A hotel planning replacement work years ahead of the spend.
IndustryHospitality / Hotels
What runs on the twinAsset records, expected life, multi-year capital planning
La Quinta builds its replacement programme from a 3D twin it owns rather than from a spreadsheet rebuilt each spring. Every asset in the model carries an install date and an expected life, so the forecast is assembled from things the team can point at inside the building.
The forecast lived in a spreadsheet nobody trusted. Asset ages were estimates, replacement costs were last year's numbers plus a guess, and defending the plan to ownership meant reconstructing the reasoning behind every line.
The plan is anchored to real assets now. When ownership asks why a number is what it is, I can show them the thing it is about.
Jason MacTavish La Quinta
Every asset in the twin has an install date and an expected life, so the forecast writes itself and each line points at a physical thing. Moving an item between years is a decision made against the model rather than a cell edited in a sheet.
Because the quantities come from the geometry rather than from a takeoff done by hand, the numbers survive scrutiny. The plan is defensible in the room where it is being challenged.
Assets with dates:
Install date and expected life on every unit in the model.
A plan you can point at:
Each line of the forecast refers to a physical thing in the building.
Quantities from geometry:
Numbers come off the model rather than a takeoff done by hand.
Bring the files you already have. We will show you the twin you keep for the life of the building.