History

Since 1972 ONUMA, Inc. has provided international architectural services for US government and private sector clients. To provide internet technology services related to the design and construction industry, we registered our first domain name in 1994, and ONUMA.com in 1995. More than a decade ago our business philosophy was to focus on integration of architecture and technology.

2008 24 Hours of Change and Collaboration

• 2008 BIMStorm MSY - New Orleans Live at the Fiatech Conference
• 2008 BIMStorm LAX - Building Industry Professionals Designing 50 Million SF in Real Time

2007 Revolutionizing Architecture

• 2007 OPS -- the Industry's First Service-As-A-Software (SaaS) BIM
• 2007 BIMStorm Rotterdam
• 2007 BIMStorm Boston
• 2007 Fiatech CETI Award for BIMStorm Rotterdam
• 2007 Two AIA TAP BIM Awards for US Coast Guard Web Enabled BIM Projects and for Integrating BIM and Geospatial Data

2006 ONUMA Open Architecture™

• 2006 Fiatech CETI Award for USCG Planning System
• 2006 ONUMA Open Architecture™ defines open standards focus of ONUMA, Inc.
• 2006 Demonstrated BIM and GIS integration using OPS™ at OGC Testbed
• 2006 Implemented Web Feature Services using OGC Standards for BIM Models and data
• 2006 OPS™ included in GSA BIM Guide Appendix alongside Autodesk, Bentley and Graphisoft
• 2006 Added IFC out features to OPS™
• 2006 Joined the Open Geospatial Consortium
• 2006 Published "AIA Report on Integrated Practice" chapter on "21st Century Practioner"
• 2006 BIMStorm™
• 2006 Merged Onuma and Associates and Webscape to form ONUMA, Inc.
• 2006 OPS™ Import and export to various formats including Google Earth™

2003~2005 Extending BIM to the Web

• 2005 Joined the Autodesk Developer Network
• 2005 OPS™ BIM Model Server and Portal created
• 2004 Created link from ONUMA Planning System™ (OPS) to Desktop BIM using XML
• 2004 OPS™ Customized for the US Coast Guard
• 2003 BIMblobs™
• 2003 BIMbombs™

2000~2002 Genetic Coding of Architecture

• 2002 Object Genome Project receives AIA "Out of the Box" Honor Award
• 2001 Partnered with AEC Infosystems, Inc. to transform US Coast Guard with BIM Projects
• 2001 Started creating web enabled online product catalog systems
• 2000 Created kitchen planning system
• 2000 Formed the GDL Alliance
• 2000 Started the Web Enabled Planning System - ONUMA Planning System™ (OPS) School Planning System

1993~1999 Early BIM

• 1999 Created Automatic Wall Panelization System
• 1999 Created Charette Hangar System
• 1999 Created Database Driven BIM Planning System
• 1998 Developed add-ons for Archicad
• 1997 Presented Building Information Modeling to various federal agencies like CADD GIS Center Vicksburg
• 1996 Formed Virtual Teams to work on BIM through the Internet
• 1996 Started the Object Genome Project™ to catalog and create data driven BIM
• 1995 Created virtual city models of Tokyo, San Francisco, Paris, and Atlanta
• 1995 Used Microstation on US Air Force Projects
• 1995 Created custom project management web site
• 1994 Used BIM on hundreds of projects for US Government Agencies (they did not know we were using BIM at the time)
• 1995 Registered Onuma.com and Webscape.com domains
• 1994 Formed Webscape
• 1994 Took profits from BIM efficiencies and put them into an ongoing R&D effort
• 1993 Used Building Information Modeling (BIM) on projects (known at the time as virtual building)

1980~1992 Early computerization, CAD and 3D

• 1990 Installed modem for transferring digital files between Pasadena and Tokyo
• 1990 Implemented 2D CAD, Claris CAD
• 1991 Started using databases to manage information
• 1989 Implemented 3D Modeling, Modelshop, Pre-dates 2D CAD at Onuma
• 1988 Used Hypercard
• 1988 Formed Onuma & Associates in Pasadena
• 1987 Installed Macintosh Computers

1972~1976 Early Integrated Practice using Technology

• 1976 Installed Wang computer
• 1976 Installed fax machine
• 1974 Installed TELEX machine
• 1972 Installed Xerox Teleroller (early form of a fax machine) to communicate with clients in Guam
• 1972 Founded US owned architectural firm in Tokyo, Japan to focus on US government and commercial projects in the Pacific