Team 4
Problem Statement Canvas
Context:
Late / Expensive project
planning (Civil Project) due
to repe��ve tasks in the
design phase of a project.
Primarily in placing and
planning the MEP systems
(Mech, Elect, Pluming) as
each single fire detector is
placed by hand in a whole
building for example.
Customers:
Mechanical and Electrical
Design Engineers who
specialize in MEP design
work.
Problem: Alterna�ves:
Applica�on complica�ons: • Revit
• Needs learning �me. • Navisworks
• Needs effort to create • ETAP
custom solu�ons. • HAP
Workplan changes can take months
to implement as the repe��ve tasks
are �me consuming.
Emo�onal Impact: Alterna�ves
The engineer takes a huge chunk of Shortcomings:
their �me constantly working to • Steep learning curve
place and route cables on a drawing • Resource intensive
for every single component for every (Devices to run them
room in the whole building. (100s - need great
1000s of repe��ve tasks) computa�onal
Therefore, less �me with their loved- resources)
ones and less �me for life. • Cost (other than the
devices to run the
Quan�fiable impact: applica�ons, apps
A single workplan change can lead to themselves are costly)
months of edits and small changes • Cross-
to sa�sfy every new requirement as applica�on/pla�orm
there are many variables at play challenges (files from
when there’s many custom placed one app doesn’t work
objects in a drawing set. flawlessly with others)
• Complex clash detec�on
(systems for fire, AC,
lights need not be
overlapping as it’s
physically impossible to
build)