The power of advanced visualization tools is transforming how we understand and communicate when working together on workplace projects. I’ve been privileged to be a part of a team which has achieved some groundbreaking techniques that are redefining the standards of project visualization not just for initial design but for every phase of workplace projects from inception to final delivery.

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐈𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: Traditional methods of project representation often fall short in several key ways:

• Flat and disassembled images like traditional CAD require people to try to ‘model in their heads’, and re-imagine the integrated whole. Everyone struggles with this and does so with a different understanding from one another.
• Stakeholders and project teams can’t see the integrated whole and how it works together.
• Traditional methods don’t harness the power of data and insights derived from 3D models.

With enhanced 3D visualization tools, we create more intuitive and interactive models. This leap in technology not only boosts our understanding of projects but also significantly improves stakeholder communication. It is applied to strategy, sustainability, space planning, budgeting, scope definition, tendering, site management and sequencing, mockups and just about every aspect, all in clear easy to see virtual reality.

𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬:

1. 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲: Complex data is transformed into clear, comprehensible visuals.
2. 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: Interactive elements keep stakeholders engaged and informed with immersive virtual environments where anything can be seen from any point of view.
3. 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲:  Real-time updates offer a current view of project progress including the imbedded quantities linked to cost data.
4. 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤: we essentially build the project twice; once in virtual reality and once in reality, allowing for a working out of sequencing and best ways to build with cost and time savings.

𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭: These tools also foster collaboration, making it easier for teams to work together, irrespective of their physical location in real time.

Having been closely involved in the past ten years of the evolution of these tools, I’m excited about the potential advancements that technologies such as AI will bring. 

We are already working with basic forms of digital twins to bring clients virtually to the project site remotely and the use of digital twins is set to become far more useful and prevalent. 

If you want to know more about the benefits these tools bring to workplace project ideation and delivery please let me know.