North Kansas City Hospital

Preparing for a potential power outage is critical for all hospitals and health care facilities. When the regular electrical grid fails, hospitals rely on emergency generators to provide critical power for patient care systems. Eventually, these back-up generators need to be updated or replaced. Given that power outages can happen suddenly and without warning, the replacement process must be carefully planned to avoid putting the hospital at risk of a catastrophic power failure.

Rogue Visual Design's rapid LiDAR scanning and CAD modeling process is significantly more efficient, more accurate, and less expensive than traditional documentation methods for capturing as-built layouts. Our work at North Kansas City Hospital demonstrates how our LiDAR scanning process expedites the documentation and design process for electrical contractors working on time-sensitive projects.

In 2021, an electrical engineering and construction company hired Rogue Visual Design to scan four rooms that housed the hospital's three emergency generators, electrical panels, and equipment. Once the final registration of the scans was complete, our proficient BIM team aligned the scans to existing Revit Models supplied and created from PDF drawings by our client. Walls were adjusted to reflect the true as-built conditions. Additional components such as switchgear, conduit, cable tray, and generators documented in the scans were added to create the most complete and accurate picture of the generator equipment and rooms.

With the updated models provided by Rogue Visual Design, the electrical contractor had all the information needed to develop the effective design and procedures to complete the new generator improvements. Our clients were able to complete this project on a very tight schedule with no downtime for the power generating equipment.