The Future of the Building Industry – 5 Videos from the CEO of HOK

Posted by on Sep 9, 2011 in bim bam boom, building information modeling, digital fabrication, hok, integrated project delivery, ipd, patrick macleamy, prefab, the future of the building industry | 0 comments This is a great series by Patrick MacLeamy, CEO of HOK. In the series he describes the gradual separation of architects and builders — and the idea of integrated project delivery (IPD) as an idea whose time has come again. I couldn’t embed the second video because this feature was disables on Youtube. you can find it by going to the following link:Video Two:...
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BIM and Data Interoperability?

Posted by on Jun 14, 2011 in BIM, building information modeling, data interoperability, interoperable, kimon, kimon onuma, onuma system | 0 comments A great post on BIM by someone who knows, Kimon Onuma of Onuma...
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Performance Building Institute

Posted by on May 7, 2011 in building information modeling, digital fabrication, high-performance, high-performance building, mark sands, performance building, performance building institute, prefab | 0 comments I just discovered the great research on Mark Sand‘s Performance Building Institute website. I highly recommend it as a resource for “applied BIM” and fully integrated construction.
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Beyond BIM – It’s not the end of the Road!

Posted by on Jan 25, 2011 in building information modeling, cam/cnc, digital fabrication, IDDS, integrated design and delivery solutions, manubuild | 0 comments Great to see more discussion about Integrated Design and Delivery Solutions Enough time has been wasted arguing about CAD authoring tools. Let’s demonstrate what is possible by implementing the most advanced, efficient, and integrated building systems. There are many recognized challenges and it certainly won’t be easy getting academia and industry to collaborate, but given the...
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How the building industry really works…or doesn’t

Posted by on Aug 18, 2010 in AEC, BIM, building information modeling, buildingsmart, convince-build-pray, lawrence berkeley national lab, lbnl, modus operandi, simulation, vladimir bazjanac | 0 comments “In contrast, the AECO industry seams to employ the “convince-build-pray” modus operandi. The designers convince the client by demonstrating a few selected performance aspects (usually cost and image) he/she can understand – but the designers cannot guarantee – that the building will work to theclient’s expectations; the builders build the building, and then everyone awaits to...
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