Turner Construction Company uses Building Information Modeling (BIM) and SMART interactive whiteboards to resolve unexpected construction issues digitally before they occur on site. This collaborative approach reduces scheduling delays and cost overruns. In a recent project, Turner saved the owner over $2 million by addressing issues virtually. Using BIM and SMART solutions has increased productivity across projects and allows remote team members to participate fully in coordination meetings.
Digital Architecture - Modern Technologies in ArchitectureÇelik Nimani
In today's economy, technology is part of every single aspect of our life. Digital architecture uses computer aided design, programming, simulation and images to create virtual forms and physical structures. The same can be said to refer to other aspects of architecture that are defined by digital technologies.
Building Information Modeling Design Engineering | TechnostructTechnostruct LLC
BIM has come in vogue due to the fact that it’s feasible and helps in streamlining the functioning of a company.Know how it can help you to increase effectivity.
The general risk reduction benefit is through the systematic identification of potential hazards. Moreover, safety planning in construction is often a fragmented process during the project execution planning phase and involves different project personnel. This can present issues in communications and create difficulties for safety engineers to perform accident prevention analyses and recommend appropriate safety measures. Thus, BIM has the technological advantage to streamline communications as well incorporate safety checking over the entire course of the construction project to facilitate safety planning. For example, through clash analysis in BIM, the risk of human error can be minimized by defining where and when fall prevention bracket should be in place to support the scarfold working platform.
Greater China’s Most Innovative Building Consulting and Engineering Services ...Stephen Au
MTECH Engineering Co.,Ltd. announced that the company is awarded the “Greater China’s Most Innovative Building Consulting and Engineering Services 2017″ presented by the international business magazines publisher Mediazone Group. Each year the Mediazone Group picks up the winners from an initial list of 11,000 international and local brands with a presence in Hong Kong.
BIM for Building Services Engineering - HKIE seminar in 2014Stephen Au
As building construction project becomes more complex and shorter time to market. By adopting the BIM, simulation, mobile and cloud computing technology, an integrated collaboration platform allows owners, architects, engineers, constructors and sales & marketing working together at any place and any time to get the instant correct information with controlled business process. This can greatly improve design innovation, productivity, safety and cost effectiveness under the GREEN design-build-sell-maintain lifecycle. This seminar will focus on how to use BIM for building services from design, build to facility management.
www.mtech.com.hk
Building Information Modeling : What, Why, HowNancy Cheng
What is BIM? Why do we need it? How do we do it? A collection of graphic images explains the advantages of using a coordinated data-rich 3D model for design communication and collaboration.
BIM: The Promise of an Integrated Approach to Project DeliveryAWC|WEST
A presentation about (1) The technological and business practice influences that are impacting today’s architectural practice;
(2) The difference between Little-BIM and Big-BIM; (3) The relationship of Integrated Project Delivery in Big-BIM; (4) A practical discussion of resources to implement BIM; and (5) The practical uses for the BIM model
Digital Architecture - Modern Technologies in ArchitectureÇelik Nimani
In today's economy, technology is part of every single aspect of our life. Digital architecture uses computer aided design, programming, simulation and images to create virtual forms and physical structures. The same can be said to refer to other aspects of architecture that are defined by digital technologies.
Building Information Modeling Design Engineering | TechnostructTechnostruct LLC
BIM has come in vogue due to the fact that it’s feasible and helps in streamlining the functioning of a company.Know how it can help you to increase effectivity.
The general risk reduction benefit is through the systematic identification of potential hazards. Moreover, safety planning in construction is often a fragmented process during the project execution planning phase and involves different project personnel. This can present issues in communications and create difficulties for safety engineers to perform accident prevention analyses and recommend appropriate safety measures. Thus, BIM has the technological advantage to streamline communications as well incorporate safety checking over the entire course of the construction project to facilitate safety planning. For example, through clash analysis in BIM, the risk of human error can be minimized by defining where and when fall prevention bracket should be in place to support the scarfold working platform.
Greater China’s Most Innovative Building Consulting and Engineering Services ...Stephen Au
MTECH Engineering Co.,Ltd. announced that the company is awarded the “Greater China’s Most Innovative Building Consulting and Engineering Services 2017″ presented by the international business magazines publisher Mediazone Group. Each year the Mediazone Group picks up the winners from an initial list of 11,000 international and local brands with a presence in Hong Kong.
BIM for Building Services Engineering - HKIE seminar in 2014Stephen Au
As building construction project becomes more complex and shorter time to market. By adopting the BIM, simulation, mobile and cloud computing technology, an integrated collaboration platform allows owners, architects, engineers, constructors and sales & marketing working together at any place and any time to get the instant correct information with controlled business process. This can greatly improve design innovation, productivity, safety and cost effectiveness under the GREEN design-build-sell-maintain lifecycle. This seminar will focus on how to use BIM for building services from design, build to facility management.
www.mtech.com.hk
Building Information Modeling : What, Why, HowNancy Cheng
What is BIM? Why do we need it? How do we do it? A collection of graphic images explains the advantages of using a coordinated data-rich 3D model for design communication and collaboration.
