Thanks to our sponsors... Kelar Pacific, Microdesk, & U.S. CAD.
The food was street tacos, with cookies, danishes for a treat. The drinks included beer, pop and bottled water.
Studio 111/Retail Design Collaborative is in a LEED Platinum building. It is a remodel of a former Nordstrom Rack. I should have gotten a photo of the patio. It is a nice urban space.
Chuck and Garrett of Keller Pacific presented first. They ran through a variety of Scan to BIM projects. It was great to hear how they progressed from their earliest efforts to the modern tools and techniques that they have today. The software in use today includes: Recap and Edgewise. Scan to BIM is a value proposition. It provides value in time savings for the survey team. It is also a quality savings by providing accuracy to as tight a tolerance as ±2 mm. The uses of the technology is not just in pre-design, but also in construction and post construction. Keller Pacific also uses this technology to provide support for BIM deliverable compliance. Overall a solid presentation with videos of actual projects and narratives of how it was done. Thanks Keller Pacific.
The final presentation was by Clive of LOD Planner. They have been working on their product for more than 18 months. LODplanner.com is a web based collaboration and accountability reference for BIM projects. It is a live BIM Execution Plan. Some of the questions it helps to answer include:
- How do you pick the BIM standard for a project?
- Why is BIM required?
- What does the team expect the BIM to do?
- What level of detail is required, when and for what purpose?
- How much modeling is required for the owner's purposes?
One future feature is to have the ability to integrate with existing tools to check the compliance of the deliverable.
