In an effort to comply with long-term military construction (MILCON) planning initiatives, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Air Force Medical Support Agency (AFMSA) proactively engaged NIKA to perform a survey of existing medical facilities and provide updated, accurate as-built drawings. Recognizing that their original, hand-drawings were outdated and inaccurate after many years of changes and renovations, the government required new drawings that could be effectively used with building information modeling (BIM) systems. Medical facilities at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nev. and at Misawa Air Base in Japan were identified as key locations for these updated surveys and drawings. Working in fully-occupied spaces, NIKA provided technical, supervisory, and administra

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