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 …

Decoregg event poster

You’ve seen what happens when you give a bunch of DesignGroupers grapes and toothpicks to build bridges (if you haven’t, check out our ‘DesignGroup Launches Services in Fruititecture‘ post). So, what happened when they were presented with an egg shell, some sharpies and dye?  Imaginations ran wild! Here are some of the very non-traditional and cleverly decorated eggs:

Official decoregg egg - printed on my eggbot

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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.

Michael Bongiorno, AIA (right) is now a Director of the firm and Chris Shrodes, NCARB (left) an Associate

DesignGroup is pleased to announce two promotions, reflective of the company’s commitment to build and maintain a strong and dynamic management team. Michael Bongiorno, AIA is now a Director of the firm and Chris Shrodes, NCARB an Associate. Read More …