The award winning ONUMA team is a unique blend of building and software
architects.
Our perspective spans the realm
of architecture, planning and programming. We are one of the leading
architects / technologists using Building Information Modeling (BIM) in
the cloud environment, creating custom solutions specific to the
industry. Eighteen years ago not many firms pushed the limits of BIM on
architectural projects. We did because we believe technology in our
architectural projects support processes that dramatically improve
efficiency.
Our R&D team works
alongside our architectural practice and we continue to amalgamate
research and development. Projects with the Deparment of Homeland
Security and US Coast Guard have surpassed client expectations, by
continuing to utilize evolving processes. Our 2005 Sector Planning
System streamlined the design process of thirty eight sector Command
Centers to four months. An unprecedented task, considering it took ten
months to complete just one Sector Command in the past. For other US
Coast Guard projects, ONUMA was responsible for the vision and managing
a team to build the Seattle USCG facility 3D model, SQL database driven
web site, and the creation of the Force Protection Tools API.
With the US Coast Guard being
one of the leading government agencies to incorporate BIM, in 2004
ONUMA helped the Coast Guard set precedents on streamlining the
architectural process. By incorporating technology with architecture,
we have had the ability to complete projects at unprecedented levels of
quality and integration.
The Onuma System has garnered a
spot to showcase the firm’s capabilities and tools to GSA.
Along with four other companies: Autodesk Architectural Desktop,
Autodesk Revit, Bentley and Graphisoft, Onuma System is the only
architectural firm that is part of the process in helping GSA define
their BIM Guide. ONUMA realized this as we created architectural
environments for both the real world and the virtual world, digital
environments that are rich in information. Our passion has been and
continues to define the future of architecture, planning and the
building industry.
Onuma & Associates was
established twenty-three years ago and ONUMA became incorporated in
2005.
Awards
2011
Fiatech Celebration of Engineering and Technology Innovation (CETI)
Award
Onuma brought two separately
operating database systems together to create the largest cloud
computing BIM and GIS platform anywhere. California Community Colleges
(72 districts with 112 campus locations) owns the Facility Utilization,
a Space Inventory Options Net (FUSION) system. The newly created FUSION
+ CCCGIS + ONUMA allows this large college system to manage and plan
its facilities effectively and efficiently.
2009
Buildy Award
The Buildy Awards recognize
individuals and organizations who have stepped up to the challenge of
integrating systems into the entire scheme of connectivity. The ONUMA
System's cloud computing, collaborative planning/design tool, and it's
powerful data organization and visualization intuitive interface,
garnered this award during the June Connectivity Week conference in
Santa Clara, CA. The conference's 900 participants voted to honor the
Onuma cloud tool for capabilities to “land”
intelligent models on Google Earth, generate detailed energy analysis,
create comprehensive cost reports, show buildings and energy grids
being built over time and it's ability to enable meaningful data
management processes.
2008
American Institute of Architects (AIA) Technology in Architectural
Practice TAP Award
BIMStorm LAX | A 24 hour
charette from 31 JAN to 1 FEB 2008 involving 133 participants from
around the world who submitted 420 projects in the first ever cloud
charette. This process validated the significance of real-time, massive
collaboration, supported by BIM and open standards.
2007
American Institute of Architects (AIA) Technology in Architectural
Practice TAP Award
US Coast Guard Web Enabled BIM
Projects | This Integrated decision making process defined in the USCG
Shore Facilities Capital Asset Management (SFCAM) Road Map Project was
segued into the SCC web tools project, which allowed real-time facility
management to directly support quickly changing USCG missions. One
clear benefit was the ability to use new design processes and
technologies to design 35 SCC in six months, instead of the typical 350
month period using previous methods.
2007
American Institute of Architects (AIA) Technology in Architectural
Practice TAP Award
Integrating BIM and Geospatial
Data | GSA was one of the participants to set the requirements for this
OGC Open Web Service(OWS 4) project. With Onuma System web-enabled and
having GSA standards embedded, the primary tenet for ONUMA’s
involvement with the OGC project was a perfect fit. This five-month
innovation, validated the ability to connect intelligent buildings with
intelligent maps, allowed decisive, real-time emergency response by
experts located in different facilities. The improved processes proved
that advanced technologies can work in complex emergency responses. The
live OGC demonstration was an unprecedented feat to use open data
standards to connect geospatial and building information with
web-enabled applications.
2007
Fiatech Celebration of Engineering and Technology Innovation (CETI)
Award
BIMStorm Rotterdam | A three
day charette that brought a Dutch team to the lead, demonstrating fast
paced design planning, garnering Honorable Mention in the "Scenario
Based Planning" category. This first BIMStorm was the impetus for
BIMStorm LAX.
2006
Fiatech Celebration of Engineering and Technology Innovation (CETI)
Award
The ONUMA System was honored
with a CETI Award on April 10, 2007. Onuma System was used in the
Sector Command Planning System for the US Coast Guard. The CETI Award
recognizes technological innovations that align with the Fiatech Road
Map. The Onuma System was used on various US Coast Guard projects in
alignment with the Shore Facilities Capital Asset Management Road Map.
2002
American Institute of Architects Award for the ONUMA Object Genome
Project™
This Object Genome project was
a 1994 process submitted to demonstrate how complex data sets can be
resolved in any architectural project. The process was to promote
visual representation to assist on improvements in design, construction
and building management. Just as the Human Genome Project accelerated
medical developments that benefit humanity, the Object Genome was an
ongoing means of assisting architectural advancements. For example, the
supply chain management influences a building project from the earliest
design phase through construction and the entire operational life of a
building by maximizing the use of material resources, and contributing
to a more sustainable world. Object Genome is a system that allows
knowledge capture, automation of manual processes, systematic creation
of visual representations, rule-based design and provides other
benefits to aid the solution of complex problems that require the
manipulation of physical objects. By eliminating the need to manually
create shop drawings, allow real-time collaboration and minimize errors
stemming from poor data management, thousands of man hours are reduced
when the Object Genome system is applied.
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