I have shared this thought on a much lesser scale in the past. Owners, in my opinion, would benefit a great a deal from having these As Built problems figured out in some capacity rather than having dozens, possibly hundreds of “current” plans due to the renovations, small project upgrades, new additions, etc.
The reality to those of us in the VDC realm on the construction side, is that if owners aren’t asking for them, we’re not doing anything about it for free. The best we can do is present them with ideas to fix this issue.
On to my initial thought about commenting on this post: Netflix has allowed me and my wife recently to watch the show 24 without interruption of weeks in between. Every time a crisis happens somewhere within the US, they seem to have a schematic of design of almost any given building. ‘Amazing’ to say the least.
BUT, just in last night’s episode (wierd, right?) Kiefer was having to hold his breath, cut through a series of wall panels to get to a computer holding up their exhaust system to expel Nerve Gas. He got to said wall panel only to find safety bars preventing him from getting to save the day. They then find a “later” building upgrade on plans from a later date that would have told them, if they had a current plan at the ready.
My point is that the idea has been around for awhile, even in T.V. shows, but still has not been rectified. Maybe we should take a cue from those trying to save our country and come up with the end all solution to this problem.
Eric Widstrand
Walsh Construction
VDC Coordinator (Healthcare)
I have shared this thought on a much lesser scale in the past. Owners, in my opinion, would benefit a great a deal from having these As Built problems figured out in some capacity rather than having dozens, possibly hundreds of “current” plans due to the renovations, small project upgrades, new additions, etc.
The reality to those of us in the VDC realm on the construction side, is that if owners aren’t asking for them, we’re not doing anything about it for free. The best we can do is present them with ideas to fix this issue.
On to my initial thought about commenting on this post: Netflix has allowed me and my wife recently to watch the show 24 without interruption of weeks in between. Every time a crisis happens somewhere within the US, they seem to have a schematic of design of almost any given building. ‘Amazing’ to say the least.
BUT, just in last night’s episode (wierd, right?) Kiefer was having to hold his breath, cut through a series of wall panels to get to a computer holding up their exhaust system to expel Nerve Gas. He got to said wall panel only to find safety bars preventing him from getting to save the day. They then find a “later” building upgrade on plans from a later date that would have told them, if they had a current plan at the ready.
My point is that the idea has been around for awhile, even in T.V. shows, but still has not been rectified. Maybe we should take a cue from those trying to save our country and come up with the end all solution to this problem.
Eric Widstrand
Walsh Construction
VDC Coordinator (Healthcare)