BIM: The Promise of an Integrated Approach to Project DeliveryAWC|WEST
A presentation about (1) The technological and business practice influences that are impacting today’s architectural practice;
(2) The difference between Little-BIM and Big-BIM; (3) The relationship of Integrated Project Delivery in Big-BIM; (4) A practical discussion of resources to implement BIM; and (5) The practical uses for the BIM model
BIM Lecture Note (5/6)
Objectives
* The challenges of Building Construction Project
* To understand what is IPD & LEAN Construction
* To understand Asset Lifecycle Management (iBIM)
*How to apply ALM & BIM to enable LEAN Construction
Question
* How iBIM can be applied to enable IPD & LEAN Construction?
A presentation I gave to the Auckland Revit Users Group on my PhD research into improving digital architectural collaboration. The presentation summarises the key topics within my thesis Building Digital Bridges thesis.
Top 5 trends reshaping the process of building information modelingNI BT
Building Information Modeling has already started to develop as a more great alternative to 3D CAD modeling. Along with the engineers and architects many stakeholders in the BIM process are taking the advantages. Check out the Top 5 Trends Reshaping the Process Of Building Information Modeling.
BIM means a multitude of things to a myriad of stakeholders, companies, and geographical locations, based on multiple factors.
However, from a holistic viewpoint, the meaning we append to and the expectations we have of BIM are not as important as the connection that BIM brings when properly deployed with cloud-based solutions; thus, filling so many inefficiency gaps.
This is the era of Connected Construction and there has been an increased need for remote collaboration across every industry.
For whatever reason you implement Digital Transformation in your practice, you will most likely reap more benefits in the long run, if you can collaborate and connect with the other stakeholders across your projects.
Cognizant CIO Mark Greenlaw discusses strategies for leading a "virtual" IT workforce that is spread across 12 countries in 4 continents.He presented at the Boston Society for Information Management.
COMMUNICATION THROUGH DIGITAL ENGINEERING PROCESSES IN AN AIRCRAFT PROGRAMijait
An aircraft is a complex, inherently multidisciplinary product that requires real time global collaboration for Design, Manufacture and Service. Digital engineering processes play an intelligent role in product and process design from concept to retirement, which is around 70 years. The entire engineering data is hierarchically structured and traced throughout the lifecycle under strict Configuration Control (CC). This requires an accurate, easily communicable Digital Mock-Up(DMU)as a Virtual 3D-static and dynamic platform for, real-time concurrent engineering through wide collaboration, a sample of which is presented herein. Holistically, this requires a networked Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system as an Integrated Digital Environment (IDE) for engineering (primary and continuous improvement) for life cycle of the aircraft. The latest feature in PLM is the use of Model Based Engineering
The BIM Education Co-op is preparing products and services based on collaborative BIMstorm Metro activities. These slides reflect the ideas of the BIM Education Co-op and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs of ONUMA, Inc.
BIM Lecture Note (5/6)
Objectives
* The challenges of Building Construction Project
* To understand what is IPD & LEAN Construction
* To understand Asset Lifecycle Management (iBIM)
*How to apply ALM & BIM to enable LEAN Construction
Question
* How iBIM can be applied to enable IPD & LEAN Construction?
A presentation I gave to the Auckland Revit Users Group on my PhD research into improving digital architectural collaboration. The presentation summarises the key topics within my thesis Building Digital Bridges thesis.
Top 5 trends reshaping the process of building information modelingNI BT
Building Information Modeling has already started to develop as a more great alternative to 3D CAD modeling. Along with the engineers and architects many stakeholders in the BIM process are taking the advantages. Check out the Top 5 Trends Reshaping the Process Of Building Information Modeling.
BIM means a multitude of things to a myriad of stakeholders, companies, and geographical locations, based on multiple factors.
However, from a holistic viewpoint, the meaning we append to and the expectations we have of BIM are not as important as the connection that BIM brings when properly deployed with cloud-based solutions; thus, filling so many inefficiency gaps.
This is the era of Connected Construction and there has been an increased need for remote collaboration across every industry.
For whatever reason you implement Digital Transformation in your practice, you will most likely reap more benefits in the long run, if you can collaborate and connect with the other stakeholders across your projects.
Cognizant CIO Mark Greenlaw discusses strategies for leading a "virtual" IT workforce that is spread across 12 countries in 4 continents.He presented at the Boston Society for Information Management.
COMMUNICATION THROUGH DIGITAL ENGINEERING PROCESSES IN AN AIRCRAFT PROGRAMijait
An aircraft is a complex, inherently multidisciplinary product that requires real time global collaboration for Design, Manufacture and Service. Digital engineering processes play an intelligent role in product and process design from concept to retirement, which is around 70 years. The entire engineering data is hierarchically structured and traced throughout the lifecycle under strict Configuration Control (CC). This requires an accurate, easily communicable Digital Mock-Up(DMU)as a Virtual 3D-static and dynamic platform for, real-time concurrent engineering through wide collaboration, a sample of which is presented herein. Holistically, this requires a networked Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system as an Integrated Digital Environment (IDE) for engineering (primary and continuous improvement) for life cycle of the aircraft. The latest feature in PLM is the use of Model Based Engineering
The BIM Education Co-op is preparing products and services based on collaborative BIMstorm Metro activities. These slides reflect the ideas of the BIM Education Co-op and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs of ONUMA, Inc.
