In addition to property management solutions and services, ArchiDATA offers various services related to architecture and information technology. These services usually compliment or are part of larger mandates involving different expertise.

These services include but are not limited to the following:

Plan Scanning Management:
From the paper plan room to the Virtual Plan Room

ArchiDATA has developed an expertise in converting paper plan rooms into virtual plan rooms. In order to efficiently manage this transfer, our team will:

• Classify paper plans and identify plans that need to be scanned.
• Scan paper plans in TIF format to view plans without AutoCAD.
• Enter Title Block data in ArchiDATA Solution (title of drawing, scale, name of architect, etc.).
• Archive and classify scanned plans in the Virtual Plan Room.
• Incorporate .TIF files to «.DWG» drawings and convert them to scale in order to measure surface areas and be able to annotate the plan.

Clients that have used our Scanning Management Services have recognized the following advantages:

• Converting paper plans to electronic format to ensure its perpetuity
• Having online an inventory of paper plans and CAD plans: an overview of assets
• Reducing fees related to reproducing lost drawings
  Reducing fees related to copying plans
• Reducing time to search for plans thanks to a web-based solution

ArchiDATA has developed an expertise in space and equipment surveys for its clients. This service is usually offered following the implementation of the ArchiDATA Solution to add data in the system and view it on floor plans. In order for the client to be able to update the data daily basis, ArchiDATA will ensure that the client’s needs are well defined.

Here is a list of the type of equipment that ArchiDATA can survey:

• Door number
• Room number
• Occupation, usage, department, administrative units, services
• Security/Fire
• Mechanical/HVAC
• Telecom
• Locks
• Signage
• Finishes (ceiling, wall, floor, plinths)
• Office equipment
• Computers/IT (sockets)
• Electrical (network and sockets)
• Sprinklers
• Furniture

Clients that have used our Space and Equipment Surveying Services have recognized the following advantages:

• Having an online graphic inventory of equipment with its location on floor plans.
• Reducing professional fees when surveying by using ArchiDATA’s data entry methodology.
• Reducing professional fees during moving projects.
• Reducing time when searching equipment.
• Increasing performance in asset management.

Internal Audit/Assessment

ArchiDATA has gained extensive experience in internal audits of construction, planning and facility management groups of private and public organizations. According to the client’s needs and specifications, the mandate could include the following:

• Drafting of standardization manuals for architectural graphics and databases.
• Assessing a client’s needs by analyzing its documentation; surveying on site; holding round tables and individual and group interviews.
• Developing recommendations on internal processes.
• Analyzing the flow of information between information systems relating to property management.
  
  

Clients that have used our Internal Audit/Assessment Services have recognized the following advantages:

• Improved migration to the ArchiDATA Solution, as much on the technical side than on the human resources side.
• Reducing internal conflicts that are brought on by the integration of a new technology.
• Improving and standardizing of the property management’s work processes.
• Reducing redundancy in systems, tasks and data entry.

Surface Area Reports

ArchiDATA specializes in the preparation of surface area reports such as BOMA 96 and et 81 for the commercial real estate sector; CAN/CSA Z317.11-02 for the Canadian health care sector; and SILC and SILU for the education sector. In order to produce these reports, ArchiDATA will:

• Do the codification in plans of the surface areas of the establishments using the appropriate standards (BOMA-96 BOMA-80, CAN/CSA Z317.11-02, SILC or SILU).
• Validate on site, if needed, the conformity of the spatial structure of the establishments (list of buildings and floors) with pictures of each building.
• Validate with a laser, if needed, the surface areas of the buildings to ensure conformity of the surface areas of the establishment.
• Produce a report with detailed surface areas by floor and by building with a hyperlink to the floor plan in the ArchiDATA system.
  
  

Clients that have used our Surface Area Reports Services have recognized the following advantages:

• Reducing fees related to the re-measuring of an entire building.
• Improved validation of data with an interactive report linked to floor plans.
• Increasing budgets related to surface areas or reducing municipal taxes.
• Optimizing decision-making with better data.