The Story: 

The project scope (image above) was over 250,000 SF with 396 Keys located in 3 different connected buildings. Each of which had a variation of ‘typical’ guest room layout. 

The initial project hurdle – the intent was to have the 3D Scanning team visit the facility to document room types, and convert that data into a function Revit model for the Interior Design group to use in development of the FF&E and Interior Architecture renovation. With the occupancy rate, it made it increasingly difficult for the team to access the rooms and complete scans. Additionally – the Revit part of that work was well behind, and deadlines weren’t moving. 

The project landed on my desk to get it back on track. 

I dug in with the same stack of PDFs and AutoCAD backgrounds that the scanning team had set up and started in. Instead of relying on point clouds, I progressed as rapidly as possible toward getting as-builts completed for the facility. 

I quickly re-built the main hotel building, and 2 guest towers for population.  

The struggles were compounded. It was realized that the existing guest room matrix couldn’t be 100% confirmed. Even the hotel database that was used for assigning guest rooms was installed incorrectly. There was no accurate depiction of what room type was what, up to and including the bathroom type. 

For the design process – it represents a bit of an issue if you can’t provide accurate information to those bidding the project for bathroom remodeling scope, FF&E replacement, room mix, accessible room coordination, etc. 

Especially when you multiply any one item 396 times. 

Coming from a mindset of drawing accuracy and BIM solutions – I offered a few out-of-the-box suggestions to improve project fidelity and tighten the scope & budget. 

1) Give the housekeeping staff a checklist. They’re in the rooms nearly daily as it is. Have them check off K, QQ, Tub, Shower, ACC. Basically crowd source it, right? 

2) I’m from Green Bay. I could crash on a sofa somewhere in town and field verify the project as I worked the Revit model. I could fill out the checklist. 

Neither was accepted as a viable solution for getting at the answers that I needed, so I marched along & developed an organization system, and drawing set that could be easily divided into building, room type, bath remodeling scope, and all of it tracked by accurate Revit scheduling.