The Conduit Conflict No One Caught

An architecture studio in Veszprém was midway through construction on a boutique residential building when a site supervisor flagged something the drawings hadn't anticipated: the electrical subcontractor and the security subcontractor had each specified conduit runs through the same wall cavity, routed in ways that directly conflicted.

If left unresolved, the clash would have forced one of the trades to run cable along the surface of a wall the architects had designed to be completely clean. That would have undermined months of careful detailing over a coordination issue that had nothing to do with the design itself. The studio's lead architect didn't have the technical background to mediate between two subcontractors each insisting their routing was correct, and drywall installation was scheduled to begin within the week. The studio's structural engineer, who had worked with AION Networks on a previous project, suggested bringing them in immediately.

AION reviewed both subcontractors' conduit plans against the architectural drawings, identified exactly where the conflict originated, and proposed an alternative routing path through an unused service cavity that satisfied both trades' requirements without touching a single finished surface. The revised plan was confirmed with both subcontractors within two days, well ahead of the drywall deadline.

The studio avoided a compromise they would have had to explain to the client for the life of the building, and the conflict was resolved without a single visible change to the design. AION has since been brought in earlier on the studio's subsequent projects, specifically to review trade coordination before conflicts like this can occur.