Overview
This exclusive hotel and social club required As-Built BIMs for use in future renovation projects, and a complete asset register for the asset management and capital planning needs. LiRo-Hill created up-to-date and consolidated drawing sets and imagery to help onboard their new Facility Engineer. Our team reviewed existing drawings and laser scanned all 22 stories (200,000 sf) including mechanical spaces, roof spaces, exterior façade, guest rooms, and elevator shafts. From these LiDAR scans and preliminary asset data, a BIM was created with an output comprehensive asset register spreadsheet of over 3,000 assets, including mechanical equipment, electrical equipment, standpipes, sprinklers, lighting, artworks, and furniture. The BIM provided quality control over location data (rooms), and consistency and accuracy in asset classifications.
About the Project
Laser Scanning, Virtual Viewer and 3-D Modeling: 200,000 sf was 3-D-laser scanned and the data was used to create a BIM of the entire building.
Asset Management: Created a comprehensive asset register spreadsheet of over 3,000 assets, including mechanical equipment, electrical equipment, standpipes, sprinklers, lighting, artworks, and furniture. The BIM provided quality control over location data (rooms), and consistency and accuracy in asset classifications. The deliverables included a searchable asset dataset and automated asset tags.
Assessments:
- Framework for 3-D laser scanning, processing, and housing point-clouds, photos, and walkthroughs.
- Compiled into web viewer for web-based asset discussions.
- Asset Management.
Interactive “Operations” Drawings Set:
- Generated a clickable PDF drawing set that included schedules by asset category/system and color-coded floorplans mapping location of all assets.
Project Challenges & Solutions
The ongoing programming of this building made it challenging to capture all the spaces in an optimal fashion. There were a variety of tight mechanical spaces, mezzanine levels as well as open halls and corridors. A variety of scanning tools and our expert processes made it possible to piece the building together in our walkthrough viewer and Revit files for the final deliverable.
This project was one of the first of its kind, incorporating numerous innovative tools and processes, including scanning an existing, operational facility to capture its assets for the Facilities Management team. Our team needed to create an approach for classifying, identifying, and organizing these assets into a structured asset management deliverable.
Outcome
The project involved scanning the entire 200,000 sf building, creating a comprehensive “Operations Drawings Set” for reference and use by the facilities management team. Additionally, a complete asset register was developed, encompassing over 3,000 unique assets. This register serves as a valuable tool for ongoing facilities maintenance and provides a framework for future assessments and capital planning.