Phased permit sets

[Anonymous]

Is there a Graphisoft recommendation for how to manage a phased model? The first phase is "foundation only" and the second phase is "shell". The revision drawings for the first phase will be occurring while the second phase design development drawings are being worked on. What is the best way to coordinate all information and exit the process with a "complete" model?

[gpowless]

Ted wrote:
(gpowless) So (with ArchiCAD) would you then draw two separate tenant infills, occurring simultaneously in the same building, in two separate models? And therefore never have one model that shows everything within the building? Or would you charge one client for drawing the information twice?

Certainly how one handles tenant improvements may vary. But I wold have completed the base building first and added tenant improvements after. If the owner was also a tenant he would be charged for the base building and the improvements under one job. Subsequent tenants would be charged separately for each finish.

[Mark Wallace]

I do ‘phased’ projects similar to jclewis’s method and Tenant Fitouts like gppowless too.

Over the years, I’ve found the modeling process ‘evolutionary’ as the design is developed. The single model existing in time as the master-design doesn't quite work as advertised. A single model reference in the form of documents for the Owner or Contractor maybe, but the Architect & Consultants would see their own design of that model differently.

Design & documenting projects w/ArchiCAD usually results in a series of models as the process unfolds or the design program dictates. ArchiCAD can handle this approach in so many different ways which is probably why GS stopped publishing ‘how-to ‘s as while ago.

Archiving or saving the project-model at specific points in the design process has been SOP, even before computers & CAD. If the design changes, retrieving a file is easier than re-modeling the project from scratch – even with ‘cutting & pasting.’

I use ‘find and select’ a lot on Tenant Fitouts to make the construction elements that are previously constructed look like ‘existing walls.’ That and layer management are key to managing involved designs. I’ve had projects were the Owner was marketing the same space to several tenants at once!

The real key is keeping your project-model files viable as the upgrades come along, but that's another topic.

Hope this helps…..
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[gpowless]

Of course this is where Modules shine. Being able to modify a tenant space without affecting the master model makes perfect sense.