Building Information Modelling is a concept many have yet to encounter, understand, embrace or implement. A coordinated Building Information Model becomes an asset from the initial design concept through the life of a building, perhaps including it’s demolition. This requires participation from all involved in the process of creating, owning and maintaining the building which means a lot of education is required. Today I received details on a conference that will further education and discussion of Building Information Modelling. Building Information Modelling: Challenges, Opportunities, Processes, Deployment. Full details follow in the extended article. Audience registration and the conference agenda are available on the web at: http://www.laiserin.com/laiserinlive/index.php
April 19 – 20, 2005 Atlanta, Georgia.
Organised and hosted jointly by the Georgia Tech College of Architecture (COA) Ph.D. Program and the LaiserinLetter™ (Jerry Laiserin)
The agenda includes real-world case studies and interactive panels, as well as industry applications and analyses aimed at to everyone who owns, operates, constructs or designs buildings.
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Industry Experts to Explore Building Information Modelling
Atlanta, GA, February 23, 2005 -- As building owners increasingly demand smarter ways to design, document and deliver their building projects, an approach called building information modelling (BIM) is poised to "cross the chasm" from pioneering technology to mainstream adoption. On April 19–20, 2005, leading experts, solution providers and users of this technology will meet at the Global Learning and Conference Center on the campus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta to explore the challenges and opportunities of BIM, as well as the processes necessary for successful deployment. Organized and hosted jointly by the Georgia Tech College of Architecture (COA) Ph.D. Program and the LaiserinLetter™ technology advisory service, this conference includes real-world case studies and interactive panels, as well as industry applications and analyses essential to everyone who owns, operates, constructs or designs buildings.
Links to audience registration and the conference agenda are available on the web at http://www.laiserin.com/laiserinlive/index.php
The conference will examine the ways that BIM "offers fundamentally new opportunities for improving the quality of design, shortening the building procurement life cycle, and reducing costs," according to Charles Eastman, director of the COA Ph.D. program and author of the definitive book Building Product Models. Both public and private building owners are beginning to recognize these benefits. A key confirmation of this trend is the US General Services Administration’s (GSA) requirement for a BIM approach at the concept design phase of all projects starting in fiscal year 2006 (which begins October 2005). Notes Eastman, "the issue no longer is why or when to adopt BIM, but how to effectively deploy it now."
LaiserinLetter™ editor Jerry Laiserin, founding director of the aecXML project for industry data exchange and widely credited with standardizing and popularizing the terminology of BIM, observes that "the multi-dimensional, data-rich models of the BIM approach enable contractors, engineers, architects and building product manufacturers to work as a tightly integrated team helping owner-operators build smarter." Case study and application presentations at the conference illustrating such teamwork include BIM for Steel Construction, BIM for Precast Concrete Construction, BIM for Energy Analysis, BIM for Project Delivery and BIM for Industry Integration, as well as BIM for Owners. Panel presentations include leading providers of technology solutions in each of these areas.
With the BIM approach finally "ready for prime time," this Georgia Tech/LaiserinLetter™ conference offers important business and professional knowledge critical to every executive and manager in the building enterprise.
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Conference on Building Information Modeling:Challenges, Opportunities, Processes, Deployment
April 19 – 20, 2005 Atlanta, Georgia, USA
http://www.pe.gatech.edu/conted/servlet/edu.gatech.conted.course.ViewCourseDetails?COURSE_ID=624
Registration contact:
Mrs. Mercedes Saghini
Georgia Tech College of Architecture
[email protected]
+1 (404) 894-3476
Media and sponsorship contact:
Jerry Laiserin
The LaiserinLetter™
[email protected]
+1 (917) 225-7058
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About Georgia Tech
The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation's top research universities, distinguished by its commitment to improving the human condition through advanced science and technology. Georgia Tech’s College of Architecture Ph.D. Program has been a leader in the development and testing of BIM modeling applications and the integration software needed to allow such applications to work together.
http://www.arch.gatech.edu/phd/
About the LaiserinLetter™
A technology advisory service providing analysis, strategy and opinion to business leaders in the built environment, the LaiserinLetter™, under editor/consultant Jerry Laiserin, has been in the forefront of tracking BIM technology and advising clients on its capabilities.
http://www.laiserin.com
