Project Overview
A 60,000 SQFT respite and residential center in Sunrise, Florida required Architectural BIM and MEP BIM modeling support to bring the building design, residential spaces, community areas, entry zones, exterior elements, and building systems into a coordinated model environment.
- SectorCommunity / Residential Care Facility
- Services ProvidedArchitectural BIM Services | MEP BIM Modeling Services
- Software UsedAutodesk Revit | AutoCAD
- Project TypeRespite and residential center with community spaces, residential areas, activity zones, landscaped outdoor spaces, entry canopy, circulation areas, support rooms, façade elements, and coordinated MEP systems
- Approx. Project Area60,000 SQFT
- LODLOD 300
About Project
The project included residential care areas, respite spaces, activity zones, landscaped outdoor areas, circulation paths, support rooms, façade elements, and MEP service requirements. The BIM work focused on creating a reliable model that could support design review, documentation, coordination, and project understanding across architectural and MEP disciplines.
United-BIM developed the architectural and MEP models to help the project team review room layouts, exterior geometry, ceiling zones, system routing, equipment placement, and service coordination with better clarity.
Scope of Work
- Developed architectural BIM models using project drawings, elevations, render views, and design inputs.
- Modeled building geometry, walls, doors, windows, roof elements, entry canopy, façade features, and exterior massing.
- Created model views for residential areas, community spaces, circulation zones, activity areas, and support spaces.
- Prepared Revit model views to support documentation, coordination, and design review.
- Updated architectural and MEP model elements based on project comments and design revisions.
- Coordinated MEP model elements with architectural layouts, room planning, ceiling conditions, and building zones.
- Reviewed system routing around occupied spaces, common areas, support rooms, and circulation paths.
- Developed MEP BIM models for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and fire protection systems based on available project inputs.
- Modeled ceiling service zones, equipment locations, ductwork, piping routes, electrical pathways, and service clearances.
Project Challenges and United-BIM’s Approach
Organized the architectural model by residential areas, activity zones, support spaces, and circulation paths
Modeled the building envelope, canopy, openings, and exterior features with clean Revit geometry
Developed HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and fire protection model elements around the building’s functional zones
Reviewed ductwork, piping, electrical pathways, and ceiling-space conditions against room layouts
Prepared coordinated model views for building layout, exterior geometry, MEP routing, and documentation support
Key Deliverables
- Architectural BIM model
- MEP BIM model
- Building envelope model
- Entry canopy and façade model elements
- Residential area model views
- Community space model views
- HVAC routing model
- Plumbing routing model
- Electrical pathway model
- Fire protection model inputs
- Ceiling-space coordination views
- Updated Revit model files
- Documentation support views
Project Outcome
The architectural and MEP BIM models gave the project team a clearer way to review the respite and residential center as one coordinated building environment. Room layouts, circulation areas, exterior features, ceiling zones, and MEP systems could be studied together instead of being reviewed through disconnected drawings.
The model improved design visibility, supported coordination between architecture and building systems, and helped the team review functional spaces, service routing, and documentation requirements with better control.
“The model made the facility easier to review across both architecture and MEP. Residential areas, activity spaces, exterior elements, and system routing were clearer in one coordinated environment, which helped the team make better design and documentation decisions.”
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