Our very own Thomas Peterson of Mackey Mitchell Associates spoke about Digital Project Workflow. Through the use of ArchiCad as their BIM platform, Newforma for their file management, and digital markups they are able to reduce time and be more profitable. Moving to a digitally focused workflow keeps the pace of the project up. By eliminating the need for printing, faxing, mailing, etc. Mackey Mitchell Associates can spend more time on the design of their projects.
Cannon Design was also mentioned in how they have been able to pull there 700+ employees together through the use of Primavera to share all project files to all employees across offices all over the world.
One of the highlights of the conference was the progress in Automated Code Checking in the US.
The manner in which the system would work, once the implementation has been completed, is as follows:
- Architect/designer uses BIM authoring software to document and present their design in an intelligent format.
- The BIM model is exported as an IFC file.
- The architect inputs the IFC file into the model-checking software.
- The architect specifies which rule set of SMARTcodes to apply to the design.
- The model-checker checks the model against the specified rule set and returns a compliance report and visual ID of non-compliance to the architect/designer.
- The architect/designer revises the design and rechecks for compliance. The process is repeated until compliance is achieved.
- The architect then submits the design to the building department for approval, which is greatly expedited since the model has already gone through the code-checking process.
- Check out the white paper
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