Scan to BIM for Large-Scale Renovation Projects: Risk, Phasing, and Scale
For owners, GCs, and facility teams planning a multi-building, multi-phase, or occupied-building renovation program in the US. Key Takeaway: A single-building renovation can usually absorb a bad assumption about existing conditions. A large-scale, multi-phase, or portfolio-wide renovation cannot, because the same undocumented condition repeats across dozens of buildings or floors, multiplying a small error into […]
What Are As-Built Drawings? A Field-Verification Guide for U.S. Subcontractors
2.7 million of the roughly 5.9 million commercial buildings in the U.S., about 46%, were built before 1980, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s 2018 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey, its most recent edition with building data. Every renovation, tenant fit-out, or MEPF retrofit in those buildings starts with the same question for a […]
BIM for Renovation and Adaptive Reuse: A Guide for U.S. Architects
By Shreekant Dhopte, Chief Operating Officer, Excelize. Last updated October 2026. 45% of U.S. architecture firm billings in 2023 came from renovations, rehabilitations, retrofits, additions to existing structures, or historic preservation, according to the AIA Firm Survey Report 2024. Nearly half the profession’s work starts with a building that already exists, and often with a […]
5 considerations to ensure the success of your renovation & refurbishment project
Renovating or refurbishing a building or facility is often far more tedious than constructing a new one. Unlike a new construction where the required changes can be easily made in the plan, renovating or refurbishing has its limitations. The renovation and refurbishment projects involve unique risks for contractors and builders alike. The challenge often is […]
Significance of As-built model for facility management | Excelize
How important is the availability of the As-built model for facility management? TRADITIONAL WAY OF FACILITY MANAGEMENT In the traditional method, the facility management team gets a set of documents including as-built drawings, 2D plans, specifications, manuals, and perhaps a 3D building model at completion for facility operation and maintenance. But, many times, the documents are […]
Scan to BIM Services: Process, Accuracy Standards, and Benefits
For architects, facility owners, and general contractors evaluating Scan to BIM for a renovation, retrofit, or existing-conditions documentation project. Key Takeaway: Original drawings for older buildings are almost never accurate once you account for decades of undocumented changes, and designing a renovation against them is a documented source of rework. Scan to BIM replaces guesswork […]