Harnessing a digital twin for building construction use
Creating a collaborative virtual environment, a Matterport survey is delivered as a Digital Twin that enables design teams to work remotely when a project is under consideration, being designed or in construction. Within the immersive 3D model your architects and contractors can take measurements and review site conditions.
Within the model specific assets or elements can be tagged with relevant notes, documents, media, and hyperlinks speeding the communication process and enhancing the design enabling data driven decisions.
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Monitoring the construction process with a Matterport Survey
By capturing a site at critical points, both prior to and during construction, architects and contractors can work more efficiently and without the need to visit site. They can monitor progress, eliminate variations and detect clashes to effectively reduce expensive reworking costs.
Where the survey data requires higher levels of dimensional accuracy for architectural design and engineering, an HD laser survey and Revit model are more accurate and therefore a more appropriate solution. However, please contact us and we can advise you and help you define your survey specification.
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A lower cost accurate asset record
When a building is in use, an accurate asset record provides a Digital Twin of the physical site. Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing services can be tagged for Facilities Management and Planned Maintenance purposes. This provides a lower cost alternative to a full Revit model when a building is occupied and the asset record is exclusively needed for ongoing management and maintenance.
3D model, 2D plans and a virtual flythrough
Your Matterport survey data will be delivered to you as a web-based 3D model which includes the interactive ‘dolls house’ view. Within the model you can easily navigate to your location of choice, where you can verify the situation on-site, tag, and annotate any information you need to share.
Your Matterport scan data can supplied as a 2D schematic floor plan supplied as a .pdf file format. The 2D schematic can also be converted into a .dwg file format.
An e57 Point Cloud data file can also be requested as a deliverable which can be used to prepare both 2D schematic floor plans and a basic LoD 2 Revit model.
Matterport for office and retail fit out
Matterport ‘Digital Twins’ enable estate-wide office and retail fitout projects to be managed remotely. Using these immersive 3D virtual tours, colleagues digitally collaborate to make informed design decisions, reducing site visits and project time.
Matterport surveys can be used in conjunction with retail store planning data hosted on the CADS retail software StoreSpace® platform for your next store rollout refurbishment programme. Contractors benefit from the valuable data a Matterport survey delivers to plan and implement shell and core, Category A and Category B refit projects using the Matterport dolls house viewing mode.
Having CADS on board meant we were able to establish a high level of detail from the offset. Their depth of coordination during the 3D modelling process meant it wasn’t just the big architecture items that were addressed, but also the intricate details.
The standard of accuracy we required for the Bloomberg auditorium fit-out could not have been achieved without the good data that digital technology enabled us to capture.
3D design coordination for award-winning auditorium
Working with specialist joinery contractor TMJ Interiors, CADS coordinated the project designs of all 70 contractors to create a federated Revit® model
Read case studyOur survey experts help you make the right decisions for your project
Using a wide range of the latest technology, our surveyors can guide you in the implications and decisions related to the scale of survey, point cloud and model data to ensure that the data is designed to meet your specific project requirements.
Working to industry standards to deliver accurate, cost-effective surveys
Working in accordance with relevant professional and industry standards, together with our own exacting ISO 9001 certified processes, we deliver accurate data that you can depend upon.
We recognise the importance of developing good lines of communication from the very first point of contact. By understanding the full scope of your project, we can provide expert technical advice and support. In doing so, you receive the best service and a practical cost-effective output for the project in both the short term and long term.
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