Organizing Resources and Setting Foundations

This week was all about getting our project resources in order. Team 14 officially moved from early brainstorming into building the foundation we’ll need for the months ahead. We set up a shared OneDrive folder to keep everything organized, making sure the data we collect is well-documented and easy for everyone to access.

Liaison & Coach Meetings
This week, we had productive meetings with both our liaison and our coach to align on next steps:

Liaison Discussion -We confirmed that our first actionable task is to begin working with the lighting cutsheets (PDF format). The team will extract and reformat key specification fields into structured CSV files. This step will standardize vendor data for integration into the asset management database and eventual synchronization with Revit workflows.

Coach Discussion -With Dr. Andrea Ramírez-Salgado, we focused on the documentation pipeline. Specifically, we discussed structuring deliverables (e.g., Preliminary Design Report (PDR) and System Level Design Report (SLDR)) to align with both sponsor requirements and IPPD expectations. Emphasis was placed on maintaining traceability between the Product Design Specification (PDS), Technical Performance Measures (TPMs), and future prototype demonstrations.

These discussions clarified immediate priorities and ensured that our data preparation and documentation strategy are synchronized across team, coach, and sponsor expectations

Project Organization

Here’s how we structured things so far:
Code & Lighting Industry Info: We’ve started gathering resources on tools, standards, and best practices.
Background Docs: Uploaded materials include asset management ecosystems, AI opportunities for LAARK, and Autodesk’s current offerings. These are helping us frame our research directions.

Team Progress & Research Directions
We’re aligning our work with the Product Design Specification (PDS) and its performance benchmarks:
1. Interactive floorplan viewer with clickable lighting assets
2. Web-based system accessible across devices
3. Predictive AI for fixture replacement (≥90% accuracy)
4. Consistent data sync across Revit models, dashboards, and maintenance logs

These targets (our Technical Performance Measures) will guide us as we start designing and testing.

Looking Ahead:

Next week, Team 14 will begin shifting from resource organization into early data preparation and project management deliverables:
Lighting Cutsheets Processing – Start extracting critical fields from PDF cutsheets and reformat them into CSV datasets. This will make the data machine-readable and ready for integration into the asset management dashboard.
Project Roadmap – Build a high-level roadmap outlining all development tasks leading up to the System Level Design Review (SLDR). The roadmap will capture sponsor deliverables and prototype milestones while excluding minor IPPD tasks.

With these steps, we’ll move from setup to execution mode transforming raw data into structured inputs and translating project goals into actionable milestones.