The top 3 benefits of bim in the construction industry Agon Coordination
Building Information Modeling (BIM) has become a staple in the construction industry. Maintaining an accurate and clean BIM model throughout the entire project process has many benefits, including increased accuracy of system installation, productivity for on site personnel, improved coordination with subcontractors, and a reduced environmental impact by decreasing excess material.https://agoncoordination.com/
The construction management industry is leveraging technology to enhance efficiency, boost quality, and lower costs. Several trends in construction management are worth noting, as they are certain to continue to shape the industry in the coming years.
For IBSECAD, the challenge was to find a better way of collaborating with clients to review and agree 3D models of construction projects - and that's where SMART Technologies came in. To support the continued growth of the business and to ensure it remains at the technological forefront of its industry, IBSECAD invested in a SMART Board interactive whiteboard. This gave them a faster, more effective and more collaborative process for working together with clients to refine, amend and agree construction project models.
In this presentation I gave one overall overview about BIM workflow for Construction and D&B companies.
BIM is not a tool, BIM is not a software, BIM is a way of thinking about the project and put together processes to exchange information during the entire lifecycle.
This presentation is mainly focused on Autodesk platform but is applicable to many other solutions.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
From Daily Decisions to Bottom Line: Connecting Product Work to Revenue by VP...
SMART Turner Construction case study
1. SMART story
Turner Construction Company
Innovation, technology and teamwork
Innovation has been crucial to Turner
Construction Company’s philosophy
since 1902, when Henry Turner
pioneered the use of reinforced concrete
on New York City subway stairs.
Throughout its history, the company has
applied new ideas and methodologies to
its processes, building unique structures
that clients can be proud of.
Brian Krause works with a 3D model on
a SMART Board™ interactive whiteboard.
“SMART Boards have changed our
meetings. We’re able to get on topic, pull
up a 3D model, show the problem and
quickly get others on board.”
Dan Gramer, National Manager,
Integrated Building Solutions
Problem – Unanticipated construction
issues cause scheduling delays and
cost over runs.
Solution – Building Information Modeling
(BIM) and SMART solutions are used to
resolve issues and build digitally first.
Results – Collaboration and productivity
have dramatically increased. Less time is
spent solving problems in the field, and
schedules are more reliable. In a recent
Seattle-based project, Turner saved the
owner over US$2 million, thanks to its new
technology-enabled process.
That pursuit of innovation has
contributed to Turner’s ongoing
success. As the largest general builder
in the United States, Turner has
worked on some of the world’s most
challenging buildings, including New
York’s Yankee Stadium, the Burj Khalifa
in Dubai and Taipei 101.
Identifying the challenge
Turner focuses its innovative energy on
a fundamental challenge – resolving
unexpected construction issues that
can bring the building process to an
expensive halt. “Surprises aren’t good
on a construction project,” says Brian
Krause, National Manager, Integrated
Building Solutions. In the construction
business, surprises usually cause
scheduling delays and cost overruns.
Crafting the solution
Turner has implemented a strategy
that enables the building team to build
digitally first, significantly reducing
the element of surprise. Using a
combination of Building Information
Modeling (BIM) and SMART solutions,
teams can anticipate construction
issues before they occur. During the
project coordination process, Turner
staff lead regular meetings in iRooms
– interactive workspaces equipped
with a computer and two SMART
Board interactive whiteboards. The
interactive whiteboards provide a large
area to view BIM models, interact with
the digital models and keep everyone
focused on the issue at hand.
Taking a visual,
collaborative approach
The SMART Board interactive
whiteboards also foster the kind of
teamwork approach Turner finds
essential to their process. “A big part
of Building Information Modeling is
the collaboration that occurs within
the team,” says Vice President, General
Manager, Jack Beaudoin. “Collaboration
is furthered because of SMART solutions
and because of the software.”
The BIM process provides teams with
a dynamic, 3D digital model of a
building, displaying information such as
projected cost and time. Coordinating a
project with BIM and SMART solutions
allows everyone, from trades people to
architects, to easily see and focus on
problem areas where different elements
of the building clash.
“SMART Boards have changed our
meetings,” says Dan Gramer, National
Manager, Integrated Building Solutions.
“We’re able to get on topic, pull up
a 3D model, show the problem and
quickly get others on board. Everyone
in the room can quickly understand
what the issue is and collaborate on
resolving it.”
This teamwork-based strategy is having
a positive impact on both efficiency
and quality at Turner, reducing the time
spent fixing problems in the field. “The
amount of field labour on the jobsite
significantly goes down, and we end
up with a more reliable schedule,” says
Gramer. “That gives us a more reliable,
more deliverable product.”