...ASSESSMENT OF THE USE OF BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING (BIM) IN THE NIGERIAN AEC INDUSTRY. A case study of selected firms. BY GYET, DAVID U11AT1038 PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (BSc.) DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE AUGUST 2015 DECLARATION I hereby declare that the work in this project titled “ASSESSMENT OF THE USE OF BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING (BIM) IN THE NIGERIAN AEC INDUSTRY. A case study of selected firms.” has been performed by me in the department of Architecture, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria under the supervision of Arc A.S Salisu. The information derived from the literature has been duly acknowledged in the text and a list of references provided. No part of this project report was previously presented for another degree or diploma at this or any other institution. ____________________________ _______________________ Gyet David Date (U11AT1038) . CERTIFICATION This project report entitled “ASSESSMENT OF THE USE OF BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING (BIM) IN THE NIGERIAN AEC INDUSTRY. A case study of selected firms.” By GYET DAVID (U11AT1038) meets the regulations governing the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Architecture (BSc. Architecture) of Ahmadu Bello University, and is approved for...
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...work hard to make the project a success. The vision needs to include AEC’s communication for the workplace to demonstrating the importance of creativity and innovation. When starting the vision statement it should be simple, and expresses the aspirations and goals of a company or organization. When developing a vision statement this gives the members of the organization or project team the chance to come together to look at areas of expertise, and decide on the future of the project. The project is to use the Autodesk Inc. that produces software for architecture, engineering, and construction, to create a non-traditional office building using 3D technology. The project is to use the conduction of the new headquarters as an opportunity for its Solutions Division to combine the latest software capabilities into building information modeling with an emerging paradigm called integrated project...
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...Dear ____________, I would like to attend Autodesk University December 2–4, 2014, in Las Vegas. I believe that attending this conference will bring significant benefits to <your company or department>. At AU, I will be able to learn about <_______>, which will help with the <insert current project>. I am also interested in exploring new tools and technologies as well as best practices and new business strategies to make our firm more productive and competitive. I’ve attached a Benefits Worksheet that outlines specific classes and other AU opportunities that will benefit our company. Here are some other tangible benefits to attending AU <adjust to fit your situation>: I’ll help our company stay current with new trends and technologies. By attending forward-looking innovation forums and classes and visiting with the AU Exhibit Hall vendors, I can find out what other companies are doing to stay competitive. I’ll make connections. I will network with peers to understand how other firms are handling common issues. I may be able to find joint venture partners, subcontractors, or new employees who can enhance our business. I’ll learn new skills and share them with my coworkers. I will make a concerted effort to share what I learn at AU. I plan to <insert plan>. Attending AU 2014 will cost approximately <insert cost from worksheet>. This includes all transportation, lodging, classes, events, and meals. This estimate assumes that I register...
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...Introduction SHOP ARCHITECTS is an architecture firm located in Lower Manhattan, that is working on projects throughout New York, the United States, and Africa. Led by seven principals with a staff of over 160 architects and designers, the firm provides services for building types including residential, academic, cultural, office, and commercial buildings, as well as large-scale master plans. SHoP works closely with its sister company, SC (SHoP Construction), which provides services in construction management building information modeling, sustainability engineering, and building envelope consulting. The firm designed the Barclays Center arena in Brooklyn, New York and the Botswana Innovation Hub in Africa OTG MANAGEMENT is an award-winning airport food & beverage operator with more than 200 restaurants and eateries in ten airports, including Philadelphia, John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia, Minneapolis-St. Paul,Toronto-Pearson, Boston Logan,Tucson, Washington National, Orlando and Chicago O’Hare. Since their entry into airports in 1996, they have been recognized throughout the industry for exceptional customer focus and ground breaking innovation. ALTA BICYCLE SHARE is a company based in Portland, Oregon, that operates bicycle sharing systems in the United States and Australia.[1] The systems provide a flexible method for completing short trips, as contrasted with the longer rentals offered by traditional bike rental companies. Key elements for innovation management....
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...Integrated project based information systems provide good quality information but are not commonly adopted in the property and construction industries. The modern world is shaped by technology as it is the means through which various economic sectors engage in while executing their duties. With advancement in technology, various changes have been adopted regarding the manner in which businesses carry on with their operations. A major attributable factor to this end is the aspect of globalisation whereby technology has played a very important role. In this respect, information systems are key players in meeting of organisations goals. According to Moursund (2003), information system refers to a wider system of activities, people and data that helps an entity to gather, process, store, and disseminate information through computerised or manual ways (p.11). As a major discipline in relation to promotion of organisation’s information needs, information systems focus to explore an interface between management, computer science and information science. Computer science a major attribute of information systems basically focuses on information technology. Two common opposing worlds such as human activity and information technology are brought together through the application of information systems. As per Devaux (1999), business businesses in the modern world have become more and more dependent on information systems as a measure of dealing with complex markets in which they...
