Point Cloud to BIM for Educational Facilities

Industry: Surveying and engineering industry Location: Australia

Technology & software used

• Revit, Recap
• One of the most reputed surveying company based in London, UK, approached Hi-Tech for its BIM requirements. The client had surveyed an educational center and wanted to convert the point cloud data to BIM. Almost 300 scans were done to capture every section of the building, .pcg input files were provided and modeling architecture and structure disciplines with 10mm accuracy with an LOD 300 was requested.BIM is increasingly seen by large building owners as the best way to document building data. The capabilities of BIM are further leveraged to achieve greater efficiencies in facility management, increase occupant comfort and reduce the cost and time required for renovations and refurbishments. Scan to BIM is the most accurate and convenient way to create a BIM for an ‘As Built’ environment for large buildings.

Outcome & benefits

• Renovation for a major section of the educational facility became easy, the basic structure was retained and the client saved around 20% costs on renovation due to the availability of well documented information.
• Information rich, intelligent BIM, provided a thorough documentation of the “as built structure”.
• This further improved the operations and management of the educational center.

Related services

This case study draws on ASTCAD’s BIM services. We also deliver:

• 3d scanning services — for related project requirements
• Bim architectural services — for complementary deliverables