Increasing Accuracy Through Color | Miron Construction-Oce Workshop

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Miron Construction-Appleton WI hosted an Oce’ Graphics workshop last week titled; “Increasing Accuracy Through Color”

Increasing Accuracy Through Color | Miron Construction/Oce Workshop

The workshop demonstrated the value of printing more documentation in color throughout the complete design-build process.

Colored printing is another process-technology that complements the efficiencies of both the BIM & IPD processes for building design.

• “Color increases understanding and retention of printed material by an average of 65%”
• “Highlighting key information on printed material can reduce search time by as much as 80%”
• Color reduces errors – up to 80%

Source: USA Today, Wharton Business School, Case & Company Management Consultants; “Color for Impact”, Jan V. White; The Persuasive Properties of Color, Marketing Communications

• Color provides a better visual experience
• Color presents a more professional image
• One color sheet can do the job of multiple B&W sheets

Group exercise

• We reviewed two printed sets of floor plans (1st & 2nd floor).
• One was a blueline set and the other set was printed with more information using color.
• We were asked to count and provide a total number of sinks.
• We provided more accurate answers from the color copy vs the monochrome version.

Monochrome/half-tone printed with less information for clarity

Colored/half-tone printed with more information for clarity

As a group we shared how we were currently using color for specific tasks, using both digital and hard copy formats.

Here’s our short list of how attendees were already using color

• Coordinate trades: Differentiate disciplines: (HVAC, plumbing, structure) on plans & sections
• HVAC : supply & return ductworks, diffuser vs return vents
• Phasing: demolition, existing, new
• Wall assemblies: rated wall systems, wall heights (bottom of structure, half height)
• Electrical: using color to differentiate conduit sizes
• Piping: In floor vs ceiling, supply vs drains, hot vs cold supply
• Finishes-Materials: floors, ceilings
• Space Planning: departments, leased vs vacant
• Digital Plan Sets: PDF and DWF file formats, minimize printing, portable format
• Digital Plan Sets: Embedding shaded and rendered views in plan sets.

It was a great workshop!

Our thanks to Mr Peter Lawrence from OCE’  for providing us with a PDF copy of his ROI-based presentation.

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