BIM Design with Reward Insulated Concrete Forms
July 9th, 2009 | Unique Trends | Architects, BIM, Building Envelope, Building Information Modeling, Design, Green Building, Revit
From paper and pencil to AutoCAD to BIM, this is the evolution of building design community. BIM (Building Information Modeling) is quickly becoming the design tool of choice. The building is designed in 3D and is a virtual design. Not only is BIM useful for creating drawings of the building and its components, but also for embedding information, simulation and visualization of the building. That is the core difference: “I” stands for “Information.”
While there are a few different software packages that can design to BIM, Revit is by far the leading software available for designing parametric BIM objects. All the building components, from the steel supports to the windows units to the grain of the wood trim, are drawn using Revit software. Also you can place cranes and pumps in the drawing when coordinating work schedules etc. Once the BIM objects are created, building plans and drawings are quickly and efficiently drawn. And of COURSE our wall sections and insulating concrete forms are now part of the BIM world! (Product Manual Login required)
For walls designed with BIM, a wall segment is an object whose length, height, thickness, location, orientation, and material composition are included in the model, and have repeating details, so you can take and drag the wall the length you need, and will collate all the information automatically. It is also easy to conduct take-offs with BIM.
The companies that have embraced BIM have benefited in the design, construction and operation of the project. BIM is an integrated design solution. BIM integrates the building components in 3D along with associated data.
Each BIM object can have data attributed to it. By having the data for each building component at the finger tips of the designer, it saves them valuable research time. Examples of this may include R-value, CSI specifications, LEED information, costing data, and design notes.
The ideal situation is to have both the design (architect and structural engineer) and construction entities using BIM. If the companies are able to accurately control costs, quality and schedule, they can use their resources more effectively.
Some use the term designing to 4D with BIM. The 4D element is time –the length of time of construction process – including the sequence and timeliness of each element of the building. For example, if a building design had duct work designed in a certain location that would interfere with another building component, BIM would avoid the time and expense by having to re-construct something to make the duct-work work. Instead this issue could be found prior to construction.
Some jurisdictions are starting to require BIM design for their building projects. A couple examples include the state of Wisconsin and GSA.
BIM is new to us and our industry, which is why we were first in offering our products as. BIM models. We are continuing to learn about the technology and especially how it applies to making buildings energy efficient and more sustainable.
Take advantage of and access Reward’s free parametric ICF BIM objects
Reward Wall Systems has prepared and provided BIM objects in Revit. By providing the objects to the architect or designer, it saves them valuable design time as the wall sections and product details are already drawn. The designer can then just choose which wall section or product detail and begin creating plan, elevation and detail section drawings of the building.
Along with the objects, data associated with the Reward ICF wall is made available with each object…obviously or it wouldn’t be Building INFORMATION Modeling, it would be just Building Modeling.
The Reward BIM Revit objects can be found at the following locations.
- Reward BIM Object Library > Will have to register or sign in to view
- SmartBIM Library
- SmartBuilding Index
- Autodesk Seek
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