Building Information Modeling - ISCI INOVA Schar Cancer Institute

The first phase of development on the former Exxon Mobil campus was the new Inova Schar Cancer Institute (ISCI), which is part of the Inova Center for Personalized Health. The project involved creative renovation of Building B, Tower 2 - one of the existing eight-story former office towers with an adjacent addition to house the new Proton Therapy center.
When Shapiro & Duncan was awarded the project, the existing building had been completely gutted and was ready for mechanical work to start. Our scope of work included mechanical systems and equipment on three levels of garage area plus nine levels of above grade space.
Our first challenge was completing the field coordination of the first three levels. While our Virtual Design and Coordination (VDC) team was getting started producing 3D coordination drawings, the field team went ahead and laid out pipe and duct work with the other trades on site and started the installation process. This is the way mechanical design and construction used to be coordinated in the pre-Building Information Modeling (BIM) days.
By the time construction was in place on the first three levels, the remaining floors were coordinated using our customary BIM process.
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