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Having access to the information quickly is important. My experience has been that if people try and assume and guess they usually end up doing a lot more work than initially envisaged. Having information early means you can plan and anticipate. Revit creates Web Page with Images This video (7.38min) shows you how to export

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

In the first article here regarding capturing building services data on existing buildings, the focus was mainly on discrete components that sit in a system, with for instance lights, there may be an issue regarding which circuit they are linked to which switch or circuit fused in a sub-board, and this could easily be added

For new assets, if BIM models are used for design/construction then the modeled services are available for use in FM stage of the project. If there are existing assets that are partially through their lifecycle and services data is required for them, then you will need to consider the level of information that you require

Interactive exploration of Data Tableau Public After the first static processes of expressing Condition over time on a map Part 1 I explored using Tableau Public for creating an interface for users to explore the data. The House Conditions in Tableau demonstration allows for users to explore the data in a number of ways and

Visualization of geographic building elements Using the same dataset as the Revit internal Condition over Time , I wanted to explore how it could be used geographically to describe the diverse buildings and their locations around the city. QGIS One of the first things was to plot the buildings on a map. For that I

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