AEC Communications, Inc. participated in visualization services for the 767 Granby Street project located in Norfolk, Virginia. The scope of work included as built survey, production of a BIM (Building Information Model) and a rendered elevations. The renderings were used for the City of Norfolk Architectural review and approval.

The rendering work were originally composed in REVIT and later modified by hand in Adobe Photoshop for color correctness. Colors and textures were calibrated with materials supplied by the Architect.

Urban Church Planters is a missions organization that specializes in developing churches in metropolitan areas in the United States. AEC Communications, Inc. was involved in creating their website splash screen and content management system.

In addition to leveraging our artwork, photograph modification and animation expertise used in previous visualization projects, we created custom programs, plug-ins and server-side scripts.

Aspects of this project include: Cascading Sheet Styles (CSS), Hypertext Preprocessor Scripts (PHP), Adobe Flash Animation, Adobe ActionScripts, Audio Editing and Content Management System Customization.

AEC Communications, Inc. performed As Built Survey (Architectual Survey) of a 140,000 SF industrial building in Gray, Tennessee. The architectural drawings of the existing structure were drawn and delivered in CAD format. The building contained Administrative Offices, Plant Work Area, Sales Floor and Industrial Equipment. We were also tasked to ‘walk-the-site’ and identify unusual conditions, parking, lighting, equipment, fire protection equipment verify the property lines.

AEC Communications, Inc. was involved in creating a series of Architectural Renderings in a response to a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a Bridge Rehabilitation Contract with the City of Norfolk, Virginia. The architectural improvements were modeled and composited with photos of the existing bridges. In addition to printed materials the images were used in a PowerPoint presentation where the new and existing conditions were cross-faded.

AEC Communications, Inc. produced several roof repair options for the Adams Outdoor Advertising office located on Norfolk, Virginia. The client ultimately selected option ‘C’.

In addition to the rendering, AEC Communications, Inc. provided CAD support for the project.

AEC Communications provided BIM Support (Building Information Model) and CAD Support for a new Tactical Support Equipment Department Training Facility, on the new Ordnance School Campus at Fort Lee, Virginia. The 260,500 SF structure has an estimated $47M construction cost. The new facility will provide training labs, classrooms and administration areas.

Our involvement included developing the BIM in Autodesk Revit and providing CAD/Technical support for various aspects of the design phase. Our portion of the model was linked to the Architectural model. We performed our work at the client’s office as well as remotely.

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AEC Communications, Inc. participated in visualization services for the 439 Granby Street project located in Norfolk, Virginia. The scope of work included as built survey, production of a BIM (Building Information Model) and a rendered elevation.

The rendering work was composed by hand in Adobe Photoshop and used for a presentation with the Architectural Review Board. Colors and textures were calibrated with materials supplied by the Architect. We also incorportate photogrammetry techniques to insure that the final product was printed to a correct scale.

AEC Communications, Inc. provided Visualization, CAD and BIM (Building Information Model) support for the new church building for Gethsemane Baptist Church in Hampton, Virginia. Our scope of work included 3D Visualization, production of preliminary drawings and final Architectural and Structural drawings in Autodesk’s Revit.

The 70,000 SF facility has a 14,000 SF Sanctuary, Narthex, Gymnasium, Locker Rooms, Administration Office Wing, twenty Classroom Education Wing, Bookstore and Choir/Music Wing.

AEC Communications, Inc. participated in the design of a Worship Center Addition to Oak Grove Baptist Church. Our scope of work included an As-Built Survey, creation of the existing building as a BIM (Building Information Model), preliminary design and final design.

The Sketch-Up Model is available for download at Google’s 3D Warehouse.

Oak Grove Baptist Church, Suffolk, Virginia

A Renderings of a proposed pedestrian bridge at the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center. Several views were created for Hardesty & Hanover, LLP and used for presentation in an interview with the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia.