BIM in Birmingham 2019 by Birmingham School of Architecture and Design

Welcome to our programme for BIM in Birmingham. The 3rd in a series of national and international events hosted by Birmingham School of Architecture and Design.

Contact: victoria.farrow@bcu.ac.uk Curzon Building Birmingham City University 4 Cardigan St, Birmingham B4 7BD Sponsored by:

30.01.2019

Welcoming special guests and keynotes from: Foster and Partners BDP Zaha Hadid Architects And many more!

PROGRAMME

BIM IN BIRMINGHAM

Images from BIM in Birmingham 2017, 2018

Graphics by Mozakir Ali Mozakir completed his Part 1 BA (Hons) Architecture at Birmingham School of Architecture and is currently studying his Part 2 MArch. As an ambassador for the university, his previous work has included supporting events, mentoring, working alongside the staff team to welcome new applicants as well as playing a key role in inspiring younger children who have a passion for design at annual family days at the university. Mozakir is also keen photographer and occasionally joins a local community of photography meets and has had his images featured by the BBC. He is also the president of the Designers Guild Society; the group intend to share skills across all disciplines within the school of architecture and design promoting a collaborative atmosphere within the school. With this experience, Mozakir has been able to bring a great set of skills co organising the event with Victoria, taking the lead on aspects of the event such as social media, graphics, leading the student team and assisting in the development of the event year on year.

Email: mozakir_ali@outlook.com Instagram: @mozakir_ali Twitter: @mozakir_ali

Contents: Special thanks to our sponsors............................................................................................5 A note from the event organiser....................................................................................... 6-7 Timetable........................................................................................................................... 8-9 Special Guest: Fosters + Partners................................................................................ 12-15 Special Guest: BDP....................................................................................................... 16-17 Special Guest: Zaha Hadid Architects.......................................................................... 18-19 Murphy Philipps...................................................................................................................22 Dr. Abel Maciel.....................................................................................................................23 D5.........................................................................................................................................24 FL Innovations.....................................................................................................................25 Gensler.................................................................................................................................26 Cullinan Studio....................................................................................................................27 Architype..............................................................................................................................28 Donald Insall Associates.....................................................................................................29 Ridge....................................................................................................................................30 Axis Design Architects........................................................................................................31 Maber...................................................................................................................................32 BPR Architects....................................................................................................................33 Alberto Fernรกndez Gonzรกlez...............................................................................................34 Dr. Ana Costa.......................................................................................................................35 Trina Ratcliffe-Pacheco.......................................................................................................36 Luka Stefanovic...................................................................................................................37 Alphard Contracts......................................................................................................... 38-39 Building Plans............................................................................................................... 40-42 Thanks to student helpers..................................................................................................43 BSoAD Gradshow 2019 .......................................................................................................44

A special thanks to our sponsors:

Image from Chetwoods VR station at BIM in Birmingham 2017

Event Leader Bio Victoria is associate professor and course director of the BA architecture undergraduate course at Birmingham school of architecture and design. Victoria Farrow is a qualified Architect and chartered with the ARB following the completion of her studies at the University of Nottingham. She has worked in practice, both as the director of her own architectural practice and also as an employee of practices in Nottingham working in variety of different sectors. She has also worked with the fields of facilities management, BIM, occupancy planning, architectural visualisation and interior design. Victoria is incredibly passionate about architectural education and it is this that lead her into teaching in 2008 where she began working as an academic at the University of Lincoln and Nottingham Trent University. During her time as an academic, Victoria has developed networks with organisations working in USA, and South Africa, which have provided her with the opportunity to both teach a number of times in the USA and also collaborate on numerous international projects and research activities. In 2011, Victoria was one of the founding members of the AAE (association of architectural educators) and in 2013, Victoria hosted the inaugural AAE conference at NTU to formally announce the association of architectural educators and the AAE journal, Charette, for which she is a reviewer. This event was attended by over 40 different countries around the world. In 2014, Victoria supported the second AAE conference at Sheffield university whilst on the conference committee and in 2016 she presented research on the use of social media in the design studio at the AAE conference hosted by the Bartlett school of architecture in London. Most recently she presented at the 2017 AAE conference, which took place at Oxford Brookes. Here she introduced her research on design studio pedagogy and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s links to the networks at play within architectural education through the model of DNA : The Designers Network Alliance. Through the AAE, Victoria has continued to work to support the improvement and development of architectural education in the UK. She has set up the AAE and Vectorworks scholarship programme which provides free software to schools of architecture in the UK and continues to develop strategies to enhance learning for her students. In 2014, Victoria moved to join Birmingham City University in the role as Programme Director and Year 1 year leader. Having worked for more than 7 years delivering teaching and learning within the undergraduate years and postgraduate programmes at various institutions, Victoria is very experienced in her discipline. She has taught across them following fields within higher education: architecture, interior architecture, theatre design, architectural technology, BIM, CAD and digital architecture and a number of other specialist areas.

