Page 25 - Q2 2021 Rosendin Corporate Newsletter

BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING

Jan 26, 2021 Aug 4, 2020

Ready for Deployment

By Jad Chalhoub, PhD
BIM Technology Implementation Lead

he BIM Innovation Group (BIG) is a dedicated
group within the Building Information Modeling
T (BIM) department at Rosendin. The BIG seeks
solutions through internal development and strategic
partnerships to enhance the company’s operations.
One of its latest partnerships is with OpenSpace, a

company that developed a solution for job site photo
documentation capture and archiving. The OpenSpace screenshot above shows a
project in the same location on different dates
so you can see progress, equipment placement
and much more.

OpenSpace is walk using a smartphone or via the web portal, the
reality capture ability to upload a coordinated BIM to compare what’s The map shows both the path walked
software that constructed to what was visually planned, and integrate within the floorplan as well as the exact
automatically links with other third-party software, such as Revizto. Future location of the images shown.
360-degree photos to tools will also enable smart image recognition and
the site’s floor plans using machine learning to support material quantification
Artificial Intelligence (AI). A user and advanced image-based search.
attaches a 360-degree camera to their
hardhat and walks the construction site while the camera The first OpenSpace pilot was initiated one year ago Some observed benefits across currently active projects include:
automatically records and spatially tags images. Through on a project site around San Jose, CA. In the first few
a web portal, the user can see the path walked and pan weeks, the project team found numerous benefits
around any point captured within the job site. After to using OpenSpace, which led them to increase the Historical Access Automated Reports
completing several field walks, the user can also initiate capture frequency from twice weekly to daily. Building By having a recurring capture of the project, the teams One important feature that OpenSpace offers is the ability
side-by-side comparisons in the same place across on that success, OpenSpace was piloted on three more could go back in time to determine when a specific task for users to generate automatic reports. Each report page
different dates, effectively documenting a photographic project sites and, since the beginning of 2021, has been was started or completed, have detailed access to hidden includes an image, a location with orientation on the
proof of work. introduced into operation on seven more projects. elements (in-wall or underground), and better information floorplan, the date when the image was taken, and the
Moving forward, Rosendin has the ability to expand
Additional features in the software include the ability the usage of OpenSpace to every current active project in case of dispute with other stakeholders on the job site. date the report was generated. These automatic reports
Furthermore, by increasing the frequency of the captures,
are helpful to communicate with the General Contractor
to add field notes to the captures, either during the through an enterprise agreement.
project teams could get an even more detailed account of and other stakeholders. These reports could also support
events on the project. daily tasks, such as creating status reports or estimating
How It Works installed quantities.
Remote Access
Fully Operational
Job site access by non-essential personnel is challenging
and has become even more difficult due to the COVID-19 OpenSpace is now fully vetted out and operational across
pandemic. As we are all getting back to how the world the entirety of Rosendin. The BIM Innovation Group is
operated pre-pandemic, OpenSpace allows anyone with ready to support and train any project teams interested in
access to view the job’s current state and get detailed using OpenSpace on their projects.
views of specific areas. In turn, this increases collaboration
Capture and document Images automatically Simple interactive For more information or to start implementing OpenSpace,
your project in minutes mapped to plans viewing and AI tools between the different Rosendin teams working throughout
the U.S., be it from home or offices across the country. please contact bimsupport@rosendin.com.

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OpenSpace BIM Viewer allows you to see 360 photo captures side-by-side against 3D BIM models.

OpenSpace has afforded our teams the opportunity to coordinate through spatial walk-
throughs on demand, and even to coordinate with other sites for the same customer to
compare installation methods.

Additionally, our out-of-town owners have appreciated the visibility to review, in a
walkthrough format, progress photos between trips to the site. We have just scratched the
surface of the tools and opportunities that OpenSpace offers, such as tracking equipment
and BIM integration, but already this tool has improved our operation.
Chad Constance
Project Executive, Rosendin

Ready to use OpenSpace on your next project?
Email BimSupport@rosendin.com to get started today.