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October 10-11 / Tacoma / Washington
Theme: Facilities Management
According to IFMA, 25% of a building’s lifecycle budget is dedicated to the design and construction of the building. The remaining 75% is spent on operations and maintenance. Building owners have heard many promises regarding the use of BIM in the management of this 75%: Information will flow freely between facility managers and staff, work orders will be linked to the BIM, and virtual walkthroughs will allow designers and contractors to easily coordinate with the facility staff. O&M manuals will be available through the BIM, the BIM will be automatically updated when work orders are processed, and all of this data will be interchangeable between BIM platforms, GIS, and maintenance software. [+]
PowerPoints from the San Antonio BIMForum have been posted here. The presentations are free to all who attended the meeting. If you attended the BIMForum, you should have received a brief survey about the meeting. The password to the presentation is displayed at the end of the survey. If you attended the meeting but did not receive the survey please contact us here.
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A half day Civil, Industrial, and Utilities VDC Forum was held on April 24th in conjunction with the April 25-26 BIMForum in San Antonio, Texas. This session featured implementations of VDC on Highway, Road, Bridge, Utility, Treatment Plants, and Power Distribution projects. This was the first of what will be a continued effort to explore the uses of BIM in Civil construction. The Civil and Industrial forum plans to meet again at the Fall BIMForum meeting. [+]
Civil and Industrial Forum – Call For Proposals
By BIMForum | Posted in Articles, BIMForum News
BIM and VDC in A Horizontal World
A half day Civil, Industrial, and Utilities VDC (Virtual Design and Construction) Forum will be held on April 24th in conjunction with the April 25-26 BIMForum in San Antonio, Texas. The BIMForum is looking for presentations on successful implementations of VDC on Highway, Road, Bridge, Utility, Treatment Plants, and Power Distribution projects. These projects have the potential to realize substantial financial and schedule savings. Presentations should focus on the use of VDC to enhance work flow, minimize schedules, increase safety, provide a better end product, or increase field productivity. [+]
The Building Information Model (BIM) Awards, given by AIA Technology in the Architectural Practice Knowledge Community (TAP), honors projects that highlight proven strategies and the latest trends in design and technology in the building industry. [+]
Presentations from the DC BIMForum have been posted here. The presentations are free to all who attended the meeting. If you attended the BIMForum, you should have received a brief survey about the meeting. The password to the presentation is displayed at the end of the survey. If you attended the meeting but did not receive the survey please contact us here.
Presentations from the Chicago BIMForum have been posted here. The presentations are free to all who attended the meeting. If you attended the BIMForum, you should have received a brief survey about the meeting. The password to the presentation is displayed at the end of the survey. If you attended the meeting but did not receive the survey please contact us here.
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James Timberlake to Deliver Keynote at BIMForum
By BIMForum | Posted in Articles, BIMForum News
James Timberlake is a partner at KieranTimberlake, an American architecture firm internationally recognized for its beautifully crafted, thoughtfully made buildings that are holistically integrated to site, program and people. KieranTimberlake is noted for its fusion of research with architecture, receiving over one hundred design citations including the 2008 Architecture Firm Award from the American Institute of Architects, and the 2010 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Architecture from the Smithsonian Institution. [+]
BIM Forum Chicago: When Does Design End and Construction Begin?
By Jeff Yoders | Posted in Articles, BIMForum News
In today’s integrated BIM projects, where does design end and construction begin?
The Summer BIMForum, July 19-20 at the Swissotel in Chicago, will focus on how BIM is used to find the optimal balance of allowing the best decisions to be made at the most appropriate time without impacting construction costs and schedules and how this is shifting when design ends and construction begins. [+]