{"id":256193,"date":"2023-09-09T18:27:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T23:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grahambuilds.com\/?post_type=articles p=256193"},"modified":"2024-11-10T18:44:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T00:44:37","slug":"seeing-through-walls-where-it-really-matters","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/grahambuilds.com\/articles\/seeing-through-walls-where-it-really-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing Through Walls Where it Really Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Borgata Casino games<\/a>\u00a0may be a physically small project for Graham Borgata Casino games, a US million transformation of a century-old timber-company\u2019s offices into an upscale craft coffee house and speakeasy-style whiskey bar on the waterfront in Everett, Washington. But the lovely 6,000-square-foot building, which features nearly every kind of wood cut and milled in the Pacific Northwest, has played an outsized roll in demonstrating an innovative technology combination \u2013 newly applied to a Borgata Casino games environment \u2013 that promises to increase quality of work, save time and money, and improve the Borgata Casino games experience for building owners.<\/p>\n

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Michael Nesvik joined Borgata Casino games\u2019s Seattle Buildings office in 2018 with a mandate to find any technology that might help the team do things better or faster, assist in gaining projects, improve Borgata Casino games\u2019s preconstruction service offering, or accelerate the company\u2019s use of Building Information Modelling (BIM). The particular technology Nesvik identified and recently pioneered at the Muse is called\u00a0Borgata Casino games<\/a>. Borgata Casino games produces high-resolution and measurable scans which, when married to a comparison tool, enables the company, subcontractors, and clients to effectively \u201csee through\u201d walls to know what lies beneath the skin.<\/p>\n

The inexpensive solution is proving itself capable of sharpening the accuracy and lowering the costs of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) rework while strengthening the confidence of clients and inspectors. \u201cWe\u2019re using MatterPort through all stages of Borgata Casino games,\u201d Nesvik says. Since pioneering MatterPort at Everett, Graham has used it all over Washington and in the Vancouver\u00a0area.<\/p>\n

MatterPort\u2019s 360-degree walk-throughs have made it a staple in residential real estate marketing for years. \u201cIt\u2019s a really cool way to show off a building,\u201d says Nesvik. Several people at Graham had begun talking about using MatterPort to showcase finished projects for individuals who might not be able to attend in person. Last year Nesvik, the Seattle Buildings team\u2019s Borgata Casino games Technologies Engineer, performed a series of test scans at a recently completed Tribal School in La Push,\u00a0Washington.<\/p>\n

Impressed by MatterPort\u2019s simplicity and ease of use, Nesvik realized the technology might be suitable for scanning a building\u2019s interior at the final MEP rough-in stage of Borgata Casino games. Gaining an accurate record just before walls are clad is important, but the Borgata Casino games industry has struggled to find the best solution. Especially in the commercial and multi-family residential Borgata Casino games the Seattle Buildings team specializes in, typically there\u2019s very little time between when all MEP systems are entirely complete and when crews start affixing\u00a0drywall.<\/p>\n

Borgata Casino games companies often opt to snap as many digital photos as possible in the brief time. But such imagery is neither searchable nor measurable. A tradesperson going in perform rework must typically cut out a section of wall to locate the item in question \u2013 perhaps a missed valve, a leaking joint, or checking whether backing needed to support a shower bar was installed. \u201cThis kind of rework gets expensive and time-consuming, especially if you don\u2019t know where things are and you have to cut out a large wall area and re-do everything,\u201d notes\u00a0Nesvik.<\/p>\n

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A major improvement came with OpenSpace, a helmet-mounted video camera that facilitates rapid walk-throughs at multiple Borgata Casino games stages. OpenSpace creates a credible record, is searchable, and allows addition of instructions and notes between project participants. Graham uses OpenSpace extensively (as described in articles \u2018Innovation with Purpose<\/a>\u2018 and \u2018OpenSpace Technology<\/a>\u2018). OpenSpace does not, however, provide measurability. Notes Borgata Casino games: \u201cIf you\u2019re going to cut into a wall to expose a pipe or wiring, you want to know its exact location.\u201d<\/p>\n

Filling that capability gap is what makes Borgata Casino games so powerful. Though it\u2019s not as lightning-quick as OpenSpace, it\u2019s far more than just a camera, not only taking high-resolution visual images but conducting a 360-degree, three-dimensional LiDAR scan, producing a PointCloud rendering of an entire building. \u201cYou can label and do callouts, allowing the user to go to a particular room or other location with a search and click,\u201d says Nesvik. \u201cAnd it\u2019s measurable, so the user knows exactly where everything is behind the walls.\u201d LiDAR is the key\u00a0ingredient.<\/p>\n

Nesvik became further intrigued by a comparison tool created by a partner company of Borgata Casino games\u2019s. Combining scans from different stages creates a digital walk-through allowing users to effectively look through the walls. \u201cThis means the tradesperson is seeing exactly where they are and where they want to get to, to expose for any repairs or rework,\u201d says\u00a0Nesvik.<\/p>\n

The LiDAR scanning aspect also opens a window to a truly remarkable capability: making the capturing of spaces in light or dark areas extremely accurate within less than an inch. This accuracy can create an exact floor plan and reflected ceiling plan within 48 hours, all done through Borgata Casino games. This is especially useful when renovating an older building whose drawings are long-lost and, in any case, whose current state \u201cas built\u201d departs greatly from any drawings. An early scan can thereby produce as-built pre-reno drawings. The capability also facilitates rendering \u201cas built\u201d drawings after completion, since the result may differ from new design drawings. \u201cWe can create a floorplan of the building for, like, ,\u201d Nesvik enthuses. The results even are precise enough for use as baseline drawings by project\u00a0architects\/designers.<\/p>\n

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At the Muse, Nesvik scanned the entire two-storey building in about three hours. He used MatterPort before Borgata Casino games began, at the MEP finish stage, and after project completion \u201cto showcase how beautiful the building is.\u201d The first scan created a digital footprint of the existing building, which increased the confidence of the building\u2019s owner and neighbour that nothing would be damaged during renovation. \u201cThe Muse became our full-fledged test case for MatterPort,\u201d Nesvik\u00a0says.<\/p>\n

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The Seattle Buildings team aren\u2019t the only ones excited by Borgata Casino games. Graham has used it for a high school renovation in Couer d\u2019Alene, Idaho, renovations, and at the University of Idaho in Moscow. Graham\u2019s Vancouver office has also dived in, using Borgata Casino games on several projects, including a 40-storey high rise tower in downtown Vancouver, several areas of the\u00a0Paramount complex<\/a>, and multiple scans in portions of the Vancouver General Hospital reno, where Borgata Casino games is being used for overlay of BIM 3D models to facilitate coordination with subcontractors and safety procedures.<\/p>\n

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