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Rendered Revit BIM of Manchester Central Library

Revit Surveys - BIM Case Studies

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Manchester Central Library

Early in 2010 Manchester City Council commissioned Ryder Architecture to rethink to layout of this iconic Grade II listed building. Their challenge was to deliver a solution which would satisfy the contemporary needs of the library service while respecting the original 1930s architecture. Ryder are long time advocates of Building Information Modelling and it had already decided that BIM was to be used by the whole design and construction team working on the refurbishment of the library. Ryder recognized that given the complexity of the building they would need an accurate Revit model of the existing structure as their starting point and asked Bury Associates to provide this for them.

Using high-end survey equipment and techniques specifically designed to collect the exact information needed for modelling, the accurate model was quickly produced by our in-house modelling team. The library contained some particularly complicated areas of detail, such as intersecting vaulted ceilings that followed the curve of the building, but our experienced team had little trouble in accurately surveying and modelling every arrangement that they encountered.

This project has been hailed as a great showcase for BIM and how it can be used not only in new build projects but even on very complicated refurbishments. Building Magazine have been following its progress and have published several articles on it. They recently named it as the ‘most BIM friendly project’ of 2011. We are proud that this successful BIM project was based on the Revit model we produced.

Section through the Revit model showing the complicated internal arrangement.

Surveying some of the vaulted ceiling arrangements. 3D data obtained by non-contact laser measurement which was used to create the model.