Welcome to the 3rd international BIM in Birmingham event, hosted at Birmingham City University. BIM in Birmingham commenced with a local event in 2016 to engage practitioners and students in discussions and learning about Building Information Modelling. The aim has been to establish a network of BIM specialists, opening the doors to experts and those looking to gain greater experience in BIM, providing host a forum for debates and discussions. In 2017 the event expanded and in 2018 we welcomed guests and speakers from around the world, providing the opportunity for international exchanges. As an event, BIM in Birmingham has engaged with a series of collaborative partners, organisations and sponsors and we have benefited from a range of practices and guests who have kindly supported the growth and development of the event year on year. We would like to thank these parties for their efforts and enthusiasm and for assisting in the development of the BIM in Birmingham network. We also would like to welcome interest from any potential partners, speakers or sponsors for the future. If you are interested then please do get in touch with Victoria Farrow for further details on Victoria.farrow@bcu.ac.uk. For our January 2019 event, we have an exciting line up of keynotes and guest speakers. We hope you enjoy the day! -Victoria Farrow

Email: victoria.farrow@bcu.ac.uk Instagram: @bcu_baarch Twitter: @vfarrow16

Talks Schedule

Special Guests

Special Guest:

Speaker Name: ANNA-MARIA MALLA

Title of talk: THE ARCHITECT AND THE BIM

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Talk overview:

Anna-Maria is a BIM coordinator and a BIM & Design Systems Lead at Foster + Partners. She studied Architecture at the University of Greenwich before completing a Masters in Architecture at Westminster University. She has worked on several BIM projects including a large UK Military Rehabilitation Complex, the DNRC in Loughborough, Lots Road Power Station, London and the Royal College of Music. She excelled at 3D digital modelling during her studies, learning Revit independently before implementing her skills at various architectural practices before joining Foster + Partners. Anna-Maria is experienced in managing BIM, helping the architectural team and collaborating with other consultants. At Foster + Partners she is currently the BIM coordinator for several complex projects, assisting the project team to design the building in Revit, using the benefits of 3D digital modelling. She is also overseeing the implementation of BIM across multiple projects in the Studio and across the wider practice.

Can BIM actively enhance the design of a project not only to be a well coordinated building - but also a better architectural design?

COORDINATOR - MATTHEW HAYHURST & ANNA-MARIA MALLA

Foster + Partners are now developing all design projects in BIM. The transition to BIM has been both challenging and rewarding for an architectural practice focused on design excellence and delivering projects which are cutting edge and globally recognised. The collaboration between the design architect and the BIM coordinator is crucial to the success of such projects. The presentation aims to demonstrate how this collaboration can produce projects of high architectural quality through close collaboration. Using a case study of a collaborative working building in Luxembourg as well as other Foster + Partners projects the presentation will demonstrate this collaboration and the iterative design process from the points of view of the architect and the BIM coordinator.

Speaker Name: MATTHEW HAYHURST

Title of talk: THE ARCHITECT AND THE BIM

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Matthew is an architect and partner at Foster + Partners. He studied at the University of Nottingham graduating in 2007 with distinction and a nomination for the RIBA Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Silver Medal. He has a wealth of experience across a broad range of sectors both in the UK and globally. Matthew is involved with many complex projects and provides in depth knowledge of the BIM design process as well as design co-ordination, construction phase management and delivery. Matthew is currently lead project architect on several international projects including a brain science research centre for the Hebrew University in Jerusalem as well as several projects in Luxembourg. Matthew is a member of The Royal Academy of Arts and a visiting tutor to several universities.

Can BIM actively enhance the design of a project not only to be a well coordinated building - but also a better architectural design?

COORDINATOR - MATTHEW HAYHURST & ANNA-MARIA MALLA

Speaker Name: PETER MORTENSEN Biography:

Title of talk:

BIM & Design Systems Manager (Operations) BSc Architectural Technology and Construction Management

A presentation on the implementation of BIM and it’s development at Foster + Partners with early examples of modelcentric workflows in the early 2000’s to a case study of the use of BIM on Mexico City New International Airport currently under construction.

Peter has 5 years of experience in the AEC industry and manages the operations team of Foster + Partner’s BIM and Design Systems group consisting of 40 BIM coordinators, technicians and studio leads across the practice of some 1300 staff to facilitate the implementation of Revit and associated software. His most recent project work is MOL Group’s new headquarters in Budapest, Hungary as a BIM Coordinator after having worked for more than two years on Mexico City New International Airport, which won Autodesk’s AEC Excellence 2017 award in the infrastructure category. He graduated from KEA Copenhagen, Denmark in 2014 where he studied architectural technology and construction management.

