Curated Friday: BIM infographics

There seems to be a lack of information, or at least a lack of awareness about BIM. As we mentioned before, there are Architects, Engineers, Construction Managers, and Building Owners who simply feel that this process has little-to-no monetary value. So we wanted to leave you with some facts and figures that hopefully will inspire you to make the investment in this process.  With greater understanding we can make a smarter built environment, which ultimately is a more sustainable one!

Augmented Reality (AR) could Revolutionize BIM

-It's no surprise that knowledge is power; when the knowledge is organized through BIM standards, the power is limitless.

A long time ago we created buildings by telling stories, when that became outdated we began to log the dimensions.  Eventually Othrographics filled out the visuals, yet that too was eventually superseded by CAD.  As we discussed earlier this week, BIM is slowly but surely making it's move on CAD.  So what is the future of BIM? Well given the innovation of the digital age, the safe bet would be in Augmented Reality.

The Route to BIM in 10 Steps

-It's a big step, to overhaul your workflow to adopt a new system- but it's not impossible.

If you checked out our post on Monday, then you have already seen some of the benefits of Building Information Modeling, as well as some of the barriers holding the AEC industry back from fully embracing it.   Today I'd like to share with you an article from Building.co.uk outlining the 10 steps for a successful BIM integration.

Please check out the full article HERE
And be sure to follow us this week for more BIM related posts!

Later today: Augmented reality 

Friday's Curation: BIM Infographics

Building Information Modeling: Collaboration in Design

From: Yasui-Archi.co.jp/

BIM: 

Building Information Modeling

The construction and architectural industry has been in great crisis in the past two decades. This was mostly due to lack of communication between the inter-disciplines that share knowledge on the lifecycle of a building. This resulted in most complex and large projects to be over budget, a failure to meet planned dead-lines and design inconsistencies.

However, BIM and GIS are revolutionizing the design and building industry in a myriad of ways through its design software platform that offers solutions to planning, designing, construction, and management of data throughout the building’s lifecycle.

It's time for a break

This week, the Sustainability Club took the time to revisit our policies and procedures to better suit our members' needs and concerns. Part of what that contains is looking at this blog and it's structure. So this week we will not be bringing you any new content, nor will we be leaving our presence on our social media.   We hope to use this time to organize our ranks, delegate our duties and make a more streamlined organization.  We apologize for the derailment and hope to come back to you renewed and rejuvenated.

Have a great week!

Living walls curation

Good evening!

We regret to announce that due to technical complications we are unable to bring you the regularly scheduled style curation.

Instead I invite you to check out Flipboard as they have just unrolled their 2.0 version in which users can create their own magazines.  I've been playing arIound with it and love the ease and aesthetic. It is a wonderful article aggregater, and may become a useful tool.

Check us out! 

A Sustainable Future magazine

Have a great weekend!

Bottle Tower Gardens: Project Case Study

By Ian Salamanca
Editor-in-Chief.

As I mentioned earlier today, Urban Agriculture is an important topic i'm glad I have the ability to discuss. One key factor of most major cities is a lack of space.  Often time people barely have enough space for themselves, much less the ability to plant in either soil or roof.  This leaves us with only one way to go; UP!