Hi Karen,
Thanks its (IMO) pretty ambitious project but really seems to be the best way forward for my place of employment, plus if i can pull it off im sure i can make paper out of it.
Anyways yeah we have tons of data, including floor plans, in CAD, and out of the 7 of us, since im the only one with any GIS experience, it really seems to make sense to preserve (for the time being) as much of the cad environment for editing data as possible.
I have ran my tentative work though a few different people and gotten some good feedback but as for the nuts and bolts, still working things out.
oddly it seems like there are not a lot of placing that are attempting to do on the scale which i want to do it on or more accurately i cant find anyone, the best example i can think of is U of W, thats along the lines of what i want to do.
anyways im looking forward to the UC this year as i am hoping to get a lot of ideas and get some questions answered.
Lastly, if you ever want to here more about it please ask.