Dimensional Design Systems, Education Facilities
Higher education facilities bring new innovative minds into our communities. With the continual expansion and refinement of the education world, educational facilities need to maintain a high-grade of progressive evolution to help nurture future student bodies. Though, to maintain a schools legacy while innovating on its infrastructure takes diligent planning which is where our team of designers step-in. BIM design and BIM coordination are crucial for renovations and new builds in the world of higher education. Our team have conducted many collaborative projects with universities like Princeton, Stockton, NJIT, and more to provide high-quality BIM designs ensuring seamless project life-cycles. Cycle through our educational facilities projects to gain more insight on our endeavours to help the educational world.
Building Renovation, Princeton Scully Hall
4.11.2024
Princeton's Scully Hall is and has been the home for many students on campus housing 202 individual rooms varying from singles, quads. Recently , the dormitory, has under gone some needed updates in regard to it's mechanical piping and necessary amenities all together. Dimensional Design Systems MEP designers were brought onto the renovation project to design and update the mechanical wet systems.
New Construction, Princeton SEAS Building
1.8.2024
Princeton's latest addition to it's vast campus includes a new Bioengineering, Chemical and Biological building or BioE for short. This new building includes spaces for students to study, learn and conduct bioengineering with state-of-the-art lab spaces. Our electrical BIM design team was brought into the BIM design phase to help aid in designing all low-voltage systems. Systems such as audio/visual, telecom and fire alarm were the primary points of coordination for our team.
Building Renovation, Princeton DeLeon Lab C101
6.22.2023
As electrical engineering continues to advance, places of practice and learning evolve with it. DeLeon Labs at Princeton University's E-Quad is an existing electrical engineering space being out fitted with new equipment, workstations and a refrigeration lab space. Dimensional Design Systems was tasked with leading the BIM coordination and electrical BIM design for the existing space. Accompanying our efforts during this project, our 3D scanning team also captured the existing conditions to be be referenced during coordination as the building space surrounding the lab is still in use during Princeton's 2023 fall semester.
Building Renovation, Villanova Vasey Hall
5.15.2023
With renovations underway at Villanova's College of Professional Studies, Vasey Hall is being provided with a new central air system, mechanical wet piping as well as updated electrical systems. Our team of designers were tasked with 3D scanning the existing conditions in the upper levels of the building and attic. With a scan of the existing conditions, H.V.A.C. Services will be able to effectively design their new mechanical systems and integrate them into the existing units seamlessly.
Building Renovation, Stevens Institute of Technology McLean Hall
1.16.2023
Housing most of Stevens Institute of Technology's chemistry and biomedical engineering labs, McLean Hall has gone under renovation in it's upper MEP space. Additional electrical, mechanical wet, and HVAC have been added to its foot-print with the inclusion of new facility equipment on the floors below.
Dimensional Design Systems worked closely with F&G Mechanical with the MEP planning for this project. Our team was sent to capture a 3D point cloud of the upper MEP level, as well as the lower and upper roofs. The capture of these locations allowed designers to know the precises location of existing roof units that depended on supplemental steel structures and enabled appropriate designs to be made when planning for new roof units installation.
Building Renovation, Princeton Prospect House and Garden Events Building
12.10.2022
Princeton's Prospect House and Garden is undergoing interior renovations to help revitalise the commonly used space. Serving as a faculty space for professors and staff, the interior is been fitted with new floors, kitchens, common spaces and MEP's while maintaining its history. Massimino Building Corporation has task our designers at Dimensional Design Systems with scanning the interior of the building to help with BIM coordination as draw accurate dimensions for drafting purposes.
With historical buildings, it's extremely important to preserve the integrity of the structure without compromising its original formation. With a 3D point cloud scan, designers and drafters alike can visualise what is reality in their model space to help aid their designs.
Building Renovation, TM Pierce Elementary School
11.10.2022
Located in the suburbs of Philadelphia, TM Peirce Elementary has began renovations to completely overhaul the school. This renovation project is to include new classrooms as well as a new gymnasium and cafeteria that can also be utilized by the surrounding community. The project had began its planning process in early 2021, and Dimensional Design Systems was tasked with creating 3D electrical BIM designs for the new building. The coordination for this project has come to a close and construction is well on its way toward completion during 2023.
Exterior Restoration, University of Pennsylvania College Hall
9.15.2022
The University of Pennsylvania had recently renovated the exterior of College Hall in an effort to restore the masonry work that constructs the outer shell of the building. Though only a portion of the building was completed, the eastern side specifically. With renovations underway for the remainder of the buildings, our team at DDS was hired to take a 3D point cloud scan of its exterior. The 3D scan would serve as an accurate representation of College Hall digitally, helping with planning each stone that make the buildings facade. Referencing the scan, our designers are able to help determine accurate measurements and compare them to the architectural model provided to find any and all inconsistencies.
This project has began is construction in later 2022, and is planned to be completed sometime during the year of 2023.
Facility Expansion, Campus Co-generation Plant
6.6.2021
At the beginning of 2021, Princeton university began planning the launch for an expansive campus building program. The primary goal of this expansion is to implement new forms of clean energy production and a multitude of facilities to elevate the learning experience of Princeton University. The West Cogeneration Plant is a geo-exchange facility used by Princeton University for clean energy which provides electricity to campus through thermal conduction.
Our teams roll during the planning phases of this undertaking include creating architectural BIM designs, electrical BIM models and providing scan to BIM services. Engineers here at Dimensional Design Systems are still currently a part of the coordination process of this build as the project time-line predicts construction to come to a close in 2023.
Building Renovation, Public Relations and Internal Affairs School
12.19.2018
Robertson Hall or Woodrow Wilson School of Public Relations and International Affairs, underwent a redesign and renovation construction in early 2018. The historic building, originally built in 1965, wasn't able to provide the modern environment for a 21st century staff and student body. Renovations were explicitly focused on the inside of the building, keeping it's architectural uniqueness intact. Roughly 48,000 square-feet of the interior have been remodeled and reopened in the fall of 2020.
Engineers here at Dimensional Design systems were responsible for creating control layouts and BIM models for the buildings new equipment. Our team of designers worked closely with Princeton University and in collaboration with other trade designs to ensure a smooth project life-cycle.
New Construction, Engineering Building
1.18.2017
The 110,000 square-foot facility that provides Rutgers University with state-of-the-art teaching suites, laboratories, high-bay testing, rapid prototyping and fabrication opened it's doors to students and educators alike providing a learning experience like no other. The Richard Weeks Hall of Engineering became a staple in the engineering education world for being recognized as part of the nation's top engineering schools. Once Rutgers University saw the needed investment in the engineering field, the universities eyes were set on creating an environment for students and professions to collaborate and innovate.
Our team of engineers were imperative for ensuring this project remained on track for its completion by providing high-quality BIM designs and modeling. Not only did our team fulfill all BIM design needs but Dimensional Design System engineers worked in collaboration with other trade designers creating the best execution model for an effortless planning phase.
New Construction, Life Sciences and Engineering Building
6.17.2016
In late 2017, the grand opening for NJIT's new Life Sciences & Engineering building was held, opening the doors to the institution's newest facility to staff and students. The four story facility with around 20,000 square-feet of laboratories, conference areas, IT infrastructure and state-of-the-art scientific instrumentation, has set a new pace for medical engineering and the life sciences.
This project was a multi-phased endeavour where our team was responsible for holding all coordination meetings as well as designing all electrical BIM models. With coordination meetings, our team was able to review the arch model until the final design ensuring there were no mistakes to be found and planned effectively to the changing needs of this large construction project.