Building Information Modeling
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Proficiency in Revit BIM software
The ability to collaborate on one design file between multiple contractors, designers and disciplines is what gives the modern era of professional design its efficiency. As an architectural engineering technologist, software like Revit is my bread and butter.
Having HVAC system performance, daily and seasonal lighting data, structural capacities and design details all a click away allows me to coordinate between all contractors. When well executed, this leads to the smoothest construction process possible and optimized building performance.
Additional plugins, like Ecotech, create the possibility of incorporating convection efficiencies gained from passive design and curvilinear building shapes. Having so much horsepower at our disposal means that unconventional methodologies can be modeled before the bulk of investment gets put at stake and truly revolutionary buildings can be visualized and quantified beyond a conceptual presentation. Hurricanes, earthquakes, fire and even riots can be modeled and protected against before they disrupt building and societal function.