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Case StudyLearn how Mace realized a direct benefit of £10,375 plus additional quality, legal, and health & safety benefits with HoloBuilder.

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Case Study

TheJohnLewis,Cheltenhamprojectinvolvedmanysitephotosfordifferentreasons:documentingsiteconditions,communicatingprogress,issueidentificationandforclarificationpurposestonameafew.Thechallengeisbeingabletocapturesufficientinformationandalsodocumenting,managingandlocatingimages.WiththeHoloBuildersolution,wefoundaneasytousetooltosolveallthechallengespresented.

Benefits

Overview

• Financial:£10,375intime-saving,plusadditionalfinancialbenefitsrealisedinend-of-projectvaluationsandretrospectiveverificationofwork-in-place.

• Time:5hourssavedperweek(165hoursprojecttotal)–reducedtraveltositeforthedesignteam,reducedtimetolocateimages,reducedtimetoagreeonvaluations/finalaccount.

• Quality:Vastlyimprovedsupplychaininputintoconstructedworksimprovingquality,vastlyimprovedprojectteaminputawayfromthesite.

• Health & Safety:Reducednumberofsitevisitsreducedthechanceofinjuriesoccurring.

• Legal:Easilyaccessible,gaplessdocumentationincaseoffuturelegaldisputes.

• Other:Organisedrecordforfuturereviewifrequired(duringdefectsperiod).

Fig. 1: Screenshot of the HoloBuilder Web Editor – Showing a SplitScreen comparison of photos taken 2 months apart.

Forproperdocumentationofsiteconditions,communicationofprogress,issueidentificationandforclarificationpurposesandnumerousotherreasons,manysitephotoshadtobetakenattheJohnLewisCheltenhamproject.Thechallengeisbeingabletocapturesufficientinformationandalsodocumenting,managingandlocatingimagesforcurrentandfutureuse.

Key Challenges

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Takingtraditionalphotosofthecorrectsubjectsisnoteasy,youneedtoknowwhatwillcauseissuesbeforehand.360° imagessolvethis issue.Evenwhentheyshowthecorrectsubject, traditionalphotosoftenremain inthecamera,arelostasteammembersleavetheproject,orbecomedisorganisedinfile-systemphotofolders,withoutanylinkorrelationtotheactuallocationon-sitewheretheyhavebeentaken.

With our traditional documentation method of using traditional 2D images andmanaging them in folderstructures,it took our team in the field 5 hours to capture and 5 additional hours to manage all the data perweek.Thisisatotalof330hoursoverthedurationoftheprojecttime,resultingin£24,750fortheproject.Theresultingimageswerethenstoredinadeepfolderstructurethatwasneithereasilyaccessiblenorintuitivetonavigate,makingithardforstakeholderstoknowwhatisgoingon.

Fig. 2: Screenshot - The traditional progress photo structure within Windows

WiththeuseofaRicohThetaVcamera,an iPad and the HoloBuilder solution,theJohnLewisprojectteamhasreducedphoto documentation time by 50%whilealsogainingavaluabledeliverablethat’s shared with the owner, architect and other project stakeholders. Eventhough not the entire client team wasable to attend the site on a regularbasis, providing them with the 360°HoloBuilder documentation of theprojectallowedustoalwayskeepthemuptodatenonetheless.

With the new documentation method of using HoloBuilder,ittookourteaminthefield5hourstocaptureand0hourstomanagethedataperweek.Thisisatotalof165hoursoverthedurationoftheprojecttime,resultingin£12,375fortheproject.Includingthecostofthesoftware,adirectbenefitof£10,375couldberealised.Usingstraightforwardmath,theprojectteamwasabletoproveaReturnofInvestment(ROI)ofmorethansixtimes(6x)thesoftwarecost,excludinganyadditionalbenefitsthatarehardertoquantifysuchasQuality,Legal,aswellasHealthandSafetybenefits.

Our Solution

Fig. 3: The Reality Capture core components: A Ricoh Theta 360° camera, connected to an iPad that can run the HoloBuilder JobWalk App and a laptop with the Web Editor and Enterprise Dashboard for project post-production and management.visibility).

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• Awellorganisedonlinebasedtooltoview360°photosatanytimeoftheday.

• Theabilitytosplit the screenandcomparephotostakenatdifferentprojectstagesside-by-side.

• Theabilitytoviewprogressremotely,atanytime,fromanywhere.

• Simpleusermanagementtoallowdifferentkindsofaccess.

• Theabilitytovalidateinstallationfromtheproject,designandclientteam.

• Acentralcatalogueofallphotostaken,organizedbylocationandtime,notlostwithingeneralphotofolders.

• An offlinehandoverfileofthe360°projecttobeabletoownandstorethedataforyearstocome.Allowseasyhandovertotheownerwhodoesnotneedasubscriptiontoviewthedata.

Outcomes

Fig. 4: Waypoints on the General Arrangements for photo locations in the HoloBuilder Web Editor (waypoint names can be turned off for improved visibility).

• The recommended camera is a RicohThetaV(approx.£400).

• Dedicateamobiledevice(iOSorAndroid)totheprocessofcapturinganduploadingphotoswiththeJobWalkApp.

• Establishthelocationsforphotosatanearlyprojectstage,e.g.byplacingLocationMarkersintheHoloBuilderWebEditorfortheteaminthefield(JobWalkPlanner),andsticktothoselocations.

• Dedicatea fewmembersof theteamtotakethephotos.Dependingonthesizeof thesite thecapturingprocesscantakebetween30minutesto2hours.

• MakeuseofHoloBuilder’sWebEditor“automaticfaceblur”function,which(whenactivated)blursoutallfacesinanimageaftercapturingandomitstheriskoffacesbeingvisibleintheimages.“Manualblur”alsoexistsifsomefacesarenotfullydetectedorotherareasneedtobeblurredout.

• Createwell-structuredcategoriesforyourimagesrightfromthestarttohaveclarityandbeabletousefilters,lateron,tosharespecificinformationfaster.

• AccessandmanageallprojectsfromHoloBuilder’sEnterpriseDashboard.

• Add the HoloBuilderPartnerCardtoyourBIM360ProjectHomeDashboard.TheHoloBuilderPartnerCardallowsfor360°viewsofthejobsitedirectlyontheBIM360ProjectHomeDashboard,whichisonlyoneofthefeaturesofHoloBuilder’sdeepintegrationwithAutodeskBIM360NextGen.

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Fig. 5: An overview of the simple and straightforward HoloBuilder documentation workflow.

Watch this video to see how Mace Construction uses HoloBuilder to compare documentation captured over time.