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Yesterday, I attended a project kickoff meeting for a Crate&Barrel in Toronto (actually Mississauga, but apparently it's close enough to refer to it as Toronto). Represented as this meeting were the design team (A/S/MEP), builder, early engagement subcontractors (MEPFP, thin-brick panels, prefab wall panels) and suppliers (Trane & PCX). PCX is providing the pre-manufactured EDC:
They use Inventor to model their units, which is nice - the model can be imported into Revit for coordination; although it alone is 4.86 MB due to the detail.
They also provide a virtual tour of the box before it is shipped. And here it is installed.
I know that I've heard many times that most people still use AutoCAD, but I was still surprised by this.
Really? Additionally, so many people use it (and plan to use it) that they come to AU for AutoCAD classes? I cannot even fathom this.
I'm a few weeks behind on writing about this...although I managed to send an internal email about it earlier.
So the headline (I opted to ignore all comments on this article) is that Wisconsin (specifically the Division of State Facilities) is requiring BIM! In actuality, it is requiring A/E BIM on projects budgeted over $5M (or something like that).
This is definitely a step in the right direction, but it's only the first step (which the state recognizes). Even for "design BIM", they will definitely need to expand and detail their standards. And of course, until they address requirements for builders, they aren't getting the true value.
In any case, it is interesting to review their standards, especially the modifications to the compenstation schedule to reflect the MacLeamy Curve.
