Podcast
BIM in Practice
This ongoing seminar series is sponsored by the Professional Practice Committee of the AIA Orange County, and facilitated by Digital Vision Automation. Your podcast host is Greg McNaughten.
Session 1, held on November 13th, 2008 on how BIM is used during design.
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2 hours, 37 minutes; 72.1MB MP3 file
Michael Hricak, FAIA speaks on the topic of Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), the Team Approach to Successful Projects. Michael is the founder and Principal of Michael Hricak and Associates in Venice, CA. He served as a member of the national AIA Board of Directors from 2001 to 2004.
Duane McLeod, AIA will discuss coordination with Consultants in 3D during Schematic Design and Design Development. Duane is the Executive Director of Architecture for the Environmental Design and Engineering Division of Walt Disney Imagineering.
Alan Burks, AIA will discuss how to Master the BIM workflow, from Schematic Design to Construction Documents. Alan is the founder and Principal of Environ Architecture in Long Beach. In 1992 he led his firm’s transition to BIM in 1998 and hasn’t looked back since.
Session 2, held on December 4th, 2008 on how to transition to BIM and how BIM is used during initial project planning.
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2 hours, 35 minutes; 142.2MB MP3 file
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.
Session 3, held on January 8th, 2009 on how BIM is used by leading contractors during construction.
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2 hours, 50 minutes; 156.3MB MP3 file
Hensel Phelps Construction, represented by Vitas Rugienius, Chris Mock, Rich Delacy, and Shawn Edwards
CW Driver Conctruction, represented by John Janacek, Nick Zent, and Peter Kovacs
Topics: You will learn how BIM is used by these two leading construction companies for marketing, estimating, Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing coordination, shop drawings, construction sequencing and project management. You will also learn what BIM deliverables construction companies would like to see architects provide.
Session 4, held on May 21st, 2009 on Managing the Information and Risks of BIM.
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2 hours, 28 minutes; 68.2MB MP3 file
Kimon Onuma, FAIA, will speak about Managing BIM Information and the following topics:
How COBIE (Construction Operations Building Information Exchange) data linked to the BIM can facilitate the management of buildings in a sustainable way for their entire life-cycle.
How the Federal Stimulus Funds will be affecting the AEC landscape and how smarter data in BIM can help stimulate the profession of architecture.
What are the risks to the future viability of your firm if you are not willing to go IPD?
How to properly organize BIM data at the early planning phase of a project, illustrated by the San Diego BIMStorm scheduled for June of 2009.
Ken Wittman, speaks on Managing BIM Risks and answers to:
What are the risk management benefits of BIM and IPD for professional liability insurance underwriters?
What are the potential pitfalls of IPD for architects and contractors?
Ken is a senior Vice President of Dealey, Renton and Associates in Santa Ana, CA and has been serving design professionals as an insurance broker for nearly 20 years.
Session 5, held on October 15, 2009 Coming soon …
Session 6, held on January 21, 2010 on The Realities of BIM, Virtual and Legal.
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2 hours, 57 minutes; 81.4MB MP3 file
EON Reality, Inc, represented by Mats W. Johansson
Collins, Collins, Muir and Stewart LLP, represented by Colin McCarthy
Topics: Learn about the future of BIM in construction contracts. Understand the practical impact of BIM in the legal arena, as well as the array of Virtual Reality techniques and technologies available to the architect or contractor for client presentations.