Digital Vision Automation

BIM in Practice, Session 2 by Caitlin Leal September 28 '09

How BIM is used during initial project planning.

Chuck Good-Man, AIA speaks on how to lead the change in transitioning to a BIM culture within your firm and the pitfalls to avoid. Chuck is the Director of Architecture at Irwin Pancake Architects in Costa Mesa, CA and he led his firm’s total transition to BIM in less than 1 1/2 years.

Kimon Onuma, FAIA, Principal of Onuma Inc. will discuss the following topics: BIM in Programming and Master Planning, the advantages to online virtual charretting, how to start a BIM project with a spreadsheet, how to integrate a BIM architectural model with Google Earth and GIS, and the importance of energy analysis during Schematic Design.