Nebraska

Scan to BIM Marriot

Project Type

Renovation / Scan to BIM

Sector

Hotel Building

Project Area

80,000 sq. ft.

LOD

LOD 300

Year Completion

2021-22

Project Overview

The Marriott Hotel project required an accurate as-built digital model to support renovation planning, coordination, and long-term facility management. Since design drawings for existing hotel buildings are often outdated or incomplete, the client needed a reliable, current representation of the building’s actual conditions before any renovation work could begin.

MaRS BIM Solutions delivered end-to-end Scan to BIM services for the project. Our team collected point cloud data from laser scans of the hotel property, processed and cleaned the data to remove noise and align it accurately, and developed a detailed Building Information Model at LOD 300. The result is a dependable as-built model that gives the client’s design, renovation, and facility management teams a single accurate source of truth for the building.

Why This Project Needed BIM?

Accurate As-Built Documentation

Existing hotel drawings rarely reflect real-world conditions after years of operation and minor modifications. A Scan to BIM model captured the true as-built geometry of the property, giving the renovation team a dependable foundation to design from.

Renovation Planning Confidence

Renovation decisions — from layout changes to MEP upgrades — depend on knowing exact existing conditions. The LOD 300 model gave planners precise dimensions, clearances, and spatial relationships to plan changes with confidence.

Multi-Team Coordination

Renovation projects involve architects, contractors, and facility teams working together. A shared, accurate BIM model became the common reference point that kept every stakeholder aligned throughout planning and execution.

Facility Management Readiness

Beyond renovation, hotels need reliable building data for ongoing operations and maintenance. The as-built BIM model gives the facility management team an accurate digital record to reference well after construction is complete.

Minimizing On-Site Rework

Working from outdated drawings often leads to costly surprises during construction. A verified point cloud-based model reduced the risk of field conflicts and rework by capturing existing conditions with high accuracy.

Scope of Work

Laser Scanning Data Collection (Point Cloud)

Point Cloud Data Processing, Cleaning & Registration

LOD 300 Architectural BIM Modeling

As-Built Model Development

Renovation Planning Support

Facility Management Documentation Support

Visual Highlights

Scan

BIM

Key Challenges

Capturing Complex Existing Conditions

Hotel buildings include a mix of guest rooms, corridors, lobbies, and back-of-house spaces, each with unique geometry and finishes. Accurately capturing all of these areas through laser scanning required careful planning of scan locations and coverage.

Point Cloud Data Volume and Alignment

Laser scans generate large volumes of point cloud data that must be cleaned and precisely registered together. Ensuring every scan aligned correctly was essential to producing a model that truly reflected the building's actual dimensions.

Translating Scan Data into a Usable Model

Raw point cloud data has no inherent design intent. Converting this data into a structured, LOD 300 Building Information Model required careful interpretation of walls, floors, ceilings, and architectural elements from the scan.

Supporting Multiple End Uses

The model needed to serve more than one purpose — renovation design, project coordination, and ongoing facility management. Balancing the right level of detail to support all three uses without over- or under-modeling was a key consideration.

Our Project Execution Strategy

Comprehensive Laser Scanning

The hotel property was scanned using laser scanning equipment to capture accurate point cloud data across all relevant areas, ensuring complete coverage of existing conditions.

Point Cloud Cleanup and Registration

Collected scan data was processed to remove noise, artifacts, and outliers, then aligned and registered into a single unified point cloud representing the entire building accurately.

LOD 300 BIM Development

Using the processed point cloud as a reference, our team built a detailed Building Information Model at LOD 300, capturing walls, floors, ceilings, and key architectural elements with accurate dimensions.

As-Built Model Delivery

The final BIM model was delivered as a reliable as-built digital reference, ready to support renovation design, project coordination, and facility management workflows going forward.

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