Category: Visualisation

Video (5min) Your browser does not support iframes.  Your browser does not support iframes.    A quick survey method, where a general overview is required quickly, would be to use 360/180 degree panoramic photos. These are good to quickly identify conditions in spaces and also relationships with other rooms (through doorways) and to show items

We can use the Map overlay icons to show condition of external elements over time (link) and use the location intelligence of satellite and street view to explore the micro-climate and materials on the building. But what about internally? One exercise was to use Revit to show condition at each different year and export the

Capturing information on existing assets is a challenge Wellington City Council (WCC) has over 2200 social housing units and so getting good information on them in a consistent manner was a challenge. They undertook a condition survey with surveyors on the properties. It took the surveyors on average 4 hours to survey each unit. There

Note: a QRcode reader would be useful to read the codes to understand the usefulness of accessing data for Facilities Management. After capturing data about buildings, the information generally gets stored in an AMIS (Asset Management Information System) for use for forecasting and managing assets. These systems are usually sophisticated and not easily used. There

Visualizing condition over time for room finishes When shopping for fresh food, it has a use by date. Depending on when you purchase it, there is a count down to when it has reached its fitness for purpose. So, with a building, things depreciate over time, with different components or finishes lasting for different duration’s

Revit to 3D PDF’s & Export to Excel For designers and contractors, working on the same documentation process, having expensive or specialized software for communication is part of the process. But in the FM/AM world, a lot of people who will be using the information will not want to download specialist viewers to review information.

I printed out some of the QR codes using an inkjet printer for testing. I had a variety of results with the QR code readers I used on both my Windows 10 phone and Windows 10 tablet (so all apps/programmes were free windows based, not tested with IOS or Android Apps). With iOS and Android