BIM ON A BIG SCALE

Talk overview:

A brief introduction to who Foster + Partners are and on our technology timeline will be given along with an overview of the interesting projects from the Applied Research and Development department and Specialist Modelling Group, who have made advancements in the use of analysis tools with augmented reality, awarded first prize in a NASA competition to advance the technologies necessary to create off-world habitats, and how the Swiss Ree (The Gherkin) was coded in excel. Finally a case study of Mexico City New International Airport. With the challenges provided by the site, the complex geometry, vast number of consultants, implementation of a new software, and the sheer scale of the project this certainly is BIM on a big scale.

Special Guest:

Speaker Name: ALISTAR KELL

Title of talk: FROM CAD MONKEY TO BIMPANZEE:

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Alistair is a Principal at BDP with responsibilities for Information, Technology and Process. He is a registered Architect and was previously an Architect Director in BDP’s Glasgow office. Since taking over the role of Director of Information and Technology I have also acted as BDP BIM Champion leading

This session will cover the environment that has fostered BIM adoption within the UK aligned to the technical, political and cultural changes that are driving this. Areas of current good practice will be discussed together with the longer term strategies and emerging technology horizons that are becoming increasingly relevant for the Built Environment.

THE EVOLUTION OF DESIGN TOWARDS A DIGITAL FUTURE

the strategy for BDP to be recognised as leading BIM exponents in the UK. He was also a member of the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 Review Group, providing comment as the ‘2013 Plan of Work’ was developed. He led BDP’s involvement in the BIM Toolkit, authoring the LoD standard and managing BDP’s development of some 400 object definitions across 4 disciplines. He also have Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art from Glasgow School of Art, specialising in Fine Art Photography (Distinction).

Special Guest:

Speaker Name: MARIA AVRAMI Biography: BIM Lead Designer MArch DipArch BA(Hons) TEE (Technical Chamber of Greece) Maria joined Zaha Hadid Architects in 2016 as BIM designer. She specialises on residential complex developments, urban design, office and commercial complexes and has a particular interest in cultural buildings. Previously she worked as an architect in Greece focusing on luxury residential design and the creation of house typologies for new urban planning developments. She also worked on a boutique shop and factory concept to serve as brand prototype. At ZHA, Maria worked on the Sberbank Technopark Headquarters, a 131,000m2 innovation campus located in a new research and development zone outside Moscow. She has worked on a number of won competitions, including Navi Mumbai International Airport, Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoe Smart City masterplan in Moscow and Yekaterinburg Concert Hall and was also part of the BIM team that worked on the Kimmel Quarter competition, a masterplan for the regeneration of a UNESCO world heritage site in the historical city centre of Riga, Latvia, which won 3rd place. Maria received her Diploma from Liverpool John Moores University and advanced her interest in the theory of Architecture and applied theory, with a Masters in Architecture on the

Title of talk: FLUID DESIGN TO BIM subject of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Narrative, Film and Architectureâ&#x20AC;?. She obtained her professional qualification from the Technical Chamber of Greece and is a registered architect in Greece.

Talk overview: Zaha Hadid Architects is known for fluid forms and parametric design that makes for challenging workflow when transferring these designs into a BIM environment. This presentation will explore the ZHA BIM workflow using project specific examples that showcase efficient parametrised geometry and metadata between applications, using custom interoperable workflows and will demonstrate how to utilise the different types of families to generate parametric geometry and freeform elements.

Guest Speakers

Speaker Name: PAUL MATHEWS

Title of talk: MODERN ARCHITECTURAL

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Paul Mathews has been a partner at Murphy Philipps Associates since 2006. The practice is a 35 strong architectural firm covering a range of work, but with particular experience in the healthcare sector. Having previously worked at Alsop & Stormer, Michael Hopkins and TR Hamzah & Yeang in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Paul has completed a wide range of projects in the UK and overseas, and his technical and detailed design skills have been key to delivering a number of Murphy Philipps more complex schemes.

Architecture has always been about communication, but expectations of the digital age require Architects to have a much wider knowledge of software, and far greater skills in spatial representation than weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever had. Alongside this there is a need for closer collaboration with design teams and improved efficiency in the way information is delivered to clients, consultants and contractors. Through recent examples and case studies Paul will demonstrate that a wider palate of digital skills are required for the architectural profession to remain relevant, whether that be students or seasoned practitioners. Communication of ideas in 3Ds and walkthroughs has become the norm, and software previously limited to the realm of gamers and visualisers is mainstream for architects to showcase their designs to clients.

He has particular interest in the building user experience, and the way in which technology alongside materials and lighting can enhance the healing environment. The design of the recently completed Critical Care unit which he oversaw was rated excellent by the Care Quality Commission in terms of its holistic approach, functional efficiency and promotion of wellness. He is responsible for both NHS and Private Independent sector healthcare work as well as leading the practices recruitment and developing the IT system.

