How BIM Helps Firms Achieve Sustainability and Long-Term Success
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the strategies successful firms employ to stay competitive and nimble in today’s markets.
- Describe the main reason BIM enables small firms to win jobs against larger practices.
- List the primary ways BIM-based building design can minimize the industry’s carbon footprint.
- Discuss the digital transformation and future of architecture, engineering and construction industries (AEC).
Credits:
This course is approved as a Structured Course
This course can be self-reported to the AANB, as per their CE Guidelines
Approved for structured learning
Approved for Core Learning
This course can be self-reported to the NLAA
Course may qualify for Learning Hours with NWTAA
Course eligible for OAA Learning Hours
This course is approved as a core course
This course can be self-reported for Learning Units to the Architectural Institute of British Columbia
This webinar is part of the Business & Technology Academy
Firms need to be intelligently designed to weather recessions and thrive even after their founders retire. In addition to implementing a sound business structure, firms must be nimble, ready to embrace whatever challenges arise while also striving to reduce the impact of the built environment on ecosystems and climate. BIM is one of the best tools firms can employ to both win contracts and design buildings that are as sustainable as possible. This webinar will describe how architectural practices of all sizes can structure their businesses and design sensibilities to survive recessions and prosper, with an emphasis on BIM can help firms achieve their goals.
Patrick MacLeamy, FAIA and Huw Roberts, CEO of GRAPHISOFT® will be discussing how architectural practices of all sizes can structure their businesses and design sensibilities to survive recessions and prosper. Firms need to be intelligently designed to weather recessions and thrive after their founders retire. In addition to implementing a sound business structure, firms need to embrace BIM as the best tool for winning jobs and designing buildings that are as green as possible using current technology.
The presentations will be followed by a moderated discussion focused on how BIM can help firms elevate their design proficiency.
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Patrick MacLeamy, FAIA, International Chairman, buildingSMART International; CEO Emeritus, HOK. During Patrick’s 50 years at HOK, the firm assumed an industry leadership role in sustainability, publishing the first edition of its Guidebook to Sustainable Practices in the 1990s. His recently released book, Designing a World-Class Architecture Firm, touches on this and also provides recession-proofing strategies for firms, based on the challenges and decision that allowed HOK to survive several challenges during the past 66 years. Currently, Patrick leads London-based buildingSMART International, an organization he helped found in 1994. Its mission is to globally decrease the 40% of the carbon footprint and 40% of landfill content currently generated by building construction and operations. The organization’s approach is to expand open-BIM among architects, builders and product manufacturers to improve green design and make construction and operations more efficient. |
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Huw Roberts, AIA, CEO Graphisoft, has more than 30 years of experience in helping architects and the AEC industry maximize the value offered by new and emerging technologies. A licensed architect by profession, Huw is a highly regarded industry expert on the best practices for integrating technology into the design, delivery and operational management of buildings and infrastructure. He has served in many industry organizations on work such as the U.S. National CAD Standards, Uniform Drawing Standards, Facility Information Council, as Chairman of the American Institute of Architects Technology in Architectural Practice committee. Prior to joining Graphisoft, Huw served as Chief Marketing Officer for BlueCielo, a global Asset Lifecycle Information Management software company based in the Netherlands, and as Vice President of Marketing for Bentley Systems, a global leader in software solutions for the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, following his practicing architecture at firms including EwingCole and his own firm. With Graphisoft, Huw is committed to empowering teams to create great architecture. |
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GRAPHISOFT® empowers teams to create great architecture, through award-winning software solutions, learning programs, and professional services for the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industry. Archicad®, the architects’ BIM software of choice, offers a complete end-to-end design and documentation workflow for architectural and integrated architectural and engineering practices of any size. BIMx®, the most popular mobile and web BIM app, extends the BIM experience to include all stakeholders in the building design, delivery, and operations lifecycle. BIMcloud®, the AEC industry’s first and most advanced cloud-based team collaboration solution, makes real-time collaboration possible across the globe regardless of the size of the project and the speed or quality of the team members’ network connection. GRAPHISOFT is part of the Nemetschek Group. To learn more visit www.graphisoft.com. |
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