More Than 150 Projects to Date Serve as Examples of a Fully Integrated
Building Information Modeling (BIM) Design and Construction Process
SAN RAFAEL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2009--
Autodesk,
Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK), a world leader in 2D and 3D
design, engineering and entertainment software, announced that SHP
Leading Design, a multidisciplinary architectural design and
engineering firm based in Ohio, has been selected to receive an Autodesk
BIM Experience Award for its industry-wide advocacy of building
information modeling (BIM) as a process, and its extensive use of
BIM for integrated design and construction, sustainable design and
facilities management.
The award also highlights the firm’s more than 150 BIM process-based
projects to date, as well as its work with educational clients such as
the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary and Indiana
University.
“With BIM we can develop projects that are extremely well integrated and
coordinated, substantially increasing our efficiency and lessening
construction time,” said Dick Thomas, vice president, SHP Leading
Design. “Our commitment to BIM, use of an extensive set of Autodesk
software for BIM, and our requirement that our consultants use Autodesk
Revit platform software help make it possible for us complete projects
on time and on budget.”
Exemplary Application of BIM for Educational Clients
In addition to SHP Leading Design’s BIM-based general body of work, the
award also highlights two noteworthy educational client projects: the
$6.3-million Welcome Pavilion project for the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and development of the
Building Information Modeling (BIM) Guidelines and Standards for
Architects, Engineers and Contractors for Indiana University.
For the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary the goal was to create an
updated facility where visitors and new students could obtain
information and orient themselves with campus beliefs and ideals.
Translating this need, the firm restructured the architecture of the
main building, turning it into a Welcome Pavilion to honor the
Seminary’s 150th anniversary. The focal point of the Pavilion
is the 30-foot-wide by 40-foot-tall dome that includes a new reception
hall and security offices. The project entailed the renovation of
existing facilities, including the development of the institution’s
admissions and events planning offices, as well as upgrades to the
dining area, coffee shop, men’s clothing store and campus bookstore. A
new landmark tower and entry gatehouse with prominent landscaping were
also part of the new construction scope.
SHP Leading Design effectively applied a BIM process to complete the
construction and renovation work in the remarkable time frame of less
than one year. To meet the aggressive project timeline, SHP’s
architectural designers, and the project’s mechanical, electrical, and
plumbing (MEP) and structural engineering consultants, collaborated
using Autodesk
Revit Architecture, Autodesk
Revit Structure and Autodesk
Revit MEP software. The team used Autodesk
Navisworks software to create a single 3D digital model for clash
detection, to help keep costly field change orders to a minimum and
sustain an aggressive construction schedule. Another key to the success
of this project was the use of an integrated design and construction
practice model developed by 2enCompass (a design-build joint venture
involving SHP Leading Design and its construction partner Messer
Construction). SHP Leading Design, Messer Construction Company and all
of the design consultants employed the 2enCompass model along with an
integrated project delivery (IPD) approach to foster shared stakeholder
responsibilities, and to help increase design and construction accuracy
to reduce financial risk for their client.
Early this year, Indiana University commissioned SHP Leading Design to
develop “BIM
Standards” for the institution. The objective was to create an
approach for moving the institution and the marketplace from one set of
delivery models to a new set built on the foundation of BIM. The new BIM
Standards will initially be applied to future Indiana University
projects of $5 million or more. By mid-year 2011 all projects at any
scale will be produced per the guidelines.
Founded in 1901, SHP Leading Design is a multidisciplinary design
practice with 135 employees and three offices in Ohio. The firm offers
planning, architecture, interior design, engineering, construction
administration and facilities management services. SHP adopted a BIM
process in 2005. In addition to Autodesk Revit Architecture, Autodesk
Revit MEP, Autodesk Revit Structure and Autodesk Navisworks, the firm
also uses Autodesk
Ecotect Analysis, Autodesk
3ds Max Design and AutoCAD
software. Louisville, Kentucky–based Advanced
Solutions, Inc. (ASI) provides Autodesk software and implementation
support to SHP Leading Design.
The Autodesk BIM Experience Award recognizes professionals and educators
around the world who are helping to drive industry transformation
through building information modeling. Autodesk honors organizations for
their innovation, leadership and excellence in implementing BIM with the
help of core BIM products, including one or more of the Autodesk Revit
platform products, and/or AutoCAD
Civil 3D software, and other Autodesk products that complement the
BIM process, such as AutoCAD software.
BIM is an integrated process for exploring a project’s key physical and
functional characteristics digitally before it is built. Coordinated,
consistent information is used throughout the process to design
innovative projects and conduct analysis from the earliest stages,
better visualize and simulate real-world appearance, performance and
cost, and deliver projects faster and more economically, while
minimizing environmental impact.
About Autodesk
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design, engineering and entertainment software for the
manufacturing, building and construction, and media and entertainment
markets. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk
continues to develop the broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art software
to help customers experience their ideas digitally before they are
built. Fortune 100 companies -- as well as the last 14 Academy Award
winners for Best Visual Effects -- use Autodesk software
tools to design, visualize and simulate their ideas to save time and
money, enhance quality, and foster innovation for competitive advantage.
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Autodesk
Ralph Bond, 503-707-3920
ralph.bond@autodesk.com