EXPECTATIONS: MULTI SKILLING AND AN INFORMATIVE USER EXPERIENCE IN A BIM ENVIRONMENT.

Interoperability and collaboration are key however. Ensuring digital waste is not introduced to the system, nor ineffective processes that may stifle creativity. The development of efficient workflows enables more time to be devoted to design and innovation. The development of mobile technology has opened up opportunities when on site and an exciting new wave of apps are emerging offering a wide range of tools on tablets and phones, unthinkable until recently. The talk will touch on whether there is still a place for CAD, and argue that alongside all the technology advances conventional communication skills are as relevant now as they ever have been.

Speaker Name: DR. ABEL MACIEL

Title of talk: BIM & BLOCKCHAIN: THE EMERGENCE

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Dr. Abel Maciel is an Architect and Senior Research Associate at the University College London. His research interests include Computational Design, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Distributed Ledger Technology (Blockchain). He is Director of Design Computation Ltd, a specialist consultancy based in London. There, he focuses on the development and delivery of complex Building Information Modelling, Programmatic Design, Digital Fabrication and the development of new digital technologies for design. Abel brings extensive experience in architecture and research on a wide range of design typologies and scales, working with some of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading design practices, such as Arup, Foster and Partners, Heatherwick Studio and Zaha Hadid Architects. He is a Founding Director of the Construction Blockchain Consortium (CBC) and Faculty Member of the UCL Centre of Blockchain Technologies and a member of the CogNav Special Interest Group, at Royal Institute of Navigation.

OF COMPUTATIONAL BUILDING PROCUREMENTS

Collaborative Design is arguably the mechanism for solving most of the global challenges we are facing today. New digital authoring technologies like Project Information Modelling and BIM and the advent of emergent technologies, like Digital Mixed Realities, Blockchain, and Machine Learning are changing our understanding of the world, disrupting social institutions and affecting the development and use of the built environment in unforeseen ways. In this talk, we discuss our ongoing research on BIM Common Data Environment and the prospective ways to bypass integrated teamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; scalability challenges through the means of automation, the potential applications of computational contracts in BIM and the consequential ramifications in design intelligence, forms of procurement and IP ownership.

Speaker Name: CHRISTOPHER MALONEY & JOE BOWMAN

Biography: Christopher is a project architect for D5 Architects, a medium sized architecture practice with considerable experience of designing projects across multiple sectors including Transportation, Education, Community, Workplace, Housing and Private Residential work. The practice has embraced BIM as a core driver in its business strategy, implementing standards across all projects.

Title of talk: AN IMMATERIALIST ANALYSIS OF BIM THROUGH CASE STUDY PROJECTS

Talk overview:

Three years ago D5 Architects began the process of implementing BIM standards across all projects, by reviewing a series of in-house case studies this presentation will analyse the affect this move to BIM has had on design process in practice, and discuss the lessons learned. The utilisation of digital technologies in both design and manufacture processes has been heralded as ushering a new era of architectural production, one defined by its potential for unparalleled variation, yet in practice we observe a trend toward increased genericness. This apparent paradox can be explained in part by idealisation inherent in any modelling process, such as BIM establishing a semantic-ontology resulting in radical economization, and even the vaulted flexibility of parametricism encourages reductionism due to its nature of planned economization The immaterialist philosophy of Object-Oriented-Ontology defines an ‘Object’ as an entity that cannot be paraphrased in terms of components or its effect, therefore converting objects through knowledge or practice - such as modelling - transforms them. Even in regarding the model as a ‘thing- in-itself,’ rather than as a representation, such transformations regularly occur during the contemporary digital design processes due to frequent interactions between differing modelling protocols, as well as at the transition from design to manufacturing. These moments of transformation are therefore critical junctures in the development of a design. Though designated by work flow and process their location is often fluid, suggesting that rather than ‘what is design?’ the more pressing question is ‘when and where is design?’

Speaker Name: MICHAEL HUDSON

Title of talk: BUILDING A DIGITAL CITY IN WEMBLEY

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Michael is Associate Director at FL Innovations, which works with developers, contractors and consultants to deliver digital strategy, information management and training. Michael is a chartered architect with experience spanning a variety of sectors including residential, cultural, education and hotels. He is always striving to apply his research into emergent virtual and fabrication technologies to his projects. Recently he co-developed software for the acoustic optimisation of the award-winning Acoustic Shells and is a founding member of the UK Dynamo User Group. His current research projects include applying agile management to the AEC industry and active biometric scanning for residential well-being. Michael has presented his work at a number of international conferences and has lectured at Oxford Brookes, Nottingham Trent and Leicester De Montfort Universities.

