McKinstry 

From consulting and construction to energy and facility services, McKinstry is building a better world, inside and out. From cutting waste on construction budgets to lowering long-term operating costs, they delivers solutions for the built environment. But, McKinstry faced a paper problem - how does a major operations and maintenance program digitize its operations to streamline their workflow and improve clearance times?

Unearth provided an integrated field platform for managing and uploading data, reducing on-site time by 60%. Using Unearth's OnePlace platform connected information silos and visualized operations on a map-based interface linked to high resolution images and other actionable data.

McKinstry Facilities Management

1- How is Unearth different from other field operations software?
Unearth is a Mobile GIS designed to manage physical assets, streamline operational workflows, and enhance field service. Unlike other field operations platforms, Unearth is centered around a map. Not only can field workers geotag data to existing assets, but all data is organized by location - viewable in a table, list, or map.

2- Is Unearth mobile friendly?
Yes, Unearth was built to work on any mobile phone or tablet.

3- Does it work on iOS and Android?
Yes, both. Unearth’s native Android and iOS applications help pinpoint GPS location in the field and are offline-ready for remote field work. That said, Unearth’s web application is available on any device if connectivity isn’t an issue.

4- Do I need specific hardware to access Unearth?
No, it works on any standard cell phone, laptop, or desktop computer. But if you’d like even more precise GPS, Unearth includes an integration with Trimble R2 data collectors.

5- Do I need a Wi-Fi connection?
Yes and no. While Unearth’s web application requires an internet connection, the Android and iOS applications offer an offline mode that enables data capture without WiFi. However, you will need an internet connection to upload that data to the cloud.

6- How do you store data?
All Unearth data is stored in the cloud on Amazon Web Services (AWS) servers.

7- How secure is my data?
Very. AWS provides a robust security infrastructure designed to increase privacy and control network access. Plus, Unearth is Soc 2 Type 2 compliant and provides multiple layers of security, including 256-bit TLS enforcement, end-to-end web-socket communication encryption, and authentication.

8- Is it possible to bulk video, CCTV, and photos?
Yes, all of the above. Unearth was built to manage large uploads of both photos and videos. In OnePlace, you can bulk upload critical infrastructure data and - once in the field - geotag multimedia to existing assets. What’s more, OnePlace ingests satellite, UAV, LiDAR imagery, precision GPS readings, and GIS data.

9- Storing videos takes a ton of storage. How do you handle that?
Unearth backs OnePlace’s intuitive data collection tools with unlimited cloud storage - so you can upload all the multimedia you need to communicate with precision and clarity in the field. With cloud servers, Unearth exponentially increases storage capacity.

10- Do you provide satellite imagery for the map?
Yes, Unearth sources satellite basemaps from Mapbox.

11- Can I share data from Unearth with stakeholders outside my department or organization?
Yes, Unearth offers view-only licenses, so stakeholders can visualize a project’s data directly in OnePlace without being able to modify any information. Moreover, you can produce robust documentation in minutes and export data into the file type of your choice—CSV, XLS, PDF, Shapefile, GeoJSON, KML.

12- I have a question I don't see answered here.
Explore full product documentation in the help center. Additionally, Unearth’s Customer Support team is always happy to answer questions - just reach out to support@unearthlabs.com.

Unearth Technologies

Historiska Hem

Developer for this project was Historiska Hem, and the location is Stockholm, Sweden. We used Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Render, and Photoshop to develop the renderings. 

Eclectic Apartment in Stockholm

3D modeling and rendering software for design visualization, games, and animation

3ds max

BEONE Studio is a young team of enthusiastic professionals who develop all types of 3D content with the main specialization on the creation of static renders, animations, and VR tours, meeting all modern requirements.


BE ONE Studio

Dragados

Sisks

Dragados Sisk JV (DSJV) is a joint venture between two global construction companies, engaged by Cross Rail to construct a tunnel from London Docklands to Farringdon and Pudding Mill Lane, to Stepney Green, in East London. Several off-the-shelf solutions were reviewed and found to be inadequate for DSJV’s requirements. After detailed analysis, features within the InfoFINIUM document management solution were identified as being invaluable to this project; a secure central data repository, an easily configurable business process workflow, web based accessibility, document version control and user friendly search engine; all meeting compliance and ISO accreditation standards. Read more at: https://thedatacompany.com/dragados-sisk-jv-dsjv/

Docklands and south-east London Crossrail tunnels

FINIUM is a low code intelligent data hub and rapid application development platform. Utilizing open-source components to provide acceleration of process automation and data projects, thus delivering results faster than traditional methods.

FINIUM

FRED Real Estate Developers

Olysis was used to study reducing the wind speeds around the boulevard and the alleyways between the buildings by determining the size and position of sculptures and art objects.  

