BIM model clashed with the steel beams, but the laser scanner caught it before we poured
On a tilt-up warehouse in Phoenix last month, our 3D model had the roof drains five inches off from reality, and after scanning the actual framing with a Leica BLK360, we found the clash with the steel beams and reworked the penetrations in half a day, has anyone else run into this kind of gap between revit and field conditions?
Used to figure the model was good enough and we would fix stuff in the field, but scanning before a pour has saved me way more money than it costs. Five inches off on a drain is nothing until you are cutting a hole in a pan deck and hitting a beam, and then it is a very bad day. Catching it in half a day beats the heck out of tearing out concrete.