Reading 2| Part 1

Technology, Process, Improvement, and Culture Change

Report on Integrated Practice| Tony Rinella

      Rinella writes:  "Many firms are now demonstrating that Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) processes using BIM (Building Information Model or Modeling) technologies, when properly implemented, can expand design capabilities, reduce waste, and bring genuine value to the design and realization of the built environment."

        "Early implementations demonstrate that these technologies can inform better design decisions

and enable architectural expressions previously impossible to realize."

Reading: there is an emphasis on process but Rinella believes the emphasis should be on results

Old process:

≥ Designer imagines an idea in 3D to solve a client’s program.

≥ Designer deconstructs 3D ideas to 2D representations.

≥ Designer passes 2D representations to the construction team.

≥ Construction team gets fabricators to redraw parts, again in 2D.

≥ Construction team attempts to reassemble the 2D information

into 3D objects.

≥ Designer is often amazed by the outcome!

My Response:

• Problem found at times though that too many constrains and decisions made early on reduce efficiency
• If we are really to benefit from BIM we must create new construction and design processes to accommodate the new language/communication emerging from BIM.
• In BIM unlike CAD a component for example a wall, understands that it is a wall and the constraints that come along with that. Because components understand what they are and all the information that comprise it, knowledge can now be more readily shared by all those who look at the design. This can lead to better collaboration on projects.