LASERTECH has provided our laser-accurate as-builts on many office buildings throughout the US and Canada over the years. The scope of work has varied from basic floor-plans and lease area analysis, to fully-detailed as-builts which include electrical layouts and RCP. Most recently we completed a complete Revit 3D model of a 45,000 sq.ft.office in Los Angeles, CA (see Universal Plaza samples below). Regardless of size of structure, complexity, or scope, LASERTECH understands the challenges to be faced in documenting as-built conditions of these facilities, and has the experience and expertise to complete any office project in a most timely and cost efficient manner.
San Francisco recently signed into law an ordinance making retrofitting of thousands of seismically unsafe buildings mandatory. This ordinance applies to wood-frame buildings built before 1978, which are at least three stories tall and have at least five residential units. These apartments are unsafe because an earthquake shakes the bottom floor that supports the weight of […]
Here’s an interesting article outlining the challenges of creating a BIM model on an existing building, for renovations.
The Building Owners and Managers Association International (BOMA) recently released: Office Buildings: Standard Methods of Measurement and Calculating Rentable Area (2010) (“BOMA 2010”). This publication is the latest in a succession of BOMA Standards, which have been widely used for the measurement of the rentable area of office premises since 1915.
The new publication contains many revisions and additions to the previous BOMA standard of 1996: Standard Method for Measuring Floor Area in Office Buildings (“BOMA 1996”). We are about to give you a glimpse into what’s new