BUILD LONDON LIVE SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 24 - 26

 

BIMSTORM BUILD LONDON LIVE

Build London Live will attempt to explore many scenarios, working practices and the use of BIM technologies:

• Real time cost and area/program calculation linked to 2D and 3D models
• Using web enabled tools to allow for multiple users to collaborate in real time
• Massive real-time collaboration
• A series of rapid-fire live charrettes or "BIMStorm™ to design the project at warp speed.
• Making sustainable decisions in real-time
• Identify potential errors faster
• Using collaborative open standards based exchanges of information and BIM
• Make the process transparent and available to be watched and participated on-line
• Pushing BIM and collaborative tools to their limits: ArchiCAD, City GML, MagiCAD, EliteCAD, Google Docs, Google Earth, Go To Meeting, IFC, Knowledge, MS Excel, MS Word, Navis Works, ONUMA Planning System, ONUMA BIMXML Converter, paper, PDA, pencil, Revit, Skype, Webex, OGC WFS, 3G cell phone etc.

DEMONSTRATING A NEW WAY OF WORKING

In a traditional design and construction process, a developer must find an appropriate property and define a program for a project. They must then run through multiple scenarios of what to build to support the changing market and their bottom line. At the same time they may need to negotiate with city agencies and stakeholders, and broker for the various properties they are reviewing. They may bring on an architect at an early stage of development to study several scenarios and create an early plan. All of the above activities and many more are dependent of each other.

 

In a traditional process much of the early planning and design and is linear and disconnected. The architect prepares early plans and documents and submits them to the developer after a few weeks. By that time the requirements may have changed. There is a constant back and forth between experts, engineers, cost estimators, local authorities and stakeholders to review and approve the next step or in many cases to backtrack and redo work. This is just for the early design process.

 

THE BIMSTORM METHOD

Collaborative working and new tools allows the experts to collaborate in decision making in real time which helps to spot problems and identify patterns and trends as the project progresses. Corrections or philosophy revisions can be undertaken immediately. Experts can be brought in to view the project data and give advice as the design evolves.