Our AE 510 project will be part of
the senior design project, which it is the Renovation of Alumni Engineering
Labs (AEL). The building was built in 1950 as part of an extension project to
Drexel University’s Main Building Complex. The adjacent building is located on
3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA. This project will consist of renovating
the AEL in terms of its architectural, mechanical, and structural systems. The
renovation will improve the circulation throughout the building and provide a
better distribution of spaces, independent for each engineering department. The
building’s aesthetics will also be renovated to give the building a modern
look. With regard to the dated mechanical system, the renovation will provide
better HVAC efficiency. In order to do so, the current system will be enhanced
with modern equipment, and additional equipment will be placed where needed.
Furthermore, the insulation will be improved and the building envelope will be
upgraded. With regards to the structural system, the building will be expanded
vertically by adding two new floors, allowing for the desired additional square
footage.
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| The Alumni Engineering Labs (AEL) |
My partner Mohammed Alqallaf and I
will create a 3-D Revit model and redesign most what the building elements as a
part of the renovation process in addition of two new floors. The renovations workflow
will follow the process of:
1-
Capture
data from existing building model
2-
Create
and process the 3D Revit Model
3-
Develop
the Model and analyze
We have already started transforming
all AutoCAD documents into Revit as 2-D plans and that was quite challenging as
we cannot import plans directly from AutoCAD to Revit. Of course, as beginners,
and to be more familiar with Revit features, we have to watch tutorials and
learn more. We also believe that the ability to create a complete BIM model and
the use of this to help to analyze the costs and develop as schedule of the
building construction process. However, with all of these challenges, we
are so excited to and looking forward to see how is the final model will look.
Comments:
Danielle
Comments:
Danielle
Faisal,
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like an exciting senior design project! What are the majors of your other group members? As this renovation involves architectural, structural, and mechanical systems, I hope that you are working on an interdisciplinary team. Including both Civil and Mechanical engineering students in your team is most efficient way to complete your model renderings of the renovation.
On a side note, I agree that tutorials are a brilliant way to learn a technology-related task. Personally, when I was learning Microstation at my last co-op, I would search both the Bentley help forum and Youtube for tutorials to walk me through my problem.
~Danielle