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Industrial · Nevada, United States
A digital twin for a Nevada water reclamation plant, built from laser scan data
A water utility operating a wastewater treatment and recycling facility needed an accurate digital model of the plant to support long term facility management, but no reliable as built record of the structure or the mechanical systems existed.
Project facts
Scope, software and timeline at a glanceLocationNevada, United States
SectorWater and wastewater treatment
ScopeStructural and mechanical scan to BIM
Level of developmentLOD 300
SoftwareAutodesk ReCap Pro, Revit
Building typeWater reclamation and recycling facility
Systems capturedStructure and process mechanical
Delivery time8 weeks
Project overview
An as built record for a plant that had never had one
A water utility operating a wastewater treatment and recycling facility needed an accurate digital model of the plant to support long term facility management, but no reliable as built record of the structure or the mechanical systems existed.
We registered the laser scan data in ReCap Pro, then modeled the structural frame and the process mechanical systems, tanks, piping and equipment, directly against the point cloud in Revit, producing a single coordinated model the plant facility team could use as an ongoing digital twin rather than a one time drawing set.
The scope covered the treatment structure and its major mechanical process lines, giving the utility one verified reference model instead of decades of incomplete paper drawings and change memos.
This project was delivered through our plant and industrial scan to BIM service, built toward a digital twin for ongoing facility use. See more industrial work on our industry page.
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Input
Output
Key outcomes
Grant evidence accepted without a single query
Grant evidence accepted
Documentation approved without a single query from the funding body
11 weeks delivery
From first scan to the final measured drawing set
Business impact
Grant approved without a single funding body query
The grant funding body approved the repair application without a single follow up query, a rare outcome for a submission of this complexity, credited largely to the clarity of the measured survey and condition evidence supplied alongside it.
Grant approved without a funding body query
Repair sequencing prioritised using the condition survey
Permanent digital record created for future conservation work
“The deformation survey gave our conservation architect evidence nobody has had for this building before. It changed how the repair was specified.”
AWRev. A. WhitfieldParish Council, Heritage Committee
Inputs and deliverables
What we received and what we handed back
A clear record of the data that came in and the files that went out.
Project inputs
- Registered ReCap Pro point cloud covering the treatment structure and process areas
- Fragmented as built drawings spanning several plant expansion phases
- Utility asset tagging and equipment naming convention
- Site access coordinated around live treatment operations
Deliverables
- Structural and mechanical Revit model at LOD 300
- Digital twin ready model structured for the utility facility management system
- Equipment schedule matched to utility asset tags
- IFC export for non Autodesk facility tools
- As built record replacing the fragmented legacy drawing set
Key outcomes
A single coordinated model spanning structure and process
LOD 300 structure and mechanical
Delivered as one coordinated Revit model, not separate discipline files
8 weeks delivery
From registered point cloud to a facility management ready digital twin
Decades of drawings replaced
One verified reference model now used by the plant facility team
Business impact
One verified model replacing decades of incomplete drawings
The utility facility team now works from a single verified digital twin instead of piecing together decades of incomplete, conflicting drawings, cutting the time spent locating equipment and planning maintenance work across the plant.
Decades of fragmented drawings replaced with one verified model
Maintenance planning time cut by working from a single digital twin
Model structured for direct use in the utility facility management system
“We finally have one model that matches what is actually built, not what was drawn thirty years ago.”
RAR. AlvarezFacilities Engineer, Water Utility
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