ARCHITECTURE

Architects are designing more and more complex structures every day. This puts a heavy pressure on companies responsible for building exterior, which is well known to be one of the most important features in assessing building quality. The more complex the geometry the higher the implementation costs, yet there is an increasing demand for a lower budget and a tighter schedule. With Echometrics 3D laser scanning services and in-house softwares, we reduce total project costs while at the same time provide a simplistic approach to handling complex facades.

Exterior and Interior Cladding

In order to achieve a required aesthetic and engineering standard; the design, fabrication, and installation of facades heavily rely on as-built site conditions. Through 3D scanning and modeling techniques, we ensure that building cladding is installed to the ideal standard, with little rework.

Modeling from As-Built

3D scans of irregular HSS beams are made to document as-built conditions of a complex structure. A sub system is customized to fit onto the HSS, and full cladding geometry is modeled with all components and no clashes.

Services

Scan to CAD

Full 3D scans
As-built 2D or 3D CAD
Elevation drawings and detail drawings

As-built CAD to System Model

System is modeled to fit site
Drawings generated for fabrication
Installation drawings for planned layout

Reduced Rework

Reduced Material Waste

Reduced Installation Labor

Reduced Management & Fabrication Labor

Longer Lead Times for Site Issues

Increased project scope

Early Identification of Variations Prevents Rework

PROJECT COST

Illustration of Project Cost over Time

TIME

On typical construction projects, rework accounts for around 10% of the cost of construction. Project costs increase at a greater rate the further along a mistake is found in the process. Fixing a mistake which costs $X before fabrication may cost $X^2 (squared) after it has arrived to site.

Echometrics services start at the very beginning of the curve. Scanning and modeling in this phase of the project gives us the ability to catch conflicts before they happen. This makes for less site fixes and caps the project costs very early on in the non-linear cost curve.