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Blind Ambition: Insights from a blind architect on universal design

BD+C

Right: Photo courtesy Architecture for the Blind Downey has been exploring these unknowns since 2008, when he became blind following an operation to remove a brain tumor that was near his optical nerve. We have to get away from the deficit model of disability,” he told the Perkins Eastman staff. “It It’s not a visual process.

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Current and Future Use of BIM – 2013 – UK

Building Information Management

The study centered upon the development of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the UK construction industry and its pontential affect on the role of the client’s construction manager (CM). Eastman suggested the use of integrated databases and standardized drawings to aid in project control (Eastman, Teicholz, Sacks & Liston 2008).

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Revit OpEd: Win a Free VisDay Pass

Revit OpEd

RTC also hopes that if you are part of the visualization community youll be interested too! Wall Floor Interaction and Linked Models. ► 2008. ► December 2008. (16). ► November 2008. (17). ► October 2008. (35). ► September 2008. (49). ► August 2008. (34).

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Successful BIM Strategy = Focus upon Change Management, or Why is BIM failing?

Building Information Management

In the interim, BIM will be relegated to 3d visualization and an organic growth output of 2D CAD, vs. the process of efficiently managing the built environment supported by digital technology. The entire design and construction industry needs to rethink Lean in terms of overhauling entire project delivery models.

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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 Service Pack 1 Available

Revit OpEd

Improves stability and performance when using visualization features like Sky, Exposure, and Anti-Aliasing. Improves section creation within a project with linked model. Improves stability when enabling “Show Analytical Model Categories in this View” when the Warning dialog is open. ► 2008. ► 2006.

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Revit OpEd: View Discipline

Revit OpEd

It was meant to make it simple to alter the appearance of our model to be more in sync with what a structural engineer wants to see. In my own way: Architectural - All model elements treated "equally", according to Object Styles, but with architectural bias with respect to view range and cutting elements. ► 2008.

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Construction Disruption – BIM, Cloud Computing, and Efficient Project Delivery Methods

Building Information Management

The disruptive digital technologies of building information modeling (BIM) and cloud computing, combined with emergent collaborative construction delivery methods are poised to alter the status quo, ushering in increased levels of collaboration and transparency. 1 “The Art of Thinking Outside the Box;” Vince Duobinis; 2008.

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