at the Building Information Modeling Symposium
at Build Boston
November 14, 2006
Committee on Design Software
The General Format
Omni-BIM Friendly
Advertising
Visuals
Updates on BIM Symposium Web site
Symposium CD
Attendance
Speaker Badges
Speaker Benefits
The opening survey of audience
The symposium discussion forums
List of Speakers and notes on each workshop
Contact Info
The General Format
After much discussion with the many people who had input to how this particular symposium should work, it was agreed that the audience would gain the most from short, concise, mini-presentations -- more than an extended introduction to you and what your firm does, but not quite a real overall presentation -- followed by a panel-type set of questions asked of all the speakers. Thus it is a kind of combination presentation-panel.
Given the relatively brief time for the indivdual workshops (1.5 hours) and the need to cover a number of topics and hear various viewpoints, we need to keep each individual presentation short. Most probably, any one of us could easily speak on these issues by ourselves for an hour and a half (and more). Keep in mind that we need to hear several viewpoints. So unless you have been specifically asked to speak at greater length (a few of you have) then you should probably shoot for speaking only around 12 to 14 minutes. With, on average, four or five speakers/panelists in each workshop, that leaves just enough time for a few questions.
This type of audience (80% architects), would like to have at least a few VISUALS. Even if it is just a jpeg slide of your company logo, so they can identify what your role is as you are speaking, that is important. Depending on your specific topic, if you have any other images - even if it is merely a screen-capture of the software doing something, that helps a lot.
At each Workshop :
1. Prof. Langdon will welcome the audience, give an outline of what this particular workshop is within the symposium, collect the opening surveys of the audience, encourage participants to sign up for the other BIM workshops, and briefly introduce the speakers
2. At the beginning of several of the workshops, Richard Keleher, Architect AIA, CSI, LEED, AP who represented the BSA at the AIA national symposium on BIM in October, will share with us some of what that symposium brought forward
3. Prof. Langdon will call on each speaker. They should make it clear what they and their firm does, and how they use BIM software. Note that you CAN say what software you are using. (see the note below on advertising)
4. After all the speakers have done their thing, Prof. Langdon will present the speakers with panel-questions, there may also be some audience questions
5. At the conclusion, Prof Langdon will tell the audience about the new BSA committee - the BIM Roundtable, as well as the BSA Committee on Design Software, the CADD committiees, and invite people to join them,
he will also introduce the topic(s) for the 30 minute informal discussion-forum immediately following the workshop
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6. Informal discussion-forum, for 30 minutes, on topics announced. You are welcome to participate.
Omni-BIM Friendly
At this point in time, we realize that the lack of file-exchange between BIM software platforms results in several different CADD-software-specific BIM "camps" with rivalry sometimes bordering on frenetic. Our audience would gain the most from hearing your comments in a GENERAL milieu of BIM-capability. Keep in mind that all the products from Autodesk (Revit, etc.), Graphisoft (ArchiCAD, etc.), Bentley (MicroStation, etc.), and many more are in an extremely rapid time of change and revision. Every time I try to mention some specific feature that such and such software does or doesn't do, I will find, in a large audience someone saying that "yea it does ... you need to use such and such work-around", or they just revised the software, or the feature is available through this and such add-on from a third party.
Thus, you should just assume that when you are speaking something you know the BIM software you are most familiar with does, that, in-general, all BIM programs do that. When it actually comes to specific features, that is what the booths in the BuildBoston exposition are for, so if audience member's (or your fellow speakers) questions get too specific, we all should refer them to speak with the various CADD dealers who have paid for those booths for that purpose.
The rhetoric between the BIM camps has also even been exclusionary, sometimes claiming that this or that competitor is not truly BIM - when the actual definition of what BIM is seems to be interpreted in differing ways.
Your colleague speakers were asked to share their experiences, good and bad, to help give us all some insights. Please endeavor to be tolerant, and open-minded.
Advertising
The BSA, who runs the workshop seminars at BuildBoston, specifically discourage overt advertising of products in the seminars. The idea is that vendors who wish to advertise can get booth space at the expo show, and can also advertise in a wide variety of other ways. The seminars are for professionals to share their experience. Given our "omni-BIM friendly" mission, your comments should be general. However, it is indeed useful for our audience to know what software you are doing this and that in, so in this case, yes it is ok to tell us what you are using, and even demonstrate what you need to to illustrate your comments.
Visuals
You should have at least one image, with your company name. If you are using PowerPoint slides, Web or Flash animations, or simply "jpegs in a folder" please do edit them down to the essentials given our limited time.
Preferably, you should bring any such visuals on a CD or USB Flash memory key, and before-hand, load them onto our presentation computer.
If you are using an unusual file format and are uncertain it will run properly on a different computer, you are welcome to bring a laptop. Keep in mind that even 20 seconds to switch the digital projector between computers starts to look pretty long (worse yet if you need to re-start).
