From Complex Restaurant Services to a Coordinated, FM-Ready BIM Model: A Starbucks Case Study

Restaurant projects often involve a relatively compact footprint with a high concentration of building services. Mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire protection, architectural, and structural elements must fit within limited ceiling, wall, and service spaces while still meeting design and operational requirements.In this environment, a small coordination issue can affect multiple systems at once. If clashes or design discrepancies are discovered only during construction, resolving them may require field modifications, additional coordination, or rework. Accurate quantity information is equally important because project teams need dependable data for bid preparation, procurement, and budgeting.For Starbucks, the BIM workflow provided a coordinated digital representation of the project before execution. Clash detection helped identify conflicts between building systems, while model-based quantities supported BOQ development and bid estimation. The same structured model could then be developed into an as-built record, giving the client a more useful information base for future facility management.Because Excelize is supporting multiple Starbucks locations with similar footprints, establishing a consistent modeling and documentation workflow also creates a repeatable delivery approach that can be applied across projects.