Wembley Park is 85 acre site surrounding the iconic Wembley stadium. Unlike the many regeneration developments of this size, there is a single client and the majority of the housing will destined for private rental (PRS). The developer Quintain is investing ÂŁ2 Billion to deliver a new neighbourhood for London, with 7000 homes and over 8000 jobs, and as they will be retaining and managing their site, they recognized that BIM could provide enormous efficiency savings at both CAPEX and OPEX stages. This presentation will discuss how some BIM level 2 processes were adopted by the entire supply chain to deliver asset information models for Quintainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister company Tipi. This presentation will discuss what has worked and what has failed and how the information manager, FL Innovations has policed the data for 11 live projects with several hundred BIM models.

Speaker Name: SEAN PILLAN

Title of talk: BUSINESS AS USUAL

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Being cognisant of the environment, Sean believes in sustainable design and delivering space and place that captures the clients vision whilst being sympathetic to its context. Sean views architecture as an opportunity to better enable and improve people’s lives through creative initiatives and innovative design concepts. Achieving those concepts using the correct Digital platform, that enables complex problems to be solved more efficiently. A certified architect from South Africa, Sean has always been focused and dedicated to the architectural profession. He continues to learn and grow as the industry evolves over time with the increasing development of technologies. This has allowed him to be a key member of project teams across a range of projects and sectors. Having been involved with a variety of architectural disciplines throughout his career, Sean shares his learnings through lecturing as well as coaching and mentoring the next generation of students. His believes we all remain students in architecture and the more experience you gain within the industry the more informed your decisions will be and the better architect you become.

The presentation will focus on a student’s transition from an academic environment to an office environment using BIM as the primary focus of discussion.

Students who study architecture will present their designs which allows them to express the ideas and intentions they have for a specific project. When starting a new project we ask five questions, Why are we doing the design? How are we going to produce the design? Who can offer help and support on the design? What will the design be? When is the deadline? The talk will look at the these five questions which students can use to help define a career path for the professional environment and their approach to BIM and architecture. Being part of a team in the professional environment and making a positive contribution is a key factor to a successful project. BIM is viewed and integrated in many different ways throughout the profession as it impacts every discipline in the field of design and architecture. At Gensler, our view on BIM is a holistic approach, delivering projects as a complete package and not compartmentalised through different methods of design and technology. The presentation will look at how we like to follow the “business as usual”, one firm approach to BIM. We regard every member of the team as an important piece of the project and equally responsible within the digital design framework.

Speaker Name: ADITI SAXENA

Title of talk: DELIVERING BIM LEVEL 2 AND BEST PRACTICE FOR EFFICIENT WORKFLOWS

Biography: Besides being a skilled architect, Aditi is our BIM Manager responsible for overseeing implementation of our BIM Standards on all new projects. Aditi has wide ranging experience in the construction sector having worked on a mix of projects including housing and industrial but with a particular focus on higher education buildings. She is experienced in delivering projects from planning through to construction, with in-depth design knowledge of highly technical buildings and Level 2+ BIM (Building Information Modelling). She is interested in functional and sustainable design, with the aim to deliver buildings that delight and work for our clients for the long term. Aditi has a broad skill set with specialist knowledge of cross laminated timber, having worked for a leading CLT supplier contractor. She is passionate about timber construction with expertise gained from leading on two projects, managing the design development for construction through to delivery and assembly on site. She believes in the collaborative approach and works hard to ensure the best outcome is achieved for the project through good communication and working relationships between clients, designers and stakeholders. Career Background Aditi has worked at Jestico + Whiles Architects, for the cross-

laminated timber supplier KLH UK, RMJM and Sauerbruch Hutton Architects in Berlin. Aditi studied for both her Bachelors and Masters degrees at the University of Sheffield, and has been invited back to lecture on her Masters dissertation. Other Activities Aditi had an essay on her research into housing published in a book titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Come Collaborate With Me!â&#x20AC;? Her role as part of the BIM Team at Cullinan Studio, involves managing and implementing practice-wide BIM procedures as well as providing training to further the personal development of employees. Aditi speaks fluent Hindi and conversational German.

Speaker Name: LYDIA MOTH

Title of talk: 4 PILLARS OF BIM

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Lydia has worked at Architype Ltd for 3yrs. She has experience in many areas but has mainly worked within the education and housing sectors, and is currently working on the largest passivhaus housing development in the UK. She is also the BIM manager for the office, helping to implement BIM level 2 on a number of projects. She also talks regularly at events and teaches BIM/ Revit to the BCU MArch course.

I often find people are overwhelmed by BIM as a larger concept. To many components and technical language stop it being accessible to all. This talk aims to break down BIM into its 4 main aspects and give a basis of practical understanding which steers away from technical jargon.