Keep in mind that, if you intend to actually RUN any CADD or BIM software live, that things always take longer than you think (and murphy's law). If there is something dynamic you simply must show, seriously consider recording it beforehand (with something like Camtasia) and also plan what you would say while it runs.
Note, we will provide every audience member with a CD, which will have the outlines, articles on BIM, and links to web sites, so should you wish to display some image or animation, we can give them the link to it to review after the symposium.
Updates on BIM Symposium Web site
With a symposium with this many speakers all of whom have very busy schedules, even with under two weeks to go we are still making changes and additions to our specific roster. You can check the BIM Symposium web site, at http://www.architecturalcadd.com/bsa-bim/eh_bims2.html
and click on "Speakers Info" to keep posted.
Symposium CD
The Symposium CD is provided in lieu of a paper handout. On it, will be the actual roster of speakers, links to their company web sites, many written articles on BIM, as well as links to online articles on BIM. Links to the various CADD companies that create the BIM software, links to schools and tutorial sources, demonstrations, and evaluation versions of the software.
If you have something which you believe can or should be included on the CD, please let us know as soon as possible. We will begin burning the CDs on Thursday 11/9.
Attendance
As of last week, the workshops, so far, have registered :
Overview of building information modeling, 122 people
BIM in Architectural Practice, 110 people
The extended benefits of BIM, 94 people
Implementing BIM, 88 people
From experience with past BuildBoston seminars, the actual final numbers on 11/14 can be almost double that number.
Speaker Badges
Several of you have joined our speakers panels after the October 20, cut-off date for advanced registration.
You will need to go to the Speakers reception desk at the front of BuildBoston to get your badge. They will have you on a list. If you already have received a badge in the mail, go to the Speakers reception desk anyway, and they will print you another badge (it will have your new sessions on it).
Speaker Benefits
The BSA does not pay speakers. The only benefits are that speakers can register for up to three other workshops (normally $85 or so) for free. If you want this benefit, you will need to tell the person at the Speakers reception desk which seminars you wish to attend when you get your new Speaker badge.
There is a hidden reception room just for speakers, with coffee and a good view, where you can review your slides and meet with us.
The opening survey of audience
There will be two survey forms for each workshop. One, is the usual one for all BuildBoston workshops, which they fill out at the end, which gives us a review of how well we did, and whether we should attempt to do it in future years. The second is one just for the BIM Symposium, which they fill out at the BEGINNING while waiting for us to start. It mainly is to give us a better feel for their situation and needs, so that we can address our comments accordingly.
- Type and size of Firm
- Software use in their firm -- which CADD software
- Using BIM .... just looking, evaluating, implementing now ____ months, using BIM ___ years
- using project extranet... what's that, in the past, sometimes, actively
- BIM Symposium workshops attending 1,2,3,4 check off
The symposium discussion forums
Informal discussion-forum, for 30 minutes, on topics announced, following the first three workshops.
1. 12 noon - 12:30
2. 2:30 - 3:00
3. 5:00 - 5:30
Note, the discussions could possibly go longer. There is at least an hour between each BIM workshop. The final workshop ends at 8:00 pm. They frequently start locking up the building around then.
Questions for the symposium discussion forums :
- Where is BIM now
- Does BIM absolutely have to refer to 3D virtual building models
or can it infer other types of building simulations with attached information
- Meeting for the new BSA Roundtable on BIM
(distribute times, dates, topics of future meetings)
- What should the design schools do about BIM ?
- File Exchange
- Legal Issues
- Project Extranets and BIM
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List of Speakers and notes on each workshop
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1
A20
10:30 am-noon
Overview of building information modeling (BIM)
Speaking
1 - Geoffrey Moore Langdon 20 min (20)
2 - Brad Finck 16 min (36)
3 - Ed Wolfstein 12 min (44)
4 - Geoffrey Moore Langdon 28 min (72)
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1A. 12 noon - 12:30
symposium discussion forum
- What should the design schools do about BIM ?
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2
A31
1:00-2:30 pm
BIM in Architectural Practice
Speaking
1 - Geoffrey Moore Langdon AIA 7 min
2 - Chris Riddle 8 min (15)
3 - Jeffrey Millet AIA 15 min (30)
4 - Roy Pedersen, AIA 12 min (42)
5 - Sarah Vekasy 12 min (54)
6 - Richard Keleher 6 min (60)
7 - Michael Schroeder, ADD Inc 14 min (74)
questions ----------------------- 16 min (90)
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2A. 2:30 - 3:00
symposium discussion forum
- File Exchange
- Legal Issues
- Project Extranets and BIM
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3
A53
3:30-5:00 pm
The extended benefits of BIM
Speaking
1 - Geoffrey Moore Langdon AIA 10 min (10)
2 - Richard Keleher 5 min (15)
3 - Brad Finck 15 min (30)
4 - Andy Deschenes 15 min (45)
5 - Christopher J. Barry 15 min (60)
6 - Geoffrey Moore Langdon AIA 15 min (70)
Energy Analysis and Sustainability, Space Planning, structural analysis,
Cost Analysis, Building Lifecycle, Community Development, etc.
wood cut lists, HVAC mechanical systems, etc.
