BIMStorm™ Connects the World

In a world where we must make decisions that impact our environment, the only way to connect the dots is through collaboration. This requires a different way of thinking and process. BIMStorms™ are part of the answer to this challenge. They allow global teams to collaborate in real time.

BIMStorm™ Live at the AECST Conference in Washington DC.

• December 8-11, 2008
• Information here.

• Several thousand people regardless of technical expertise have participated in BIMStorms and created 4,000 buildings totaling 485 million square feet.
• Live demonstration of BIM using Low Carbon Collaboration techniques featuring speaker Kimon Onuma, FAIA, Principal, Onuma, Inc.
• Live from the show floor with the BIMStorm Teams. Results of the Alexandria and Capitals Alliance BIMStorms.
• Some of the tools that are used in a BIMStorm include: Archicad, Excel, Elite Cad, ESRI, Google Earth, Google Maps, Google SketchUp, Onuma, Revit, Solibri, Trelligence Affinity, VectorWorks, Paper and Pencil and other tools

BIMStorm™ Awards Announced

Award: Security and CPTED Multi Discipline
Alexandria Economic Development Partnership, Inc.
Software Award: Onuma - Editor Pro

Award: Collaboration, Biggest Small BIM
BIM Education Co-op™
Software Award: Onuma - Editor Pro

Award: In Depth Study + Jury Choice
Food for Thot

• ERE
• Earth and Sky Architecture
• J R Filanc
• Scarmack Architecture |:-)
• USKH Inc.

The BIMStorm™ was part of the Capitals Alliance Conference in Washington DC and the Alexandria Federal Friendly Zones in Sept. of 2008. Take the first steps toward Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). Join us for the following BIMStorms™ that connect Washington DC, and connect the world.

Facilitated by the National Institute of Building Sciences, buidlingSMART alliance, City of Alexandria, Alexandria Economic Development Partnership, Inc, City of Tshwane, South Africa and Onuma, Inc.

US Coast Guard BIMStorm™

BIMStorm™ at AECST Ecobuild Schedule

December 8-11, 2008 - AEC ST Ecobuild

• Workshops that ONUMA will be a part of
• Dec. 9, 9:00am - 12:00pm - Details of the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) Standards, Advanced Session W108
• Dec. 10, 10:00am -11:00am - BIMStorm Washington DC Presentation S206
• Dec. 11, 10:00am - 11:00am - BIM for Life-Cycle Planning and Design S505

• BIMStorm™ Presentations on the show floor
• Register here:
• Dec. 10, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM buildingSMART Aquarium BIMStorm Live at the BIMStorm Theater on the show floor. Rapidly program a project on a university campus. Run several scenarios on various sites. Export to tools such as Trelligence Affinity, Onuma, Google Earth, and Revit. Interact with audience to demonstrate the collaborative power of open standards based BIM.
• Dec. 10, 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Intro to BIMStorm
• Dec. 10, 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM BIMStorm Alexandria and Capitals Alliance Live. An overview of the results of these two BIMStorms as well as live interaction with the audience on the planning of several sites.
• Dec. 11, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM US Coast Guard BIMStorm Live at the BIMStorm Theater. After the introductory seminar at 10am S505, please come to the BIMStorm theater for a more in depth review. US Coast Guard representatives will be present to discuss and work on several mock scenarios for US Coast Guard facilities. Facility assessment metrics will be shown in models. The models will be used for scenario planning.
• Dec. 11, 2:30 PM BIMStorm Awards

BIMStorm™ Theater at the AECST Conference on Dec. 10-11, 2008

• A 30 x 40 foot BIMStorm Theater was located at the entrance of the show floor for AECST
• Live projects were run for the duration of the show
• The results of the recent BIMStorms were presented.
• Representatives from ONUMA, Inc. and Trelligence, Inc. attended and collaborated live. Other vendors are welcome to participate in future BIMStorms. The goal is to demonstrate interoperability and collaboration for Integrated Project Delivery (IPD).

September 16, 2008 - National Capital Planning Commission Offices, Washington DC

• 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
• Webinars throughout the day on Sept. 16, 2008, register to receive information.
• See schedule of other events related to the Capitals Alliance Conference here:
• Welcome to BIMstorm Capitals Alliance Tshwane - Finished

Webinars

• Ongoing Webinars. Watch your email after you sign up.

September 19 - October 22, 2008 - Continued Review and Analysis

• Participants to continue to work on projects
• Jurors to review projects

Teams

Teams can choose a site for Alexandria and Tswhane. After all the sites have been assigned, teams can also pick the same site that another team is already working on or define a new site. Make your selection and announce it on the Forum.

