CONSTRUCTION & BIM ADDING A DIMENSION
Karen Bell, Sales Director at David Salisbury, explores the increasingly important role of 3D drawings in project management.
Whether it’s essential building upgrades, or the addition of an extension such as a conservatory, 3D drawings play a vital role in any project, but have become especially important since the pandemic.
An improved layout is crucial for businesses to be able to accommodate social distancing, whilst also maximising the space available to them, and 3D drawings are not only pivotal to this end result, but in the collaboration process to reach it.
A better-quality customer
experience The pandemic, along with the rise of digitalisation mean that to entice people into a physical premises, you need to be providing them with the right experience. This is especially pertinent in certain industries such as hospitality.
For example, designing an orangery or conservatory extension that’s going to be used as a restaurant for a hotel requires consideration around capacity, but also additional aspects that range from everything from your guests’ views to logistics.
Because 3D modelling helps designers to visualise space requirements, it helps to plan for practicalities such as restaurant footfall, and efficient table service.
It’s also needed for the slightly less glamorous details, like ensuring the design allows for equipment maintenance access and operational access, and that is suitable from a health and safety perspective. Because 3D drawings enable users to see just how much space every aspect takes, and view it from every perspective, they provide a much more effective, and accurate, outcome.
3D drawings aid collaboration 3D drawings can be a more effective way to approach any project, residential or commercial, but it’s particularly
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useful for the latter. Naturally the scale of these projects is usually larger, but it is also because they will typically include more parties. In an extension build project for example, alongside the client themselves, there will be the manufacturer or supplier, installers, interior designers, and architects who all need to collaborate in order for the project to run smoothly.
3D drawings obviously allow everyone to see and collaborate on the same plan, making sure everyone is on the same page, but on top of this they also help clients to better visualise the end result, and to understand the thinking behind it.
This in turn means there are fewer misunderstandings, and therefore fewer delays, which always have a knock-on effect on other parties.
It also means everyone involved is in a better position to discuss plans and identify any potential issues early on. Design
flaws identified late on in a project are
notoriously costly and will drastically lengthen the project, but with a 3D plan, you have the ability to walk through the actual size and space of the design,
allowing the designer to see if the designs conflict with other components – something that just isn’t possible with 2D
drawings alone. Other organisations involved can view and input from their own perspectives too.
In a world where Covid restrictions may make it difficult to meet in person, being able to do this digitally is especially important for building projects moving forward.
Regardless of the scale of the project, or the industry it’s in, 3D drawings are the future. Their benefits go beyond the practical, creating a superior end design that delivers an improved user experience, and also acts as an important communication tool along the way, reducing time, costs and mistakes.
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