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Test Fit vs Space Plan: Floor Plans for Commercial Real Estate
At some point, you may have heard the term “Test Fit” or “Space Plan” in relation to building floor plans. These are standard methods used to help develop commercial real estate. The difference between the two comes down to the level of detail included. We know how vital it is to capture the attention of prospective tenants. That is why we provide cost-effective graphic solutions to market and sell your commercial space.
Test Fit
A Test Fit helps confirm the requirements needed for your space, allowing you to determine if it will be able to accommodate the number of rooms your office needs.
The example provided includes simple furniture and dimensions, with medium grey tone floors, white walls, and sharply defined doors and stairs. Understanding your company’s needs and growth projections are major factors that go into creating this type of floor plan.
Space Plan
Space Plans emphasize the look and feel of your location, allowing for intricate details. Our design team creates photorealistic 3D graphics to provide a more in-depth look of your floor plan. The graphics define special areas, place furniture, and showcase material textures.
Here, you and your stakeholders get to see the beginning steps of how your space will be presented to others.
To see more examples, visit: https://www.qagraphics.com/floor-plans/
QA Graphics Uses the Latest Technology from JCI
QA Graphics, is an expert in graphic design for the building automation industry (BAS), QA Graphics’ dedicated graphic designers recently trained and completed projects using Metasys® User Interface (UI) from Johnson Controls Inc.
“We have already started to see the transition progress over to Metasys® UI since it was released earlier this year. Having already completed projects in-house that are live for this updated platform,” said QA Graphics BAS Graphics Manager, Ben Hansen.
QA Graphics will be able to provide expertise for the following new areas as it relates to Metasys® User Interface (UI):
- The implementation of “spaces,” will increase navigation into organizational levels, which can be broken down into a site > building > floor> room hierarchy.
- Equipment definitions can now be mapped to show equipment points within a space.
- Furthermore, the defined equipment can now be used for multiple pieces of similar equipment.
- In addition to creating graphics, we are also offering an additional service to integrate them into the software.
Metasys® UI is another tool helping QA Graphics’ Design Specialist to develop and integrate incredible 3D graphics representations into our client’s BAS.
QA Graphics creates system graphics for control manufacturers and system integrators around the world. The company’s team of technical graphic designers and 3D designers will remain on the front line of change as the industry continues to evolve. With more than 10 years’ experience providing BAS graphic services, the company continues to be the go-to source for custom BAS solutions.
To learn more about QA Graphics BAS offerings visit: www.qagraphics.com
Hometown Hawkeye: Dan McCarty
Iowa business owner follows in family’s footsteps
For Ankeny native Dan McCarty, being a Hawkeye isn’t a trivial matter. It’s tradition.
Dan was the sixth member of his family to attend the University of Iowa and says he is pleased that the tenth member of his family graduated from the UI earlier this year. Black-and-gold pride runs deep in the McCarty family.
“Since 1978, we’ve been to almost every home football and basketball game, so I’ve spent a lot of my years in the city I’ve admired all of my life,” McCarty says.
When it was his turn to attend the UI, he quickly discovered a new home in Iowa City.
The 10 members of McCarty’s family to graduate from the UI:
Thomas McCarty (uncle)
MBA ’63
Mary McCarty Moench (aunt)
Master’s in speech pathology, ’72
Patrick McCarty (uncle)
Master’s in library science, ’72
Jaci McCarty (sister)
Communication studies, ’86
Ann McCarty Harms (sister)
English, ’90
Steve Harms (brother-in-law)
MBA, ’91
Dan McCarty
Communication studies, ’94
Joe Moench (cousin)
Marketing, ’02
Kailian Harms (niece)
Sports marketing, ’16
Emma McCarty Uhrick(niece)
Communication studies, ’17
“When I came to college, Ankeny was a fairly small town. However, coming to the University of Iowa was a very welcoming experience,” he says. “I found a small, community-oriented environment intertwined with the university I have always loved.”
The diversity of the UI exposed McCarty to different people and experiences that have had an impact on his life.
“The experience of being a Hawkeye is hard to put into words,” he says.
Now president of his own business, QA Graphics, McCarty values the education he received at the UI more than ever.
“I started my company with just three full-time staff members and now staff over a dozen employees who collaborate with organizations around the globe,” says McCarty. “It just proves what can happen when you work hard to reach your goals.”
A role model for current Hawkeyes aspiring to be entrepreneurs, McCarty has grown his small business into the industry standard for high-quality 3-D graphics.
All of McCarty’s current employees are graduates from universities across the Iowa, and he hires Hawkeyes whenever he can.
Article was written by: Kate Huber
Originally located at: https://now.uiowa.edu/2017/09/hometown-hawkeye-dan-mccarty
Ankeny-based QA Graphics is three dimensional
Technology inside the Ankeny offices of QA Graphics are used in projects for companies across the country.
So when Ankeny-native Dan McCarty got an opportunity to help his hometown, he jumped at it.
Ankeny-native Dan McCarty started QA Graphics—an interactive design studio that offers web development, energy dashboards, virtual reality, 3D design and animation—with one full-time employee in 2006. A decade later QA Graphics has 19 employees and has been profitable for the last five years.
“Companies like us, there are a few companies on the coast that do some of this but they can’t even compete with us,” McCarty says. “And we have the same high-end equipment that everyone else has.”
Working globally, and locally
McCarty says he could never imagine having his company based anywhere else but his hometown.
QA Graphics has worked with 500 clients ranging from technology and fast food companies to universities and common goods all across the country.
Then came the Prairie Trail project in Ankeny, an Urban development project on 1,031 acres.
McCarty said QA Graphics used 3D designs so potential tenants could view properties along the Prairie Trail with photo-realistic views to help in the decision-making process. YouTube videos can be paused and rotated to view different angles and perspectives.
The final products allowed anyone wanting to see The Prairie Trail project in a 3D perspective.
“They are outselling their space to national retailers, but for those people it’s hard for them to visualize and get here,” McCarty says. “So we did this entire site map, 3D of all of Prairie Trail.
“It’s great and we’ve done it for a ton of other companies. We just applied that locally.”
‘I wasn’t a good employee’
McCarty started his career in sales and in the food processing industry. He admits that he probably wasn’t the best employee and always had an interest in 3D and interactive software.
“There were a couple other companies doing it, I just thought I could do it better,” McCarty says. “I’ve applied some of what I learned and some of those things to this industry. They were ahead of the game in that industry and the building animation industry was way behind.”
McCarty says his 3D developers are versatile and that the developers don’t really care what the project is.
“It’s a pretty powerful thing to have,” he says. ”
Now that it’s been over a decade, McCarty says it’s challenging finding qualified people and keeping them. He says he’s thankful for Des Moines Area Community College and Iowa State University as a talent pool.
“It’s a grind,” McCarty says. “You are constantly finding new people, maintaining customers and keeping up with technology. We have no investors and sometimes it can weigh on you, but overall I would do it again in a second.”
This article originally was posted by Clay & Milk and written by Joey Aguirre.