In collaboration with [acronym] online, Joe Porostosky and Brian Skripac, have been invited to contribute a series of blog posts documenting the BIM Implementation Project at The Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University. This entry is part five in a series that discusses the challenges and process involved in implementing BIM at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, a project which saw the team win the 2011 [acronym] Magazine Public Sector CAD Award. To catch up on our earlier entries, see part one titled “How do you shift more than six million square feet of CAD information to a BIM process?”, part two titled “Implementing BIM at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center – The “Big Bang Approach”, part three titled “Implementing 6,000,000 Square Feet of BIM Takes Teamwork, Standards and Model Accuracy,” and part four titled “Executing the Big Bang BIM Implementation through Customized Processes, Training and a Unique Team Approach.”

This post was originally posted on April 16, 2012 by Caron Beesley on the [acronym] online website.

By Joe Porostosky, Senior Manager of Facilities Information and Technology Services at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Brian Skripac, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Director of Building Information Modeling (BIM) with DesignGroup, Columbus, Ohio.

As our BIM Implementation Project progressed both Joe and I found this process to be mutually beneficial in many different ways. While there were both extremely positive and some unexpected outcomes, this effort allowed us to capture knowledge and insight that we weren’t initially expecting. In addition, we’ve both been excited to see the industry’s response to the project.

Emergency Department entryway design study

DesignGroup Benefits – New Perspectives and “On-the-Ground” Insights (Brian Skripac, Director of BIM, DesignGroup)

From a technology perspective, working with Joe on this project allowed me to share the more than six years of experience I’ve had with the Revit Architecture and BIM related processes in general. Sharing these experiences did not always match up with the way the Medical Center needed to work which provided a challenge in taking these past experiences and defining the best practices that would most benefit this project and the desired outcomes. Being able to take a step back from how you work and accomplish daily tasks proved to be a unique opportunity for me to think critically and strategically about how to optimize new design and documentation processes. While this effort was focused on the needs of Joe and his team it has enabled me to take those new perspectives and effectively apply them to unique challenges that come up regularly on projects. Read More …

In collaboration with [acronym] online, Joe Porostosky and Brian Skripac, have been invited to contribute a series of blog posts documenting the BIM Implementation Project at The Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University. This entry is part four in a series that discusses the challenges and process involved in implementing BIM at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, a project which saw the team win the 2011 [acronym] Magazine Public Sector CAD Award. To catch up on our earlier entries, see part one titled “How do you shift more than six million square feet of CAD information to a BIM process?”, part two titled “Implementing BIM at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center – The “Big Bang Approach”, and part three titled “Implementing 6,000,000 Square Feet of BIM Takes Teamwork, Standards and Model Accuracy.”

This post was originally posted on April 03, 2012 by Caron Beesley on the [acronym] online website.

By Joe Porostosky, Senior Manager of Facilities Information and Technology Services at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Brian Skripac, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Director of Building Information Modeling (BIM) with DesignGroup, Columbus, Ohio.

Phase 1: Big Bang Implementation

Following the all important completion of Phase 0, we were ready to kick off the actual work of developing Revit-based building information models from our AutoCAD floor plans.  In June of 2011, the implementation process started with two undergraduate architecture students and two graduate architecture students from the Knowlton School of Architecture, along with one undergraduate civil engineering student, all from The Ohio State University.  While their first week included on-site orientation, team building and a project overview, the students quickly became acclimated with the technology they would become expert at during a focused three day training session on Revit Architecture.

Meet the Team – Undergraduate and graduate students from the Knowlton School of Architecture together with the Facilities Information and Technology Services team at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center charged with converting all of its buildings from 2D to 3D building information models.

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In collaboration with [acronym] online, Joe Porostosky and Brian Skripac, have been invited to contribute a series of blog posts documenting the BIM Implementation Project at The Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University. This entry is part three in a series that discusses the challenges and process involved in implementing BIM at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, a project which saw the team win the 2011 [acronym] Magazine Public Sector CAD Award. To catch up on our earlier entries, see part one titled “How do you shift more than six million square feet of CAD information to a BIM process?” and part two titled “Implementing BIM at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center – The “Big Bang Approach.”

This post was originally posted on March 27, 2012 by Caron Beesley on the [acronym] online website.

By Joe Porostosky, Senior Manager of Facilities Information and Technology Services at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Brian Skripac, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Director of Building Information Modeling (BIM) with DesignGroup, Columbus, Ohio.

Phase 0: Standards and Process Development

As discussed in the previous post (update link to DG’s blog), Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center senior leadership signed off on the “Big Bang” approach to converting all 6 million square feet of Medical Center space from a 2D CAD based process to an intelligent BIM managed process in November of 2010.  Starting in February of 2011, we began Phase 0 of our implementation plan, which included four primary objectives: Read More …

DesignGroup's Brian Skripac will be presenting the topic of social media and the value it can bring to architects and their firms.

As we’ve seen the tremendous impact that social media is having on our everyday lives, many architects and building industry professionals have been left wondering what the value of social media is to them and their firm. Demystifying these new and evolving series of technologies will be the topic of discussion for my portion of the day long Connect with Technology Workshop that I will be participating in at the AIA National Convention.

For more information on my presentation and the entire Connect with Technology Workshop click here.

3D section of Cramblett Medical Clinic. Image courtesy of The Wexner Medical Center

In collaboration with [acronym] online, Joe Porostosky and Brian Skripac, have been invited to contribute a series of blog posts documenting the BIM Implementation Project at The Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University. This entry is part two in a series that discusses the challenges and process involved in implementing BIM at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, a project which saw the team win the 2011 [acronym] Magazine Public Sector CAD Award. For part one of the entries, please visit our post titled “How do you shift more than six million square feet of CAD information to a BIM process?”

This post was originally posted on March 22, 2012 by Caron Beesley on the [acronym] online website.

By Brian Skripac, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Director of Building Information Modeling (BIM) with DesignGroup, Columbus, Ohio

Partnership & Collaboration

As Joe discussed in the previous post,  the Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center had already reached a decision to adopt BIM in order to get more value out of its space data and transition from AutoCAD, but he now needed to better understand how to implement it. Having decided on Revit Architecture as an important foundation to their overall BIM initiatives, the team still needed to have a much deeper understanding of the technology and more importantly how it would integrate/redefine their existing team and processes.

The conversations that Joe and I began to have were driven from DesignGroup’s leadership with BIM through our early adoption of this technology in late 2005. As we’ve evolved into a 100% BIM environment, since the beginning of 2009, Joe had the assurance that we could successfully lead his team through their BIM implementation. Ultimately, the idea of partnership and collaboration became the cornerstone of our success and provided a mutually beneficial outcome for both of our organizations. Read More …