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NorthShore University HealthSystem Medical Office Building, Round Lake, Illinois
Building Performance Tool
NorthShore University HealthSystem Medical Office Building, Round Lake, Illinois
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
Created by Brian Prignano
Creative, drone-enabled modeling put this ambitious project on track quickly.
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden is an unparalleled, immersive environment committed to conservation, education and the community. It’s been called the world’s greenest zoo, and it’s also America’s second oldest, dating to 1875. The new master plan, “More Home to Roam,” outlines not only new experiences and exhibits but also transforming existing buildings. The ambitious goal: Achieve net-zero energy, water and waste by 2025 when the project completes.
Our first job was to help the zoo, its donors and the community envision the projects’ intricacies. We used drones and other reality capture methods to safely laser scan key areas of the campus, then quickly transformed the scans into a virtual 3D campus BIM model.
The plan kicked off in fall 2018 with improvements to the Entry Village and a new, interactive kangaroo/wallaby exhibit called Roo Valley.
Not every project has the time or budget to fully scan existing conditions before construction. Neither does every project have exotic, wild animals roaming the site.
Along with using model-based estimating to determine capital fundraising necessary to get Roo Valley underway, we’re also using it to vet both constructability and effect on costs estimate as design progresses for the overall project.
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Building Performance Tool
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NorthShore University HealthSystem Medical Office Building, Round Lake, Illinois
Collaborative, Lean construction helps us do what matters most: maximize value for our customers.
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