Andrii Pushchinskyi

## Key Points - VDC Designer with 8 years experience; originally from Ukraine, now in Canada - Career path: HVAC designer -> AutoCAD -> MagiCAD (calculation + 3D) -> Revit -> VDC services for US market -> Norway -> Canada - Provides VDC/BIM coordination for mechanical trade - 2D still important for CD approval, procurement, and estimating — but actual construction uses BIM models - Engineers produce LOD 200 schematics; never seen IC drawings that perfectly reflect what gets built - VDC team builds model from scratch based on 2D schematics for field crews or fabrication ## Pain Points Mentioned - Design models are "trash" — easier to start from scratch than use what engineers provide - Coordination is the biggest struggle: human factor, waiting for answers from other trades, poor/delayed responses - Timeline varies wildly: clean project = 1-2 days to model; complex with limited space = weeks to months - Disconnect between VDC output and field execution — installers sometimes ignore coordinated models and build their own way - Field people with old-school mindset resist BIM/AR adoption ## Product Feedback - Magic wand wish: help with building code questions for specific cities — "really painful" to investigate - Up.codes mentioned as a good existing resource for code info - Skeptical of automated clash-free models: "I don't see how it is going to deal with creative solutions" — maintenance access, physical constraints, flush systems require human judgment - Estimation: all costs based on 2D IC drawings — sees value in mechanical solution for that - Values connecting office work to field reality: "Learn how they build"