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Nov
06
2009
BIM 1.0, BIM 2.0, BIM 3.0 RevisitedI have been selected to give a talk at the 2010 AIA Convention in Miami. This talk will be a revised version of a 2009 presentation: BIM 1.0, BIM 2.0, BIM 3.0. The 2009 presentation was generic in nature: 1. BIM programs that are available and 2. Industry process changes that will happen. For 2010 I would like to talk about what is actually happening with using BIM for Visualization, Drawings, Analysis and Simulation, however, I need your help in determining the most pertinent information for the AIA audience. Oct
30
2009
DETAIL Project of the Month — October 2009In Lucerne, on the way from the old part of town, the visitor first passes by the grand five-star hotels overlooking the shores of Lake Lucerne before reaching the Transportation Museum, Switzerland’s most important museum of technology, occupying an impressive position right by the banks of the lake. Oct
09
2009
How SMART is BIM?There seems to be so many different definitions for BIM. It is really hard to say which one is correct, but I personally like this one. Building Information Modeling is a process of generating and managing a building’s information through three-dimensional design. It is a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility. Share Your BIM ProjectsOn September 23, 2009, Reed Construction Data presented a Webcast titled: Lessons in BIM Adoption. After the panel presentations, viewers were given the opportunity of asking questions. Several of the questions from the audience concerned my statement during the presentation, “architects and engineers need to share their BIM projects”. Sep
29
2009
DETAIL Project of the Month — September 2009In the 1970s the local authorities responsible for landscape planning placed a ban on felling the Douglas fir plantation in which this villa stands. For all future building development on the site, this had significant consequences in terms of eaves height and cubature. Sep
11
2009
BIM Tool Provides a New ViewAs the BIM Development Coordinator at TME Inc., one of my responsibilities is to develop marketing imagery from our company’s BIM models. Since visualization is such a powerful feature of BIM, 3-dimensional imagery can really help a client see what the design intent of a building space will be. Sep
09
2009
The Creation of a WindowWe are often asked about the process for the creation of a SmartBIM Object. This article will take you through a detailed history of one window. The creation of a good SmartBIM Object is both a science and an art; there is not one fixed solution. To get the best results the process also involves considering both the needs of the manufacturer and the needs of the architect. Sep
04
2009
LEED® v3: The RundownNot too long before summer rolled around, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) introduced their online green building certification process, LEED Version 3 (LEED v3). Designed with a better user experience in mind, LEED v3 consists of three main components. Aug
25
2009
DETAIL Project of the Month — August 2009Nordheide, a new district north of Munich’s historic centre, is home to some 5,000 inhabitants. The Dominikuszentrum, the district’s new spiritual centre, contains a chapel, rectory, pre-school and Care Centre. The building also serves as a landmark, aiding orientation at the urban scale: from the rapid-transit exit a few hundred metres away, a path leading to it can be seen cutting diagonally through the new neighbourhood. Aug
06
2009
An Integrated What-If EngineOne of the things that makes building information modeling so much more than just 3D is the connection to a database. Mining the data can help us to study the impact of project decisions in a more predictive way than gut feel and experience alone. Better informed early decisions lead to less downstream changes and therefore less change orders, value engineering, and rework on the part of architects, engineers, and builders alike. |
