An Autodesk Office building is being used as a lab for advanced building monitoring systems in order to gain insight on improving building performance – very cool stuff – check it out!
http://www.digital210king.org/index.php
210 King – From a BIM to a Living Laboratory
February 16, 2011
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TLCD to present at Redwood Empire CSI Meeting
February 9, 2011Guy Messick AIA, Director of Design Technology at TLCD Architecture has been asked to present at the March 3rd Redwood Empire CSI Monthly Dinner Meeting. The subject will be “Small BIM”, with a focus on how smaller firms can utilize BIM methodologies. See the flier for more information:March 3 Promo
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Knowledge Architecture – KA Connect Event
December 15, 2010
KA Connect 2011 is a knowledge and information management conference for the AEC industry. Thought leaders from all over the world will come together to share best practices, stories, and ideas about how they organize information and manage knowledge in their firms. Whether you are in Practice Leadership, Operations, Human Resources, Marketing, Finance, BIM/CAD Management, or of course, IT, this event may well be of interest. See link below
for more information: http://www.ka-connect.com/conference.php
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Leslie Smith recognized as a Revit Certified Professional
November 17, 2010I recently received a notice though AUGI (Autodesk Users Group International) www.augi.org announcing the Autodesk Certification Roadshow. Free certification testing was being offered for one day only in eight different cities. San Francisco was listed as one of the host cities so I decided this was an offer too good to pass up and registered to participate. As a longtime Revit user, I felt pretty confident in my knowledge of the program but felt it would be beneficial to have official documentation of my level of proficiency from Autodesk.
As a tool for preparation Autodesk provided a “roadmap”, a list of topics that would be included in each exam. I also blitzed through the book “The unofficial Revit 2011 Certification Exam Guide” by Elise Moss. It provided a good review and I even learned a few new things.
The Associate Exam is a 60 minute multiple choice test. This was fairly basic, a good general overview.
The Professional Exam is a 90 minute hands on exam. You work through exercises in a Revit model and report answers to questions in the exam. This was more indepth, included the use of worksets, design options, modifying families, massing, etc. I felt the test structure itself was well organized and easy to use; all instructions were simple and easy to follow. I was able to finish both test well under the alloted time and yippee passed both. The tests are scored immediately, no waiting for results. So now I am officially recognized by Autodesk as a Revit Architecture 2011 Certified Associate & Certified Professional. Bonus TLCD Architecture www.tlcd.com is listed too!
In addition to printed certificates, I have permission to use official Autodesk logos:
While in between tests, I had a nice conversation with the proctor and a representative from Autodesk regarding TLCD’s use of Revit and BIM in general. All in all a great experience and a real boost to my confidence.
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Jason, Guy & Mark’s Excellent Adventure!
November 17, 2010
A couple of months ago, TLCD was invited to speak about our BIM implementation at an event sponsored by Autodesk and our VAR, Ideate Inc., called “BIM in Government” at the General Services Administration building, the “Ziggurat”. We decided this would be a great opportunity to reach out to a new client base, and introduce two of our principals to this marketing format. So, on November 16th, Jason Brabo, Guy Messick and Mark Adams headed up to Sacramento. Jason & Guy presented for an hour, following an Autodesk rep, and it came off extremely well. Jason in particular did a great job giving a mangers perspective on BIM use. We were able to raise TLCD’s profile among a new group of owners (and competitors!) and had fun doing it.
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State of Ohio Goes to BIM!
November 1, 2010Yet another major owner joins the growing group of entities that not only require BIM for their projects, they have a protocol in place. Of particular interest is the chart for architectural service fees, indicating the difference between BIM & Non-BIM projects. See link below:
http://www.das.ohio.gov/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=VD8N3VDCjno%3D&tabid=305
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AIA San Francisco Mentorship Program – “Bridging the gap while using BIM”
October 6, 2010David Haynes of Ideate and I will be presenting in San Francisco at the AIASF on October 19th as part of their Mentorship program. Info below:
AIASF Mentorship + Ideate “Bridging the gap while using BIM”
October 19, 2010 at 11:30am – 1 pm
AIA San Francisco, 130 Sutter Street, Suite 600 AIASF
PROGRAM:
Beyond the introduction and benefits of BIM, we will discuss how BIM users have filled in gaps that some of us may have discovered when transitioning to BIM. Panelist include, Guy Messick Director of Design Technology, TLCD Architecture and David Haynes, Director of AEC Services, Ideate. Moderated by the AIASF Mentorship committee.
Click here to RSVP: http://ideateinc.com/trng_emails/sf_ideatepresents.html
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Green BIM
September 7, 2010Click on the file below for the new Green BIM report from McGraw Hill Construction. If you are interested in utilizing your BIM model to assist in achieving sustainable design goals, check it out!.
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iPhone & iPad Construction and Architectural Apps!
August 27, 2010Check out the Software Advice article link below for the current crop of apps for managing all that stuff in your head! Why, there’s even a Revit command reference app.
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Veterans Administration BIM Guide
August 9, 2010
Another Week, another institution with BIM guidelines. This time it’s the VA, see link below for a comprehensive page of rules, matrixes, etc. that show a growing sophistication among owners in BIM use. Notable is their focus is on interoperability, not specific software.
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