Speaker’s Names: GWYN ROBERTS & JON FROST

Title of talk: BIM FOR HERITAGE: PALACE OF

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Gwyn is an Associate at Donald Insall Associates specialising in the care, repair and adaptation of historic buildings, as well as designing new buildings for sensitive sites. As the practice BIM Manager, making Insalls work accessible is at the heart of everything he does. As an Architect, Gwyn enjoys communicating the analysis of spaces and design proposals by exploring digital technology processes. Jon is the Head of Digital Services for BWB and Director of Deetu, BWB Consulting’s digital and data business. Providing Building Information Modelling (BIM), Geographical Information Systems (GIS), and project visualisation services. He also leads BWB Groups corporate digital strategy, planning and implementing digital methodology into our project delivery and business processes in all BWB group companies. (BWB Consulting, Deetu and QMP) Jon’s expertise lie in the application of BIM, GIS, digital and technology to projects and business processes. He has a wealth of experience assisting organisations of various sizes understand and apply BIM and digital technology to their business. Including client organisations, consultants, contractors and product suppliers.

WESTMINSTER – THE DIGITISATION OF THE CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLAN BIM for existing spaces essentially differs from conventional applications of BIM to newly constructed spaces. This is primarily due to the standardization of new off the shelf products not conforming to the uniqueness of our heritage environment. Where BIM is being used, the focus is still very much on design and construction. However, its use as an operational and management tool for existing buildings, in particular heritage buildings, is lagging behind. Conservation Management Plans (CMP) are traditionally drafted as building reports for professional users and set out: •Policies for conservation •Guidance to assess how and why buildings are significant and changes that should be managed to conserve that significance •Frameworks for management and change During 2018, Parliament set out to revise Donald Insall Associates Europa Nostra Medal 2005 Conservation Plan and Gazetteer and commission a new CMP to meet current best practice; to support its long term commitment to the husbandry of the historic environment of the Estate and improve its operation and management. Insalls, partnered with the Data Solutions company Deetu, apprised the 2005 Gazetteer information before digitising and structuring the data so that it was interoperable with the structure of Parliaments’ current and future BIM model on a space by space basis; whilst making provisions to update its content and allowing future spaces and building components to be surveyed.

Speaker Name: BRENT REES

Title of talk:DIGITISING BETTER: CULTURE,

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Brent is an Associate at Ridge & Partners, multi-disciplinary construction and property consultants with over 600 employees across the UK. He is a chartered construction professional with experience in multiple industry roles of delivering complex projects, across a variety of sectors, for Clients at national and international levels. Experience and knowledge of Building Information Modelling (BIM) has allowed Brent to develop and implement a company-wide strategy to enable the multidisciplinary practice to engage in digital design, project, and construction processes. Through this Brent founded Digital Engineering (DE) as an independent service stream for the business, which provides consultancy to Clients and project teams in the digital space. In addition to this, he also established the DE Group, which is a forum for connecting disciplines and regional offices around a digital agenda, and DE Delivery as the practice’s digital toolset for delivering multi-disciplinary projects. Brent is also Chair of BIM Regions Oxford, and Director of BIM Regions UK Ltd, both of which form part of the UK BIM Alliance and are initiatives designed to provide guidance for the construction industry to better engage with an evolving digital construction culture.

We are now some years beyond the L2 BIM mandate of 2016, and whilst the construction industry has seen significant reform in the digital space during this time, there is still progress to be made before this can be classed ‘business as usual’. To improve on this, we need to consider the effects of culture, process, and technology separately, whilst recognising the inter-dependencies of all three to successfully digitise our projects and organisations. This presentation aims to share experiences and scenarios of all three, ranging from high-level opinion through to real-world technical examples on how to digitise better.

PROCESS, & TECHNOLOGY

Speaker Name: ROB ANNABLE

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BA (Hons), PG Dip Arch, RIBA

How to build home user guides into the process of design and construction

Director - Axis Design Architects Ltd Education: Birmingham School of Architecture (First class honours + PG Dip Distinction) Since joining Axis Design after graduation in 1998, Rob has been involved in many housing, masterplanning, consultation, designled projects. Project experience includes the design and delivery of affordable housing for Birmingham Municipal Housing Trust; project architect for the highly regarded Brandwood End housing in Birmingham; designing innovative eco-friendly housing in Stourbridge; extensive consultation and masterplanning exercises across the West Midlands; award-winning energy efficient refurb projects in Newcastle-Under-Lyme and Custom Build site layout architect for Stoke on Trent City Council. Rob often undertakes R&D into new methods of working and communication using digital tools, as well as materials and detailing challenges in energy efficient construction. He has recently completed his own self-build project in Wolverhampton, winning the West Midlands award for construction excellence.

BIM, DIGITAL TOOLS IN CUSTOM BUILD AND HAND OVER INFORMATION

Including a case study on how digital information can be embedded into architecture, exploring the politics of construction data ownership and the care of buildings.

