior is the principal EE. No project manager at my (very small) firm so I'm functionally designer and project manager for everything I touch. I've taken a handful of large multi-family res projects from start of DD to permit with basically no QC or oversight from my sup. Occasionally my boss "hands over" projects that he's "worked on" ahead of a mid-CD deadline for me to take over.
The ratio of project-relevant work versus boilerplate in these supposedly 100%DD/Early CD drawings that I'm inheriting is maybe 1:8ish.
Oh, all the electrical panels are just generic and located in the main electrical room on floor 1? Great.
None of the transformers have actually been sized based on realistic load? Cool.
A generator with a life safety branch got added to the scope 2 months ago and there's still battery inverters in all the IDF rooms and shown on the single line? Nice.
This week, I am in a position I've been in I think 5 or 6 times now, in which he passes a project on to me on Monday, 50%CD/pricing submittal is due Friday and the more I explore his drawings the more screwed I realize I am.
Meanwhile, I'm working on several other large projects for 4-5 hours a day at any rate. I've sent him a breakdown of how much time I need to complete all the subtasks he's handing off to me.
At any rate, I should probably get back on the job market -- just figured some of you had experienced something similar.