Two of Iowa’s correctional facilities were built in the 19th century. While they had undergone several upgrades over the years, many were not up to present code standards.
Correctional facilities are like small communities containing housing, food services, warehousing, medical clinic, armory, laundry, and more. Each requires highly specialized design knowledge. Department officials coordinate with the many different teams involved and provide overall direction for projects.
While the Iowa DOC knew that building information modeling could help them provide more information to the project stakeholders as well as streamline handoff to the facilities management team, they needed to understand how BIM worked from an owner's perspective.
Read how IMAGINiT helped Iowa Department of Corrections move to a BIM process.
Correctional facilities are like small communities containing housing, food services, warehousing, medical clinic, armory, laundry, and more. Each requires highly specialized design knowledge. Department officials coordinate with the many different teams involved and provide overall direction for projects.
While the Iowa DOC knew that building information modeling could help them provide more information to the project stakeholders as well as streamline handoff to the facilities management team, they needed to understand how BIM worked from an owner's perspective.
Read how IMAGINiT helped Iowa Department of Corrections move to a BIM process.
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