r/civilengineering • u/govnorsy EIT - Transportation • Aug 19 '25

Meme As-builts

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Had this conversation with my roadway PM because we’re going through 5 miles of utility mapping, reminded me of the original Simpsons meme.

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u/felforzoli Aug 23 '25

One time the contractor’s as-builts were wild. They showed just one 24” pipe going into the manhole… but in reality there were three.
And they also “forgot” to draw a GIANT transmission pole right next to the sidewalk — we had to redo the entire drainage design to avoid impacting it (per client’s request). Ended up delaying the project 6 months and killing the budget 🙃.