I moderated a session at the ASCE SEI Structural Congress in Atlanta, Georgia in April 2022. The session was titled “Business of BIM: Common Pain Points in a Digital Design Revolution” that consisted of a panel discussion on 3 topics of importance to practicing engineers and firms. Technology How are[…]
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Structures Congress 2021
I presented a session at the circumscribed ASCE SEI Structural Congress session in June 2021. The session was titled “Practical Applications of Emerging Technology” and consisted of a brief introduction with 4 breakouts with each author hosting a conversation on their own topics. My breakout was titled “Advances in Digital[…]
Revit Server Accelerator Setter
PROBLEM The WAN-based Revit model collaboration platform called Revit Server requires the user machine to be configured to point to the nearest Revit Server Accelerator. The existing Revit Server network at Thornton Tomasetti consists of 27 Revit Servers that are attached to the office locations where most Revit modeling occurs.[…]
STRUCTURE Magazine Article
An article I wrote with a colleague from the SEI Digital Design Committee entitled “Communicating in a BIM World” was published in the March 2021 edition of STRUCTURE magazine. The article summarizes the ways in which BIM adoption is placing pressure on structural design teams: Truly integrated BIM has been[…]
PBC Article
In October 2020, I had an article published on the British website “Planning, BIM & Construction Today.” The article discussed the impact of BIM on the design and construction industry including: defining BIM 2D to 3D transition collaborative platforms to Common Data Environments changes in delivery and handover changes to[…]
AECO Conference Panels
In July 2020, I participated in my first virtual conference (as a result of the COVID pandemic) and was lucky to be selected as a panelist for two sessions: “The Future of BIM: Can We Ever Move the Needle to Transition the Entire Industry to Contract with BIM?” Nathan Wood,[…]
BIM for Global Asset Owner
DESCRIPTION This was an interesting project where there was no physical building being created but rather we were working with a client to improve on their existing BIM process. A dream project for a BIM nerd! This client has a growing collection of global assets. Each building is designed by[…]
International Standards Contribution
Since 2019, I have served as the United Kingdom’s Technical Expert to the European Committee for Standardization Technical Committee 442 / Work Group 3 (CEN/TC 442 WG3). My group has been charged with completing Work Item (WI) 023 “Guideline on how to understand & utilize EN ISO 29481 Building information[…]
Structures Congress 2019
My first attendance at the ASCE SEI Structures Congress took place in Orlando, Florida in April 2019. I participated in 3 sessions: “Understanding Embodied Carbon Measurement and Reduction” as a presenter I stood in for my talented colleague Duncan Cox to share the current status of our embodied carbon measurement[…]
BIM Process & Team Development
PROBLEM The transition to 3D Building Information Modeling platforms for drawing production was rocky. The firm had a robust custom toolset and practices to support document production in Microstation including robust templates, a VBA Toolbar application that adjusted all settings for layering and annotation. The transition to Revit was rocky[…]