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NorthShore University HealthSystem Medical Office Building, Round Lake, Illinois

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A Net-Zero Zoo

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

Created by Brian Prignano

Creative, drone-enabled modeling put this ambitious project on track quickly.

The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden is an unparalleled, immersive environment committed to conservation, education and the community. It’s been called the world’s greenest zoo, and it’s also America’s second oldest, dating to 1875. The new master plan, “More Home to Roam,” outlines not only new experiences and exhibits but also transforming existing buildings. The ambitious goal: Achieve net-zero energy, water and waste by 2025 when the project completes.

Our first job was to help the zoo, its donors and the community envision the projects’ intricacies. We used drones and other reality capture methods to safely laser scan key areas of the campus, then quickly transformed the scans into a virtual 3D campus BIM model.

  • Location
    Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Owner
    The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens
  • Architect
    Gregory Gates Architect LLC
  • Engineer of Record
    Schaefer Engineering
  • Virtual Animation
    Pepper Construction
  • Renderings
    Gregory Gates Architect LLC
  • Photography
    Courtesy of the Zoo

The plan kicked off in fall 2018 with improvements to the Entry Village and a new, interactive kangaroo/wallaby exhibit called Roo Valley.

Not every project has the time or budget to fully scan existing conditions before construction. Neither does every project have exotic, wild animals roaming the site.

Along with using model-based estimating to determine capital fundraising necessary to get Roo Valley underway, we’re also using it to vet both constructability and effect on costs estimate as design progresses for the overall project.

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NorthShore University HealthSystem Medical Office Building, Round Lake, Illinois

One Team, One Goal

Collaborative, Lean construction helps us do what matters most: maximize value for our customers.

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