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3. 5:00 - 5:30
symposium discussion forum
- Does BIM absolutely have to refer to 3D virtual building models
or can it infer other types of building simulations with attached information
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4
A89
6:30-8:00 pm
Implementing BIM
Speaking
1 - Geoffrey Moore Langdon AIA
2 - Andy Deschenes
3 - Len Charney
4 - Jeffrey Millet AIA
5 - Geoffrey Moore Langdon AIA
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Presenters
Contact Info
Geoffrey Moore Langdon
Architectural CADD Consultants
42 Avalon Dr.
Peabody, MA 01960
617-233-2511
978-336-0387 f
www.architecturalcadd.com
glangdon@architecturalcadd.com
A20 - Overview of building information modeling (BIM)
A31 - BIM in Architectural Practice
A53 - The extended benefits of BIM
A89 - Implementing BIM
Jeffrey Millet
The Stubbins Associates
1030 Massachusetts Ave Ste 4
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-234-0350
jmillett@stubbins.us
A31 - BIM in Architectural Practice
A89 - Implementing BIM
Ed Wolfstein
Wolfstein Architecture
100 Church Street - Suite 2
Burlington, VT 05401-4408
(802) 864-8334 w
(802) 238-7488 h
(802) 864-8342 f
(802) 238-7488 m
ed@wolfstein.net
http://wastudio.com
A20 - Overview of building information modeling (BIM)
Michael Schroeder
ADD Inc.
210 Broadway
Cambridge MA 02139
mschroeder@addinc.com
www.addinc.com
617-234-3100
A31 - BIM in Architectural Practice
Roy Pedersen, AIA
The Stubbins Associates
1030 Massachusetts Ave Ste 4
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-234-0350
jmillett@stubbins.us
A31 - BIM in Architectural Practice
Sarah Vekasy
The Stubbins Associates
1030 Massachusetts Ave Ste 4
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-234-0350
jmillett@stubbins.us
A31 - BIM in Architectural Practice
Chris Riddle AIA, Kuhn Riddle Associates
Amherst, MA
Kuhn Riddle Architects
7 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01002
Phone: 413-259-1630
Fax: 413-259-1621
www.kuhnriddle.com
criddle@kuhnriddle.com
A31 - BIM in Architectural Practice
Brad Finck
VP Business Development
Cadsoft Corporation
649 Scottsdale Drive, Ste. 200
Guelph Ontario N1G 4T7
Tel: 519 836-3990 ext. 524
Fax: 519 823-8821
Email: brad.finck@cadsoft.com
Web: www.cadsoft.com
A20 - Overview of building information modeling (BIM)
A53 - The extended benefits of BIM
Andy Deschenes
Skanska USA Building Inc. - Boston, Massachusetts
253 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02210
USA Phone: +1 617 574 1400
Fax: +1 617 574 1399
www.skanskausa.com
617-574-1405
andy.deschenes@skanskausa.com
A53 - The extended benefits of BIM
A89 - Implementing BIM
Len Charney
BAC Practice Director
AIA BAC BIM Practice Academy
Len Charney, Director of the Practice Component,
617.585.0223
Boston Architectural College
320 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02115
practice@the-bac.edu
Practice Component Department at 617.585.0227
caitlin
617-585-0145
A89 - Implementing BIM
Richard Keleher, Architect AIA, CSI, LEED, AP
460 Powder Mill Road Concord MA 01742 | www.rkeleher.com
T 978-369-4550 | M 978-944-2734 | kel@rkeleher.com
Richard Keleher
978-369-4550
978-944-2734
A31 - BIM in Architectural Practice
A53 - The extended benefits of BIM
Christopher J. Barry
IDC Manager
Gilbane Building Company
7 Jackson Walkway
Providence RI 02903
Phone: (401) 456-5851
Fax: (401) 588-5391
Email: cbarry@gilbaneco.com
A89 - Implementing BIM
Greg Conyngham, President
<mailto:greg@intcad.com>
Integrated CADD Services
21 Bishop Allen Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-576-8778 tel
617-576-5543 fax
<http://www.intcad.com> ICS Home Page
<http://www.cadgarage.com> CAD Garage Store
<http://www.squidoo.com/archicad> Squidoo Lens
A31 - BIM in Architectural Practice
TBA
(we are making some last minute arrangements for several people,
their info will be posted as soon as these are certain)