Additional roles: Visiting Tutor, Birmingham School of Architecture MA Arch course

Speaker Name: BRENDAN SEXTON

Title of talk: MACHINE LEARNING, IS IT THE NEXT

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Brendan is BIM manager at Maber Associates, looking after delivery of BIM projects across the company’s 5 offices, and driving business efficiency for both Maber and their clients. He is an experienced project architect with many years experience delivering projects in the UK and overseas, most notably Jaguar Land Rovers £90m Advanced Research Headquarters. He moved in to full time BIM management as he is convinced that it will be transformative for the construction industry on many levels. He is passionate about using plain language to speak about BIM and foster team buy in. He was named as an industry “rising star” by the RIBAJ for the work he does with clients and contractors to engage them in the BIM process.

The AEC media picks up on various trends, 2015 was BIM, 2016 VR, 2017 AR, 2018 A.I. 2019’s trend will likely be machine learning, this branch of A.I. could be one of the biggest disruptors of the first quarter of the 21st century. The Farmer Report commissioned by the Government had the sub title “modernise or die”, many are jumping to advanced computational techniques to be the solution to Farmers provocation.

BIG DISRUPTOR?

Will machine learning allow us to create more efficient designs, can it know beauty, will it give us a 4 day working week, make us unemployed, have us living in Soviet style housing blocks or is it all just hype? The presentation will explore how we currently interact with A.I. in our profession without even knowing it, consider industry leading examples of using A.I. and how it will evolve in the years ahead. The talk will centre around the work maber are currently undertaking into A.I. with industry partners and clients.

Speaker Name: PAUL BEATY-POWNALL

Title of talk: BIM AT BPR

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BA Hons MA UD Dip RIBA,Director bpr architects Ltd. Qualifications RIBA, ARCUK, Project Management and Practice Management BA Hons Dip RIBA MA Urban Design

We piloted the use of BIM on a new Science and Technology building at Middlesex University known as The Ritterman Building. We worked with the design team to agree a common set of rules that were incorporated into a BIM Execution Plan. We made use of a federated model to co-ordinate the design and issued a BIM model to the contractor who took over the BIM Manager role at site stage. I will speak openly about our experience of working with the contractors supply chain to maintain the integrity of the model with a view to issuing a Project Information Model at completion. The building is now complete, and we have prepared an End User Guide from the model, to help the staff and students make better use of the building. The science and technology course are also exploring ways that the building to support research. This project will demonstrate how BPR have made use of BIM as a practice to improve the service we are able to offer our clients and improve both productivity and the quality of our designs.

As an architect and urban designer, Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s knowledge in master planning, higher education buildings and railway architecture has contributed to the rapid growth of BPR Architects. Paul is respected in the education sector for working closely with stakeholders to deliver buildings that exceed expectations. He is also an expert in understanding the future of station design and is the author of the new TfL Overground Station Design Idiom. Under Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead, BPR architects started the process of introducing BIM to the practice in May 2012, to prepare for the national requirement for BIM level 2 deliverables from 2016, and to support their public-sector client base. He began by using a pilot project to test the capabilities of the software and once satisfied that it would work, he prepared the strategy to implement BIM systems for all BPR projects.

Speaker Name: ALBERTO FERNÁNDEZ GONZÁLEZ

Title of talk: BIM CHILEAN SOCIAL HOUSING

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Alberto Fernández González is Architect and Academic of the University of Chile, Master in Architecture of University College London and Chartered Architect RIBA. His career has been developed between Academia and professional practice, exploring the “form” designed from the local perspective as a contribution to Global issues applying BIM and Digital Fabrication in different scales, recognized by the HOLCIM Award Next Generation, Archiprix International, Evolo Skyscrapers, Sunbrella Future of Shade, UIA-La Biennale di Venezia among others. Being an Academic member of the University of Chile since 2006, the oldest Chilean Public School of Architecture founded by 1849 focused on public and social infrastructure development in our country.

ANALYSIS – PERIOD 1970 TO 1990 This research based on education digs on the “evolution” of Chilean social housing between the period 1970 to 1990 asking us the “phylogenic” relation between “typos” of designs that developed several problems in the urban fabric development during 20 years of intricate design just thinking in quantity but not quality in our country. BIM as a methodology in the life cycle of a building can debug the existent problems in 18 different cases, proposing new solutions based on refurbishment, taking into consideration all the information available from simulated data of our cases and the proposed solutions toward a new integration between housing programme, local-urban relations and the building as the mediator between scales. The formative space in Studio 6 at University of Chile is developed for this research as a laboratory of Multiscale Material Research (MMR) in the built environment, detecting for such purposes pre-existences that are susceptible to be reconverted to new possibilities, by means of inclusion, in the process of intervention, of incremental strategies that go from the whole to the detail. In this direction, it promotes the ability to generate simple codes, by way of project constraints, which will generate grammars of their own that give way to the creation of Multiscale formal systems, studying evolutionary or emergent processes with BIM and Digital Fabrication.