Learn more at: https://fred-developers.nl/portfolio/kijkduin-bad-en/

Nieuw Kijkduin

Olysis makes every design more durable, more comfortable and of higher quality in a shorter time. Olysis is our super-fast engineering service in which we provide integral building physics advice. By using the very latest digital techniques, we can calculate all physics disciplines simultaneously on the basis of a 3D model.

If you use Olysis in your project, you can be sure that the performance, comfort and durability of your design will always be as optimal as possible. Olysis is a consultancy service that always strives to provide an answer to any question within 5-10 days for a fixed price, regardless of the number of calculations and disciplines.

Olysis

Leers Weinzapfel Associates

Modus Studio

Adohi Hall, which means “woods” in Cherokee, located at the University of Arkansas (U of A) is the first university housing and mixed-use structure of its kind. Completed in 2019, the project is currently the largest cross-laminated timber (CLT) building in the United States.  

Read more about the project at: https://www.dlubal.com/en/downloads-and-information/references/customer-projects/001166  
http://www.modusstudio.com/projects/adohi-hall                   


Adohi Hall

The structural analysis program RFEM is the basis of a modular software system. The main program RFEM is used to define structures, materials, and loads for planar and spatial structural systems consisting of plates, walls, shells and members. The program also allows you to create combined structures as well as model solid and contact elements.

RFEM provides deformations, internal forces, stresses, support forces, and soil contact stresses. The corresponding add-on modules facilitate data input by automatic generation of structures and connections or can be used to perform further analyses and designs according to various standards.

RFEM by Dlubal Software

Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel

Another example of our use of BIM is in the creation of photorealistic visualizations where the Revit model was rendered in real time with Enscape. Read more about Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel projects and their use of AEC technologies at: https://www.aecbytes.com/profile/2020/FirmProfile-ACPV.html



Poste Italiane

With Enscape, BIM modeling and visualization are finally united. Unlike other renderers, you don’t have to stop design to create high-quality visuals. Quickly iterate and present concept studies to find the design strategy which responds best to the unique challenges of the project. 

Accessible rendering that requires no prior specialized knowledge to use. Simply click “start” to see and experience your designs like never before.

The two-way asset placement feature enables you to pick and place single or multiple assets into designs via the rendering window.

The new navigation mode enables you to explore panoramas further with markers that allow you to jump to various panorama views.

Enscape 3.2 - Dynamic Design. Vivid Visualization.

Enscape

Enscape™ is a real-time rendering and VR plugin that empowers design workflows by turning building models into immersive 3D experiences.

Autodesk Revit is a building information modeling (BIM) software used by architects, landscape architects, structural engineers, NEP engineers, designers, and contractors. 

Revit

 replus_bureau

Architects: replus_bureau
Programs: Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Render, Photoshop

Forest Cabin Concept 

WRNS Studio

An architecture and planning firm that provides sustainable design

For this project WRNS used Revit and Dynamo for Modeling, and Lumion for making Renderings. They picked those tools because they were very flexible and allowed for the development of design and production of working drawings in one platform. There is seamless file transfer between Lumion and Revit using Live Sync, and using Dynamo was the way for automation and making complex geometries in Revit.

400 Logue

Dynamo helps to automate repetitive tasks in Revit

Dynamo

Lumion is a powerful, easy, fun-to-use, effective architectural visualization tool that allows anyone to build a 3D environment and then create beautiful images, impressive video presentations, and live walkthroughs. It is the fastest way to pick up your 3D model and create a scene in a matter of minutes.

Lumion

Hardison/Downey

hardison/downey was predominately using Microsoft Excel for construction resource planning. Ultimately, Marin and her colleagues found its functionality was limited. The firm explored multiple options for a construction resource management tool, but found that some of the available programs were not intuitive and didn’t have basic tracking. Then they found Brigit Bench. “Bridgit Bench is easy to use and navigate. We are not waiting for one person to enter in the necessary information anymore.” 

Read more at: https://www.bridgitsolutions.com/case-study/forecast-construction-resource-planning-needs-easily

NAU SAS Building

Bridgit

Morteza Karimi

Case Study shows massing option developed with Rhinoceros visualized using viewport.xyz and shared with collaborators.

Massing Study

Rhinoceros 3D is a 3D computer graphics and computer-aided design application software developed by the American company Robert McNeel & Associates. Utilizing NURBS mathematical modeling to produce precise representations of free-form, curving surfaces, Rhino is used in industries such as architecture, industrial design, automotive design, product design, and multimedia and graphic design.

Rhino 3D

VIEWPORT is for viewing, converting and sharing 3D models without leaving your browser. 

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