Verify coordination across every MEP system

Helonic reads mechanical, electrical, and plumbing sheets together and flags conflicts that manual review misses, across MEP, structure, and architecture.

What slows down MEP engineers

The coordination problems that bury MEP teams between issued sets.

HVAC Coordination

Ductwork routing conflicts with structure and other systems.

Electrical Conflicts

Panel locations, conduit routing, and clearance requirements.

Plumbing Clashes

Pipe routing, slope requirements, and access clearances.

How Helonic helps

Where AI drawing review fits into MEP coordination across every discipline pairing.

Cross-System Coordination

Automatically check for conflicts between mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems on the same drawing set.

Structural Interference

Identify where MEP routing conflicts with beams, columns, and structural elements.

Ceiling Space Analysis

Verify that ductwork, piping, and electrical fit within the available above-ceiling space.

RCP Coordination

Check that diffusers, lights, sprinklers, and other ceiling elements do not conflict.

Equipment Clearances

Verify maintenance and service clearances around mechanical and electrical equipment.

Common issues we catch

The cross-system conflicts that show up in the field when no one cross-checks first.

Mechanical

Ductwork routing through beams
Insufficient ceiling plenum depth
Diffuser conflicts with lighting
Equipment access clearance violations

Electrical & Plumbing

Conduit routing conflicts
Panel board clearance requirements
Pipe slope and drain conflicts
Fixture rough-in coordination

Frequently Asked Questions

What MEP conflicts does Helonic catch on a 2D set?

It flags ductwork and piping routed through structural members, inadequate equipment clearances, plumbing riser and slope issues, panel and conduit clearance violations, and conflicts between mechanical, electrical, and plumbing routing in shared ceiling space. Each is tied to the specific sheet.

Does Helonic check code clearances like NEC working space?

Yes. It checks discipline clearances such as NEC 110.26 electrical working space, mechanical equipment service clearances, and plumbing slope and venting requirements, and flags where the drawn condition does not meet them.

Can it verify coordination without a Navisworks model?

Yes. Helonic performs 2D coordination directly on the PDF set, so you catch clashes during design review even before a federated 3D model exists or on projects that never build one.

How does this fit the MEP coordination workflow?

Run it before coordination meetings to arrive with a prioritized, sheet-referenced conflict list instead of discovering issues live. That shortens meetings and reduces the number of RFIs generated after the set is issued.

Manas Gandhi

Co-founder & CTO, Helonic

Manas is the co-founder and CTO of Helonic, where he leads engineering and AI research for construction drawing analysis. He works directly with structural, MEP, civil, and fire protection engineers to translate the way they review drawings into AI systems that flag the issues that actually matter in the field. Before Helonic, he built machine learning pipelines for technical document understanding and has spent the last several years interviewing licensed design engineers and discipline leads to ground product decisions in real practice rather than industry assumptions.

Areas of focus

AI for technical document understanding
Cross-discipline coordination workflows
Code compliance automation (IBC, NEC, NFPA, IPC, IMC, ASCE)
Structural and MEP drawing review systems

How this page was researched: Coordination checks reference clearance and routing requirements from the IMC, IPC, NEC (NFPA 70), and NFPA 13, plus the cross-discipline coordination sequence MEP engineers follow. Clash examples are drawn from Helonic's review of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing sets coordinated against structural framing.

Last reviewed by Manas Gandhi · May 2026

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