BIMStorm™ Connects the World

In a world where we must make decisions that impact our environment, the only way to connect the dots is through collaboration. This requires a different way of thinking and process. BIMStorms™ are part of the answer to this challenge. They allow global teams to collaborate in real time.

BIMStorm™ Live at the Ecobuild Conference in Washington DC.

• December 8-10, 2009
• Information here.

• Several thousand people regardless of technical expertise have participated in BIMStorms and created 4,000 buildings totaling 485 million square feet.
• Live demonstration of BIM using Low Carbon Collaboration techniques featuring speaker Kimon Onuma, FAIA, Principal, Onuma, Inc.
• Live from the show floor with the BIMStorm Teams.
• Some of the tools that are used in a BIMStorm include: Archicad, Excel, Elite Cad, ESRI, Google Earth, Google Maps, Google SketchUp, Onuma Planning System, Revit, Solibri, Trelligence Affinity, VectorWorks, Paper and Pencil and other tools

BIMStorm™ Theater at the Conference on Dec. 9-10, 2009

• On the show floor
• Live projects were run for the duration of the show
• The results of the recent BIMStorms

BIM and Cloud Computing from Oslo to Washington DC Fuse at Ecobuild America

WASHINGTON DC – Ecobuild America® welcomes Build Hospital Live – BIMStorm (BHL 2009) to its growing host of visionary participants, this December 9-10. BHL 2009, which commenced in Oslo, Norway on Sept. 22 will climax at the Ecobuild exhibit in Washington D.C. BIMStorm is a web-based, hands-on workshop that enables stakeholders to be part of a live, collaborative Building Information Modeling (BIM) process.

BHL 2009 will start with an actual hospital project with detailed client requirements. A series of BIM workflows will include creating BIM from DWG and Excel, use of model servers, model validation, room data, and real time collaboration.

While the focus of BHL 2009 will be on medical facility planning and design, the core principles and processes are relevant for the entire building industry. Kimon Onuma, FAIA, president of Onuma, Inc. and Lars Chr Christensen president of multiBIM will be live at Ecobuild mashing up and hashing out BIM solutions alongside their architectural and engineering contemporaries. Data Design Systems, Jotne , and Nosyko, worldwide leaders of BIM software and servers from Norway, will be joining the BHL 2009 live at Ecobuild working alongside Onuma and multiBIM as a combined force to revolutionize the building industry.

Thousands of architects, engineers, owners, facility managers and other design and construction industry experts will convene at the Washington Convention Center for the annual Ecobuild America® conference and exhibition, an event designed to explore and energize sustainable, green, high-performance solutions for the built environment with the newest IT solutions and processes.

Both Ecobuild America® and BHL 2009 encourage public participation and collaboration with industry leaders. The project site in Washington DC will be announced on Nov. 10, 2009. For more information or to get involved, visit www.aecEcobuild.com and http://BIMStorm.com, respectively.

Ecobuild America®, sponsored by the National Institute of Building Sciences, educates design and construction professionals on how to improve our built environment. This unique conference and exhibit, not only introduces new strategies and materials to create high performance, sustainable structures, but also the technology to do it faster and more profitably. www.ecobuildmedia.com

Build Hospital Live – BIMStorm  BHL 2009 brings together experts, using a variety of interoperable tools, to demonstrate how knowledge from owners, engineers, architects, facility managers, and the public can be “mashed-up” in the cloud today. BHL 2009 is an industry sandbox in which participants interact on a project , and learn first hand how to become relevant in the 21st century.

Onuma is recognized as a leader in building industry technologies and has a unique perspective that spans architecture, planning, programming and software development. Onuma has been a leader in bringing together BIM tools and teams using buildingSMART and Open BIM processes with award winning BIMStorms.

Christensen is recognized as one of the buildingSMART pioneers globally and in Norway. He acts as a Lead Aquarium Facilitator in buildingSMART International and is also the former CEO of buildingSMART International (2007-2009). Currently he advises diverse organizations on deploying BIM and openBIM in real projects. Together with Onuma he is the co-organizer of Build Hospital Live 2009.