Expanding model access for better collaboration

Wise is one of the most respected and acclaimed mid-sized construction companies in the US. Their continuous innovation with technology, hands-on approach, and high level of client service has led to more than 90 percent of their projects coming from repeat customers. As specialists in the occupied space projects that make up 95% of their work, they are experts at completing jobs without interfering with those currently occupying the space.

Better collaboration means better end results and more repeat customers.

The Wise VDC Team, led by Marc Seaver (Director, MEP/VDC Services), recently completed retrofitting a 62,000 square-foot biotech/pharmaceutical lab in New England over a span of 30 weeks and 50,000 man-hours. Marc is responsible for ensuring the proper implementation of the MEP Designs in conjunction with the Architectural Designs within the existing space and existing conditions. To successfully complete these types of projects, the Virtual Coordination effort needed to allow for 100% visibility to all stakeholders - especially when the goal was 100% prefabrication for all subcontractors, and at times there were over 100 heads per day.

Challenges

Biotech and pharmaceutical labs are some of the most complex projects out there, specifically on the MEP side. A missed clash or unfixed issue can be detrimental to timelines, budget, and profits. Before implementing Revizto, Wise regularly ran into a few specific challenges.

• Field Personnel with no access to real-time models.
• Issue Tracking complications and manual reporting.
• Understanding Architectural Elevations and Relation to Coordination.

Solutons

Issues are inevitable, but letting them slip through un-attended due to human error is not. By extending model access to all stakeholders, regardless of technical skill level, everyone can get on the same page and tackle issues as soon as they present themselves. With Revizto, Marc’s team took a truly proactive approach to issue tracking and collaboration.

• Easily sharing the model with everyone from anywhere.
• Automated Issue Tracking and reporting.
• Immersive Virtual Reality experience

Integrating BIM/VDC across all teams.

Getting new technology, particularly BIM/VDC technology, integrated across teams with real buy-in, can be an uphill battle. On this project, Marc empowered all stakeholders with access to real-time models within Revizto. This enabled the coordinator to manage the entire process, host virtual meetings where everyone could see the same thing on their own screen, and work things out virtually before they could present themselves in the field.

Key features leveraged by Wise:

Limitless, Centralized Collaboration – Revizto enables real-time model sharing from the cloud and cross-team collaboration from on or offsite, any device and any skill level. Wise teams worked together simultaneously, and Foremen collaborated on two systems, saving time working out where things needed to go.

Multistamping and Stamp Automation – With stamps, users easily categorize issues and automatically assign responsibility, send notifications, and report out to everyone impacted. Users can enforce standardized issues with predefined metadata and enable one-click issue creation to ease the burden of data entry on teams.

Real-time Issue Tracking and Reporting – Issue Tracking in Revizto helped teams track objects, review markups and communicate about specific objects in the model in real-time. Users standardize how data moves through the project and effectively communicate model-based tasks with the team.

Everyone has had access to Revizto on this project, helping to resolve conflicts days before they would have been installed on-site. It helps us be successful and win future business.
Marc Seaver | Director, MEP/VDC Services

Sheet Compare and 2D/3D Overlay – Sheet compare allows users to easily align and compare sheets and versions in real-time. Wise Construction used laser scans of the existing conditions and overlaid them with the new designs to coordinate the MEP’s within the allowable spaces providing simple weblinks of the photogrammetry.

2D Measurements: Area and Polyline Tools – These enhancements allowed users to pull more info from a single place in the model, leveraging the power of Revizto as a holistic review and quality assurance tool and improving the visibility of details like architectural elevations/cuts in relation to coordinated MEPs.

Immersive Virtual Reality – Wise started the project by putting the design and design models inside Revizto. During a VR day, clients and scientist walked through the site in an immersive true-to-scale VR experience within Revizto to understand where everything was going to be and explore real-model data and coordination issues.