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...industry create disruptions rendering IT ineffective? Information technology in the AEC industry has presented positive effects such as improved education, increased competitiveness and heightened training solutions. Conversely, information technology has also introduced negative effects, for instance, file incompatibilities, outages and the improper use of technology by staff. This essay explores the ways information technology creates disruptions in the AEC industry and whether or not that is reason to deem them ineffective. This essay also asserts that the introduction of new information technologies in the AEC industry, such as Geographic Information System (GIS), Building Information Modelling (BIM), metres and mathematical models do cause temporary disturbances, but that does not make them worthless because their positives outweigh their negatives. Information technology bestows both positive and negative effects, but information technology has the capacity to reverse negative effects. The operation of information technology requires costly education, and information technology can provide education. For example, a BMS system will relay information that will help educate people on how to better manage buildings. In the AEC industry, GIS technology has been implemented to also inform and educate people. Borce Dimeski during his presentation enunciated “GIS can be used to produce a variety of maps that can relay information involving demographics, sediment distribution, rural...
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...Graphisoft website at http://www.graphisoft.com for local distributor and product availability information. Graphisoft ArchiCAD Step by Step Tutorial Copyright © 1998-2003 by Thomas M. Simmons. All rights reserved. Reproduction, paraphrasing or translation without express prior written permission of the author and Graphisoft is strictly prohibited. Published by GRAPHISOFT R&D Rt. Second edition - first printing. Trademarks ArchiCAD and ArchiFM are registered trademarks and PlotMaker, Virtual Building, StairMaker and GDL are trademarks of Graphisoft. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. 2 ArchiCAD Step by Step Tutorial Contents Contents About the Author Thomas M. Simmons President ARCHVISTA The Graphisoft ArchiCAD Step by Step Tutorial was developed by ARCHVISTA and used with the ArchiCAD training course at the San Francisco Institute of Architects. This is the first edition of Step by Step produced for ArchiCAD 8. The author, Thomas M. Simmons, spent seven years as an architect and served as the Director of Design Technology for Esherick, Homsey, Dodge and Davis Architects, an award-winning and internationally acclaimed architecture firm, before starting his company, ARCHVISTA. While at EHDD Architects, he was instrumental in integrating and managing ArchiCAD on a variety of projects including single-family houses, commercial buildings, libraries and aquariums. Simmons received a Master of Architecture degree from the University...
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...reason, different levels of development were created to allow for a standardized system of analyzing drawings and details. Level of Development vs. Level of Detail The level of Development (LOD) enables construction teams to specify and distinguish the content and reliability of Building Information Models at various stages of the design and construction process with high levels of clarity and reliability. The LOD describes the minimum dimensional, spatial, quantitative, and qualitative data included in a Model Element to support the authorized uses associated with such LOD. Since each Model Element develops at a different rate, the Level of Development (LOD) framework allows the project team to understand the progression of a Model Element from conceptual idea to precise final definition and description. The LOD of a given Model Element informs other Project Participants how developed the information is expected to be. This allows participants to extent to decipher which that information can be relied upon, at a particular point in time in the developmental process. This prevent participants from using elements in an unintended manner. Level of Detail refers to the actual amount of information(details) provided. Level of detail is generally thought of as an input to the element while Level of Development is considered a reliable output. To summarize, Level of Development is a measure...
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...for Building Information Modelling can be described as a concept that makes up database that allows all building design to be present in one database. Due to this concept we are able to understand that the entire building cycle. BIM is the methodology that handles the facilitation of data that is integrated from numerous layouts; there is a combination of the data which forms the common operating picture for the entire lifecycle, financial and environmental assessment allows for the cost of a building project to be assessed. The job to provide a general view of the data is BIM, this also allows for the integration of processes, in addition, a GIS implementation is also a common framework at an enterprise level. Data...
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...development of 3-dimensional campus directory for the college of nursing EUNICE IVY S. MOJICA JEFFERSON R. TANAEL An undergraduate thesis outline submitted to the faculty of the Department of Information Technology, College of Engineering and Information Technology, Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology. Contribution No.________. Prepared under the supervision of Mr. Mark Cañete. Introduction Three dimensional technologies is the latest innovation when it comes in directory system. With 3D software, you can rotate your models so you can get a look at any side you want. Bachelor of Science in Nursing program in Cavite State University is first offered at the College of Arts and Sciences in SY 2002-2003. In October 8, 2005, a separate College of Nursing with a full time faculty members/clinical instructor headed by its first designated dean, Prof. Lenila A. de Vera, RN, MPH and Prof. Nenita B. Panaligan, Rn as CIinical Coordinator to effectively manage and accommodate the College of Nursing. With the initial enrollees of 240 students, the BSN population increased to 764 in SY 2004-2005, because of increasing demand for nursing and health care-related jobs abroad (http://www.cvsu.edu.ph). Orientation is the way of the University in introducing College’s and Department’s mission and vision, facilities, rooms and offices to the...
