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CAD SERVICES

US-based, Professional CAD Services with over 40 years of experience

Standards Development

Standards ensure that all of your vendors and internal team members provide the most consistent drawing files that require less revisions and save you both time and money

Floorplan Creation & Updates

Getting floorplans into a CAD format (the foundation for most IWMS solutions) is step one for graphically interactive floorplans, but constant changes to layouts need to be maintained as well.

BOMA, IFMA, FICM, Custom Polylining

Getting your floorplans aligned to your measurement standards is imperative for accurate reporting.  Our team is well-versed in all of these methods and can deliver high quality drawings in a rapid turnaround environment.

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CAD STANDARDS

CAD Standards produce consistency, accuracy, and reliability in drawings

Your IWMS floorplans are the foundation for Space Management, Asset Location, Personnel Moves, Grant Funding and Reporting.  They ensure that the visual and the data is displayed in a consistent and meaningful manner.  But traditional CAD standards often miss many of the key ingredients for your selected IWMS system.

If your reporting numbers are off, it may be that your IWMS CAD Standards need to be reviewed or created.

By establishing a CAD standard, you can ensure accuracy and consistency across all of your floorplans regardless of who is performing the work.  Each IWMS solution also has a unique set of requirements that should be established within your IWMS CAD Standard as well.  And while they are both CAD Standards, IWMS Floorplan CAD Standards can have a completely different set of requirements that over-rule your traditional CAD Standards

Standards can be shared with your internal or external teams and can be used a requirements document for submittals and work verification.

Traditional CAD Standards

  • File Naming Conventions
  • Layer Conventions
  • Line Types & Colors
  • Text Styles and Heights
  • Block Libraries & Pallettes
  • Furniture Libraries & Pallettes
  • Revision Processes
  • File Size Restrictions
  • Coordinate Systems
  • + much more

IWMS CAD Standards

  • File Naming Conventions
  • File Size Restrictions
  • Level of Detail (LOD)
  • Furniture & Asset Blocks (2D / 3D)
  • Export Colors, Line Types, Styles, etc.
  • Revision Processes
  • Layer Standards (Areas, Tags, etc.)
  • Polylining Standards
  • BOMA / IFMA / FICM / Custom
  • + much more
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BOMA, IFMA, FICM & Other Standards

Floor Measurement Methodology

Determining the best Space Management methodology is an organization-wide decision.  In most cases, these decisions are made based upon Industry.  In some cases, these can be organizational preference based upon how your Real Estate is managed (Leased vs. Owned).  

BOMA

Building Owners and Managers Association

The most widely recognized Flooring and Space Measurement standard in the industry.   It is most widely used where organizations are maximizing Lease square footage or where chargebacks and accounting requirements dictate the measure of success.

BOMA is considered to be the primary Commercial Real Estate standard.

IFMA

International Facility Management Association

IFMA has adopted much of the BOMA standards, but they offer local chapters where you can learn from others in your industries.  While much of the IFMA standards now align with the BOMA standards, we often hear people refer to  paint to paint as their measurement preference when they use this standard.   
In those cases, organizations are looking to better understand physical area measurements for items such as amount of carpet or dropped ceiling tiles.

FICM

Postsecondary Education Facilities Inventory and Classification Manual

This standard has been adopted for quite some time amongst most higher education organizations and many K-12 as well.  

This standard focuses on usable space for occupants rather than maximizing gross area.

Determining the best Space Management methodology is an organization-wide decision.  In most cases, these decisions are made based upon Industry.  In some cases, these can be organizational preference based upon how your Real Estate is managed (Leased vs. Owned).  

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FLOORPLAN CREATION, UPDATES & REVISIONS

Preparing and Managing "As-Maintained" Drawings

Today's workplace undergoes constant change.  Whether it be furniture and partition layout modifications to adhere to Team structures or organizational restructuring, you may find it difficult to prepare and maintain accurate floorplans for your IWMS solution.

Our team of US-based CAD experts are well versed not only in preparing your plans for initial use, but also at ensuring your day-to-day changes are accurate.

This becomes critically important if you have personnel utilizing the floorplans to find Conference Rooms, Touchdown or Hoteling Spaces, Personnel or even Asset Locations.

Drawing Preparation

  • Adhesion to IWMS CAD Standards
  • Drawing Simplification for IWMS Performance Enhancement
  • Drawing consistency and legibility across entire Portfolio
  • Space Management Adhesion and accuracy
  • + much more

We work with all CAFM & IWMS solutions and play well with others (Software Vendors, Implementors, Internal Teams).  

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Drawing Maintenance

  • Conformity to Change Management and Chain of Custody Process
  • Drawing updates in a timely manner (in many cases, same-day service)
  • Drawing and Data Updates to your IWMS solution (Solution Access / License Required)
  • + much more

We work with all CAFM & IWMS solutions and play well with others (Software Vendors, Implementors, Internal Teams).  

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23 Birchwood Circle
Bedford NH 03110