• Each team has a specialty. Some teams are seeking "Subject Matter Experts" SME in different areas.
• All teams that are part of the Alexandria FFZ BIMStorm™ will receive input from SME-T ( see below for acronyms )
• Posting your projects and making them accessible to other analysts will allow them to give feedback to your project.

• We encourage teams to collaborate with each other. Specialists such as security analysts will be standing by ready to analyze and give feedback to all projects as they come in. The BIMStorm™ is all about real time collaboration, please identify other teams that you would like to interact with based on their speciality. If your team is available to provide feedback please announce to the other teams that you are available as a team or individual in a team.

BIM of the BIMStorm Teams

Other potential teams, please confirm your participation

• American Institute of Steel Construction, AISC
• American Society of Professional Estimators, Alexandria, VA
• Analytica, Baltimore, MD
• Arlington County Government, Arlington, VA
• Cox-Schepp Construction, Charlotte, NC
• CPA, New Zealand
• CUH2A, Lawrenceville, NJ
• George Mason University
• HEERY, Long Beach, CA
• JIOWC, San Antonio, TX
• JobLink, Alexandria, VA
• Jones Lang LaSalle, Washington, DC
• Junglim Architecture, Seoul, Korea
• Lane Development, BINGHAMTON, NY
• LDS Church PFD, Salt Lake City, UT
• Lessardgroup, Vienna, VA
• Little Diversified Architectural Consulting
• OZ Architecture, Boulder, CO
• Simon Fraser University, Canada
• Tortigallas and Partners, Inc., Silver Spring, MD
• Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Lima, Peru
• VOA Associates, Washington, DC
• WDG Architecture, Washington DC

Announcements

• Vista sponsors BIMStorm and announces support of BIM and Standards
• New sponsors for BIMStorm

BIMStorm™ Awards

Awards will be decided for:

• Best Demonstration of Interoperability - Focusing on data and information flowing between different tools. The currency of the information age is information, show us how you share it.
• Best Urban Planning - Alexandria and Tshwane will both have an urban planning aspect to them. Show us how urban planning solutions can have a positive impact on our cities and world.
• Best Design - Overall design that integrates the challenges defined in each BIMStorm.
• Best Collaboration - Virtual and face to face collaboration, show us what is possible with collaboration using the tools of today.
• Multi Discipline Design - Integrated multi disciplined teams sharing knowledge.
• Continuous Publication - We want to see it live. Show us how you can share your good and bad decisions continuously and use these scenarios to make better decisions.
• Best Security Plan - Our environment shapes us. Show how security planning using CPTED, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design can create safer communities.
• Green Award - Enough said.
• Most in Depth Study - How far can the teams go in breadth and depth of the designs. We want to see examples of both.
• BIMStorm Award - Jury’s Choice

Prizes

• Graphisoft Archicad from Graphisoft US
  • One license of Archicad 12 - $4,250
• Onuma
  • Five - Individual One Year, Licenses of Onuma Editor Pro - $450 each.
  • One - One Year License of Studio Pro for five People - $2,100

BIMStorm™ WAS - Washington DC Area

BIMStorm™ Alexandria, Virginia - Federal Friendly Zones™ - September 9-11, 2008

* Read more here:

* Download Flyer for BIMStorm Vancouver, Alexandria and South Africa

As part of the Capitals Alliance 2008
Greening the Worlds Capital Cities Conference in Washington D.C.

BIMStorm™ Capitals Alliance: South Africa - September 2008

* Read more here:

* Download Flyer for BIMStorm Vancouver, Alexandria and South Africa

BIMStorm™ Alexandria, Virginia - Federal Friendly Zones™ - September 9-11, 2008

• Planning of Alexandria and surrounding area planning to include::
  • Security Planning
  • Federal Friendly Zones™ (FFZ)
  • Planning around two existing metro statations
  • Large and small business mixture planning
  • Residential and retail mix
  • Changing workforce and demographics planning
  • Carbon footprint impacts
  • New Class A and B buildings
  • Redevelopment of existing buildings
  • Regional solutions to support changing mixture of uses
  • Scenerio planning for options
  • Live interaction

Schedule for Participants

• 9/9/2008 Course to learn how use LEEDS, CPTED, Smart Codes etc.
• 9/10-11/ 2008 - BIMStorm™ Alexandria, Virginia - Federal Friendly Zones™ - Live in Washington DC and the Internet.
• Sign up to get information and links to these sessions.

* Read more here:

Tour of the Alexandria Scenarios and Creating One Scheme

Resolving one Scenario for a Hotel

Corporate Sponsors

Vista press release on BIMStorm

Previous BIMStorm Key Sponsors

• Satellier

Your sponsorship will help create the BIMStorm. Participants will also be given access to the BIMStorm through your sponsorship.

Contact us if you would like to be a sponsor of the BIMStorm.
I would like more information on sponsorship.