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Project Snapshot
Parameter | Detail |
Client | Property Developer – Mixed-Use Commercial to Residential Conversion |
Sector | Real Estate / Facility Management |
Location | Manchester, United Kingdom |
Platform / Software | FARO Focus Scanner, FARO SCENE, ReCap Pro, Revit, Navisworks, AutoCAD,Autodesk Docs |
Standards | ISO 19650 (Parts 1, 2 & 3), UK BIM Framework, RIBA Stage 7 |
Service | Laser Scanning, As-Built BIM, COBie Data, FM Handover |
Key Outcome | Verified as-built AIM delivered – FM team operational from day one |
Problem Statement
A building’s operational value is only as reliable as the data handed over at completion. The developer received a design-stage BIM model with wall positions that didn’t match reality, MEP routes never updated to installed conditions, outdated door schedules, and no COBie data – leaving the FM team with no usable digital record to operate, maintain, or plan against.
Impact of Challenges
- FM operations blocked – No reliable data for maintenance planning, fire compartmentation verification, or space management.
- Tenant fit-out risk – Commercial tenants designing against outdated drawings, leading to on-site clashes and delays.
- Compliance exposure – Fire safety records and Building Safety Act documentation based on inaccurate model data.
- Repeated survey costs – Without a verified digital baseline, every future alteration would require a fresh survey.
Conserve Solutions - How We Solved It
a. Thinking (Strategy)
A traditional plan survey would produce 2D drawings that don’t feed back into the BIM model, don’t capture ceiling-level services, and still require a separate model update. We proposed a laser scanning-led approach – capturing the building in 3D and driving every deliverable directly from the point cloud data.
b. Execution (What We Built)
Deployed FARO Focus laser scanners across all four levels. Registered and cleaned scan data in FARO SCENE, processed through ReCap Pro. Systematically updated the Revit model against the point cloud – correcting wall positions, MEP routes, door schedules, room data, and ceiling heights. Compiled COBie spreadsheets (BS 1192-4) with verified asset data. Extracted as-built drawings (floor plans, RCPs, sections, elevations) in DWG and PDF.
c. Integration (Impact Layer)
Assembled the complete handover package to ISO 19650-3 requirements: verified AIM, COBie datasets formatted for direct CAFM import, O&M documentation links, and structured handover through the project’s Common Data Environment. All deliverables validated against the EIR before formal acceptance.
Before vs After
Metric | Before | After | Improvement |
Model Accuracy | Design-stage (RIBA 4) | Verified as-built | Scan-verified |
FM Usability | Not operational | Operational from day one | ↑ 100% |
COBie Data | Non-existent | Complete — CAFM-ready | Manual entry eliminated |
Survey Method | 2D plan survey | 3D laser scan + BIM | Full 3D coverage |
Future Alterations | Re-survey required each time | Point cloud baseline available | Repeat surveys eliminated |
Compliance Records | Based on outdated model | Verified against built conditions | BSA 2022 aligned |
Why Conserve Solutions
We don’t just execute – we think, build, and integrate. Where a standard provider would deliver a 2D plan survey and leave the BIM update to someone else, we deliver the complete digital chain: laser scanning to verified model to COBie data to ISO 19650-compliant handover. One process, one team, one accountable output that the FM team can trust from day one.
Client Outcome
“Our CAFM system was populated on day one. Maintenance schedules, asset locations, spatial data – all imported directly. That’s never happened on any of our previous handovers.”
– Development Manager, Manchester Mixed | Use Project
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