Speaker Name: DR ANA COSTA

Title of talk: MAPPING THE STRATEGIES TO

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INTEGRATE BIM IN UNDERGRADUATE ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION The use and dissemination of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in architectural projects requires a new understanding of design, construction and management of the built environment. For an educator in architecture, teaching BIM requires a pedagogical approach to the use of parametric objects that go beyond the simpler 3D CAD model and contain data related with time, cost and life cycle management. A deeper understanding of the ways in which the use of BIM can influence the architectural practice can help us with mapping the strategies to integrate BIM in architectural education.

Dr Ana Rute Costa combines the experience in practice, research and teaching. As an architectural practitioner, she designed and collaborated in projects of different scales from housing to schools, public buildings and urban plans. Her research focus is on relationship between the users and the build environment. Based on her PhD research she was able to define the cycle of the school build environment and define ways of improving the learning environment from the design to the appropriation phases. Currently she is working as a consultant in learning and teaching spaces for the Government of Gibraltar. Regarding her teaching experience, she taught at Norwich University of the Arts and Faculty of Architecture from the University of Porto in Portugal. Currently she is lecturing at Birmingham City University, where she coordinates de second year (level 5) and is deputy programme director for the Ba (Hons) Architecture.

In architectural practice, the use of BIM software brings a series of advantages that are easily identified, notably the use of 3D libraries to save time and the creation of a 3D BIM model to allow powerful visualisation. The use of BIM in architectural education may help students with acquiring a more holistic perspective of the discipline and with understanding the different areas of an architectural design project. However, the framework of BIM is probably too complex for a novice and can become detrimental in an early stage of architectural education. During my presentation I will map the strategies to integrate BIM in architectural education, and to provide a rich learning environment for architectural students that prepares them to become both competent architects and skilled BIM users.

Speaker Name: TRINA RATCLIFFE-PACHECO

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Trina is an Architect from Universidad Central de Venezuela, she has been practising in the UK building industry since 2002 where she worked for a variety of architectural practices and completed an MSc in Computer Aided Architectural Design, Construction and Project Management. Since 2012, Trinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role was as a BIM Implementation Manager for the University of the West of England Estates, having the opportunity to define BIM deliverables for construction projects delivered on the UWE Masterplan, working along a diversity of project teams and contractors. While UWEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s BIM maturity developed, the University updated their CAFM system and Maintenance Contractor, which resulted in an integration of the BIM goals with the FM system and capabilities. Trina recently started in a new position as the MSc BIM Programme Leader, Architecture Studio Leader and Senior Lecturer to contribute to BIM research, digital technologies development, education, nurturing future graduates in the field.

What can BIM related technologies bring to the preservation and retro fitting of historic buildings?

TOWARDS SMART HERITAGE FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND PRESERVATION PURPOSES

The implementation of building performance monitoring systems installed into heritage buildings opens opportunities to use building data that can be analysed and applied to measure sustainability impact and health effects. The results can be benchmarked against current heritage conservation and sustainable performance measurement to develop best practices including: 3D Laser scanning; thermography; pressurisation tests; physics simulation; and building pathology analysis. These measurements and analyses can be managed and displayed through a web portal for Heritage Building Information Modelling, acting as a base for managing historical assets, forecasting future building performance and maintenance and the potential that the collected data could be visited as a virtual place. The end of the presentation will look particularly at the adoption of BIM related technologies in the cataloguing, management and restoration of historical monuments in seismic risk geographic areas.

Speaker Name: LUKA STEFANOVIC

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Before joining the Vectorworks team, Luka worked at VMArchitects as an Architectural Technologist. There, he was a lead technical and participating architectural designer. He worked alongside main Architect and experienced Technicians to deliver London based refurbishment and new build projects to completion.

The BIM Level 2 journey is aided through adherence to several key principles such as the Digital Plan of Work and Levels of Definition, combined with the use of parametric modelling and structured data flows. The Cube Project, does not rely on slides and instead provides a practical build-up of a BIM model through key stages 2, 3 and 4 within a live software environment. See how early space planning and concept modelling segways into a planning BIM model and finally into a detailed model complete with construction drawings.

THE CUBE

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A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR STUDENT VOLUNTEERS: DAMI OLATUNJI REUVIE BARBON STUART LEE SAYLAHÂ HUSSAIN MAYCE AREBI SEHAMA NUUR AHMED HAMID HARPINDER SIHRA JOSH BRIGHT MUHAMMAD JAVID DEA ARIMBAWA SHANICE LANGFORD CHARDONAIRE MARTIN

STEFAN FRATILA SCOTT ADDISON PAVEENA SIDHU SANNI SALO OCEAN FAURE-LEWIS TINA CHAOVA KRYSTIAN URBANEK EMILY HAIGH KAITLIN WATSON KIESHA PATEL FLAVIA DANILA EMILY WALSH

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