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...analysis of buildings helps to simulate the amount of energy used in a building. It is very important as it helps to discover and ascertain new ways of conserving energy and ensuring energy efficiency of building components. Building developers, construction engineers are increasingly interested in creating more energy efficient reason, and for this purpose whole building energy simulation programs are being used to determine strategies that save energy and are cost effective. The most common way available to perform this building energy analysis is to implement building information modelling(BIM). Building Information Modelling(BIM) consists of a digital representation of physical and functional...
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...Applied Modeling with Military Operations (non-war) Modeling or model is a simplified representation of a situation or problem and modeling is the process of building, refining, and analyzing that representation for greater insight and improved decision making. Modeling is also a mathematical or logical depiction of a system’s behavior. Simulation, is otherwise the device that implements the model. In many military operations, simulation is distinguished among three classes (rough). Live simulations, this involves real people using real equipment in the physical world (real world), like large field exercises. Virtual simulation, involves real people using simulators, flight simulators and/or actual information systems, this often provides realistic acts. Lastly, constructive simulations, this involves simulated people and systems operating in the simulated world, as in things like simulated combat, here users set the initial conditions and run the simulation to see what happens. Simulations are developed from the thoughts of human designers. All simulations are tested to assure accuracy and effectiveness, to illuminate specific issues or problems. The process that covers these mistakes and issues is associated with verification, validation and accreditation. These three sources are applied to a simulation development cycle that operated by the real world system, and is replicated and identified and the conceptual model of it is then identified. This conceptual model is...
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...Database Modeling Kelli Clipp Business Systems Analysis INF322 Arman Kanooni February 10, 2013 This paper discusses database modeling and one tool that can be used for the process. The tool I’ve chosen is based on the material in our textbook and article ‘Modeling for the future’. Database modeling is the process of software engineering which allows for the creation of an information system. In the article ‘Modeling for the future’, they compare database modeling to constructing a house (Carreon, Wang, & Watt, 1996). This comparison is based on the fact that one would use a blueprint when building a house and database modeling can be considered as the same concept. A data model is in essence a blueprint or a plan for the database and without it the database may not be very well built, as with any program, house or building you need a plan. There are several tools available for database designers to utilize and the key is choosing the tool which is right to be used that will meet all the requirements of the database to be created. In the article ‘Modeling for the future’ they discussed and compared products from 1996, and although this article appeared to cover the four key products for database modeling at that time, the market has changed...
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... Conceptual Modeling for Virtual Reality Olga De Troyer, Frederic Kleinermann, Bram Pellens, and Wesley Bille WISE Research Lab Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, Belgium {olga.detroyer,frederic.kleinermann,bram.pellens, Wesley.Bille}@vub.ac.be Abstract This paper explores the opportunities and challenges for Conceptual Modeling in the domain of Virtual Reality (VR). VR applications are becoming more feasible due to better and faster hardware, and due to new technology and faster network connections they also start to appear on the Internet. However, the development of such applications is still a specialized, time-consuming and expensive process. By introducing a Conceptual Modeling phase into the development process of VR applications, a number of the obstacles preventing a quick spread of this type of applications can be removed. However, existing Conceptual Modeling techniques are too limited for modeling a VR application in an appropriate way. The paper will show how Conceptual Modeling can be done for VR and how this may make VR more accessible to non VR-specialists. Furthermore, the paper will explain how Conceptual Modeling embedded in a semantic framework can provide the basis for semantically rich VR application, which may be essential for its success in the future and its use in the context of the Semantic Web. The paper will also point to some open research problems.. Keywords: Semantics. Virtual Reality, Conceptual Modeling, that the...
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...Source: S. G. Powell and K. R. Baker, 2004. The Art of Modeling with Spreadsheets. New York: Wiley & Sons. Copyright © 2004 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION MODELS AND MODELING Modeling is the process of creating a simplified representation of reality and working with this representation in order to understand or control some aspect of the world. While this book is devoted to mathematical models, modeling itself is a ubiquitous human activity. In fact, it seems to be one of just a few fundamental ways in which humans understand the world. As an example, a map is one of the most common models we encounter. Maps are models because they simplify reality by leaving out most geographic details in order to highlight the important features we need. A state road map, for example, shows major roads but not minor ones, gives rough locations of cities but not individual addresses, and so on. The map we choose must be appropriate for the need we have: a long trip home across several states requires a regional map, while a trip across town to find a new doctor’s office requires a detailed street map. In the same way, a good model must be appropriate for the specific uses intended for it. A complex model of the economy is probably not appropriate for pricing an individual product. Likewise, a back-of-the-envelope calculation may be inappropriate for acquiring a multibillion-dollar company. Models take many different forms: mental, visual, physical, mathematical...
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