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OGC Adopts KML Standard
The Open Geospatial Consortium announced it will adopt and manage the Keyhole Markup Language (.kml) software standard. The OGC is the leading organization that promotes the creation of "intelligent maps" - such as Google Earth. The OGC is working with BIM leaders to allow "intelligent buildings" to "talk" with "intelligent maps."
BIM Education Co-op founding member Finith Jernigan, author of "BIG BIM little bim" provides
a personal understanding of the importance of this historic announcement here.
(Scroll past the link to "BIG BIM little bim" to read the short essay.)
Wisconsin to be the Subject of First BIM News Program
A half-hour news program will be created to inform Wisconsin building industry professionals about legislated BIM requirements, informal government initiatives, local education sessions and all things BIM in Wisconsin.
WV Expo Education Session - Sustainable Agreement for Riverfront Plan
The people - and the planning department - spoke! A sustainable agenda is desired for the schematic riverfront BIM plan of Charleston, West Virginia's capital. Bike path planning is seen as an opportunity.
STOP THE PRESSES!
West Virginia BIM Education Series on the Cover of Charleston Gazette!
Co-op members Ed Weber, AIA and Finith Jernigan, AIA are
featured in a cover article in the Monday, February 11, 2008 issue of the Charleston Gazette.
Another article on our
first BIM education session for the WV Expo gained more coverage from the Charleston Gazette and was filmed by two local television news stations.
The press conference was held in the Charleston, W.V. offices of Silling Associates, the oldest architecture firm in the state and our local leader in the WV Expo BIM presentation.
Mike Moore, Silling's marketing manager is pictured on the left. Ed Weber, AIA, project manager for Silling is on the right. Mike Bordenaro's new computer is in the foreground. Finith Jernigan's Google Earth image of downtown Charleston with seven new fire stations is on the screen.
Learn more about the WV Expo BIM presentation and how you can participate.
LA BIMstorm is in the News
More than 50 million square feet of virtual buildings with an estimated value of more than US $190 billion were landed on a section of Los Angeles in Google Earth in a 24 hour period. January 31, 2008 is the date for what is surely a Guinness Book of World Record for collaborative community planning, building design and BIM education. Read more here.
Corazón Home Built During BIMstorm - To emphasize the real-world benefits of BIM, a modest home was built for Don Jaunito's family in Northern Mexico - in one day. Co-op members have contributed design services, project management, marketing, public relations and purchased materials for a modest home by familia Corazón , a non-profit organization that has built more than 1,000 homes and many communities during its 25 years in action.The BIM of the home was replicated and landed on on the LA BIMstormTM site in two communities. BIM Education Products and Services based on the Corazón home design, construction process and community planning with BIM software tools are available. The education products and services are based on the new book, "BIG BIM little bim" by Finith Jernigan, AIA (pictured below).
"BIG BIM little bim" Guides Corazón
"BIG BIM little bim" is a plain-langauge approach to the BIM tool set and the new processes they enable. Author Finith Jernigan, AIA, (pictured here) has worked with Kimon Onuma, FAIA for many years and was a key player in the LA BIMstormTM. Part of the book provides a look at the tools and processes that helped make the LA BIMstormTM possible.
A highlight of "BIG BIM little bim" is a surprisingly succinct BIM introductory essay from Mr. Onuma. The essay will be available for surprisingly succinct contributions to familia Corazón .
See a review of "BIG BIM little bim" at http://www.eatyourcad.com/article.php?incat_id=1814
Order copies by emailing fulfillment@4sitesystems.com
familia Corazon
You may already know that familia Corazón www.corazon.com is a non-profit organization that has built more than 1,000 modest homes for families in Northern Mexico.
Corazón means heart, in Spanish. It is an appropriate name for a non-profit, almost entirely volunteer organization that has offered shelter, education and community to thousands of our neighbors in northern Mexico for more than 25 years.
A Boy Scout Troop, a Church Group, my cousin's high schoolsenior class, or any group can give Corazón money for the materials to build a 16 ft. by 20 ft. wood frame home on a concrete slab. Some might call it a one-car garage, but where it is built, it is called a mansion.
Everyone of the 30 - 50 people in the group building the house are crying their eyes out when the keys are handed over to the family at the end of the day.
Terry Mackprang is the is President of Corazón , which he has been with for more than 17 years. He said, "Many people have talked about donating a set of 3D construction drawings for us to help teach people about building the home. But no one has ever come through. And then, 4 days after we first talked, we are almost all the way there."
It is not surprising the leaders of the BIM movement delivered for Corazón . Industry leaders may disagree about software, process or technique, but the all agree about using the BIM to provide better shelter for all the people in the world.
See how you can learn BIM tools and processes by building a virtual Corazón home with your team by contacting Mike Bordenaro (773) 252 5888 - mbordenaro@cs.com
BIM Levels of Detail: Lesson 1
If people don't have easy-to-understand reasons to learn new software, they don't use new software, and software productivity is non-existent. Remember the old addage about teaching new software - KISSUP -. Keep it simple software user professional.