Building Performance is a major part of bonding with its design and construction process. However, can it sustain with only above both? 

• Machines and equipment decrease their effective capability by disfiguring the operation of sensors.
• The need for regular maintenance will directly influence the performance of a building.

The involvement of the Facilities Management resolves all issues of the Building Performance. Under this involvement, it is easy to recognize the technical information of a building and flexible changes of how to modify the building with uplifting building performance from the current state. 

What is AR?

AR or Augmented Reality is a key tool of Facilities Management concerning with practice of evaluating the information to enhance the performance of a building. The information can be visualized through the headgear during the inspection. It will result an easy and safe way in the maintenance to carry the tasks and done modifications accordingly.

AR is a best practice in MEP engineering works. Through this method, the engineers can easily capture the information which is invisible physically. Simply, this can easily visualize the inside mechanism of a machine, the heat transfer and electrical current in an installation, and increases the quality and productivity through a Building Information Modeling (BIM). BIM is a real-time digital model of the building. All information is tracked through the sensors and updated during inspection and maintenance. AR systems have this feature otherwise it can create confusion.

Why AR is important?

• The current situation of a component such as temperature and current can display through the headgear although they are out of human vision.
• AR reduces the malfunctions done by human in specific maintenance tasks.
• AR reduces all technical documentaries to find relevant information in a task.
• All components out of sight such as hidden in the ceiling, behind equipment, or embedded in the wall can be displayed through AR.
• Prepare the worksite safer by displaying risks and hazards as a warning in Heads-up Display (HUD)

AR is a new technology in Facilities Management. In the maintenance and modifications in a system, this gives more benefits to complete the tasks effectively. In simply, this is a technology that creates the worksite as a safe place by giving warnings in risky and visualizes the current situation of a system in the maintenance and modifications.

References:

https://www.ny-engineers.com/blog/how-augmented-reality-can-improve-facility-management