Business Case: In-Building Cellular Design

Problem:

A large, mixed use building wanted to improve the cellular network performance in their building.  They hired a cellular engineering company to design the new network(s), but they did not have usable floor plans, or a baseline analysis of current cellular performance.  The engineering company needed current plans, information about wall materials, as well as a complete cellular network analysis in order to effectively design a solution.  

Summary:

IndoorVu was able to simultaneously collect data for both the Cellular network and building model requirements. The deliverables included measurements from all 4 main US carriers, 360 imagery and custom floor plans designed to integrate into the network design tools used by the engineering company.  IndoorVu also provided updated floor plans and imagery to the building owner for use in their existing Facilities Management and Space Planning tools.    

Result:

The Engineering company was provided with three main datasets that saved them time and money during the design and construction process.  1) comprehensive data on the existing cellular network conditions needed to design a new optimal indoor network. 2) accurate and formatted floor plan data that could import directly into their design software, saving them significant time modeling it themselves. 3) 360 degree imagery for all parts of the building, both tenant space as well as technical closets and storage areas, saving them a number of site visits and allowing them to make an accurate construction plan remotely.  

The building owner benefited as well, with getting updated floor plans and imagery they used for other operational projects (ie: fire system upgrades, space planning and security enhancements).  

The time to deliver, completeness and flexibility of data provided by IndoorVu provided direct value and cost savings to the cellular network project, and indirect benefit and operational efficiency to the building owner. 

Business Case: Design and Construction Planning for Industrial

Problem:

A Industrial tenant leased an empty warehouse for their operations and needed digital models developed quickly to support their design and construction plans.  They operate warehouses all over the world and were looking for a solution to produce standardized data anywhere in the world.   

Summary:

IndoorVu was able to rapidly collect data in the warehouse with their camera.  Collection is fast (done in a matter of hours) with very little impact to the site.  From the Intelligent Imagery, IndoorVu created accurate geo-referenced 3D models, with annotated key points of interest (e.g. bathrooms, MEP assets, etc.) and delivered 360 degree imagery of all the spaces.  The data was provided as a Revit model and a geodatabase inside of IndoorVu’s web Portal. 

Result:

The building owner went from having little to no data about the building to having a full 3D model, visual 360 imagery and the ability to extract further detail throughout their design and construction process (column heights and tilt, concrete pad details, asset 3D locations, etc.). This allowed them to not only produce value for the design and construction teams, but also provided critical information to their Asset Management, Automation and Innovation teams without having to revisit the site. They also had confidence that the IndoorVu camera system could be quickly deployed anywhere in the world and capable of producing the standardized data for all their warehouse design/construction needs.  

Business Case: Asset Inventory in Retail / Industrial

Problem:

A large retail occupier needed to update and improve their asset management system.  They had basic floor plans for all their sites, but lacked detail about the assets within them (ie: fire systems, hvac, lighting, electrical, plumbing, utilities).  They needed a scalable solution that could work across hundreds of sites and produce consistent data.  They also wanted to remove a number of manual steps from their current process both in collecting asset data as well as importing it into their current Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system.   

Summary:

IndoorVu configured resources to collect data across hundreds of sites and multiple geographies.  IndoorVu teams spend less than a day in sites that are hundreds of thousands of square feet.  Then remotely can extract the precise 3 Dimensional information for all kinds of assets.  When the asset data is extracted from the imagery, it populates a pre-configured data model that matches the customers EAM system.  IndoorVu delivers all the data via the IndoorVu Portal, which visualizes all the assets, places them into the correct location on the floor plan and provides an editable interface to update and/or modify asset attributes. 

IV Portal. Floor Plans, Asset Details, 360 Imagery

Result:

The net result is that instead of taking months of expert’s time to visit each site and manually collect data in the field then again manually import that data into an EAM, the expert can now remotely access imagery for each site and extract the location and details of assets. The work gets done much faster and with less costs.  The retailer also has comprehensive imagery for all their sites and the ability to extract additional 3 Dimensional information about their buildings on an as needed basis.