SYNCHRO AT WORK FOR: RUDOLPH AND SLETTEN PROJECT: UCSF CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE “We used Synchro’s 4D BIM schedule simulation to communicate among the project stakeholders the complex construction sequences and site logistics. The ability to see clearly the schedule sequences creates a team dialogue and encourages creative problem solving.” --Michael Piotrkowski, Director of Technical Development, Rudolph and Sletten
Synchro Professional 4D BIM Image from View By View, San Francisco
OVERVIEW The University of California at San Francisco is a leading university that advances health worldwide by conducting advanced biomedical research, educating graduate students in the life sciences and health professions, and providing complex patient care. Their new building will be a collaborative center that brings basic research scientists and clinicians together under the same roof, thus accelerating their efforts to understand cardiovascular diseases, such as heart attack and stroke. It will house the existing world-renowned UCSF Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI), and will be home to a new UCSF Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with an outpatient facility that will focus on advancing ways to predict and prevent these devastating illnesses. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death and disability in the United States, accounting for roughly 950,000 deaths each year, and are expected to increase as the population ages. UCSF has allocated $52 million from its own resources and an anonymous donor has contributed $30 million toward the building’s cost, which is projected to be $241 million. The new building will enable UCSF to bring together scientists and clinicians who are now dispersed over several sites, while also integrating many levels of research aimed at understanding, preventing and treating these diseases. By pooling physicians’ knowledge of physiology and disease with basic scientists’ understanding of genetics, chemistry, protein interactions, molecular and cell biology, and model systems, UCSF hopes to attain a level of sophistication in thinking about disease mechanisms that would not otherwise be possible. Facilitating that type of collaboration has been a guiding factor in planning the new facility, including its proximity to the cancer research building. The cardiology clinic also will complement other UCSF Medical Center facilities planned for the Mission Bay campus, such as the proposed 289-bed, integrated hospital complex that will serve children, women and cancer patients. UCSF has shown throughout its history that interaction of scientists with different skills and knowledge is the key to valuable discovery and quicker “translation” of research into patient care.
THE CONTRACTOR In 1959 Onslow H. "Rudy" Rudolph formed a small contracting company, O.H. Rudolph, General Contractor, based out of his garage in Los Altos, California. Starting with just a small amount of savings, a pickup truck and two employees, Rudy quickly built a business that became known for its ability to deliver the highest quality work on-schedule and within budget. In 1962, Kenneth G. Sletten joined the business as partner and the company was renamed Rudolph and Sletten, Inc., General and Engineering Contractors. Over the years, the company grew and its reputation for excellence grew with it. The Rudolph and Sletten name became a guarantee of honest estimates, innovative schedules and an ethical way of doing business.
Due to the company’s location in Silicon Valley, its growth paralleled that of the valley. Rudolph and Sletten has grown from a small business to a vital corporation. Over 48 years later its corporate culture still clearly reflects the value it places on personal relationships. Many of the company’s current employees are second and third generation employees. Rudolph and Sletten is known for its innovative approach to building and ethics in business dealings. More than 85% of its business is from repeat clients. Today, Rudolph and Sletten is a subsidiary of Tutor Perini Corporation the 9th largest general contractor in the nation as ranked by Engineering News Record. With its headquarters in Redwood City, Rudolph and Sletten also has regional offices in Sacramento, Irvine and San Diego, California.
SPECIFICATION UCSF CVRI celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2008. Since its founding, CVRI scientists have worked together across disciplines to attack cardiovascular diseases. Their partnerships have led to major advances in understanding the disease and in medical care, aiding everyone from infants with respiratory problems to adults with arrhythmia. CVRI’s new building at UCSF Mission Bay will provide state-of-the-art laboratories for current scientists and allow for the recruitment of more investigators. In addition to research, it will house an outpatient clinic for patients with cardiovascular disease. The new 232,000 square-foot building focusing on cardiovascular disease will include “clusters” of about 20 faculty offices on each of its three floors, which are joined by a central staircase. Flexible laboratory space will accommodate nearly 500 graduate students, post-doctoral scientists and other researchers. 4D BIM Model in Synchro from View By View The building will allow CVRI to increase its faculty research team from 22 to 48. The building is expected to be ready for occupancy in 2011.
WHAT SYNCHRO LTD PROVIDED
Technical back-up to the consultant, View By View Highly responsive client service Construction modeling support for Rudolph and Sletten
THE OUTCOME Rudolph and Sletten and View By View were able to optimize the added value of BIM for delivery:
Synchro provided the delivery team onsite with a shared, common view of the project among all participants in the project “Big Room” collocation facility on the worksite. Synchro’s scheduling capabilities enhanced their ability to sequence optimally, for example, the site logistics and exterior skin system the new building. Synchro enables the delivery team to communicate better among the construction delivery team, consultant and the client/philanthropic teams at UCSF. The construction team with Synchro embodies USCF’s own philosophy on the worksite about the vital importance of proximate “relational teams” working collaboratively to solve complex problems. Synchro provided leading construction technology to contribute to the construction of this scientific research institute, which could benefit so many people from its medical advances.
“Synchro has been useful at UCSF to schedule site logistics,” said Mitch Boryslawski, Principal at View By View. “It is so helpful to identify and address potential scheduling problems early with 4D BIM software.”
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SYNCHRO AT WORK FOR: GILBANE BUILDING COMPANY PROJECT: MARICOPA COUNTY DOWNTOWN COURT TOWER IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA “To visually illustrate the concrete wall pour schedule to the subcontractors, I imported a shop drawing PDF into Google SketchUp, created a model off of it, and then imported the 3D SketchUp model and the Oracle Primavera P6 schedule into Synchro where the model and schedule were merged to create the 4D schedule. Stepping through the 4D schedule live in Synchro made for a very effective discussion for the wall pour sequencing. We were all able to visually walk through it and thoroughly understand the sequencing. The 4D Synchro schedule was also shown to the owner and they were very impressed with the clarity and understanding it brought to the schedule.” --Steve Szoke, Regional Scheduling Executive – Western Regional Office, Gilbane Building Company
(left) Google SketchUp converts from 2D to 3D. (center) Primavera P6 Schedule
(right) Synchro’s 4D BIM
OVERVIEW Maricopa County is an engine of growth of one of the fastest growing states in the nation in Arizona. Maricopa County has 9,200 square miles within its borders with a widely dispersed population. During the 1990’s, the population of Maricopa County grew by 45%. The 2000 census showed that Maricopa County was home to just over 3 million people. By 2015, that number is projected to exceed 4.7 million. The master plan is an opportunity for the court to balance the following goals:
Better serve the residents of Maricopa County Improve operational efficiency in the Trial Courts of Maricopa County Make use of existing court facilities, where appropriate Identify and recommend options for the development of new court facilities Identify costs and schedules associated with the renovation and construction of new courts Meet projected growth requirements for court facilities to the year 2015.
Since the entire Maricopa County Downtown Court Tower project has been completely modeled in BIM, it was natural for Gilbane to transform 2D shop drawings into 3D models using Google SketchUp. Merging the Oracle Primavera P6 schedule with the 3D Google SketchUp model objects to attain true 4D schedule through Synchro Professional has been highly effective in optimizing the construction sequencing.
THE CONTRACTOR Gilbane Inc., one of the largest privately held family-owned companies in the construction and real estate industry, is committed to providing complete facility solutions to clients. Gilbane is one of the nation’s oldest builders. The company was founded in 1873 by William Gilbane and his brother Thomas as a family-run carpentry and general contracting shop in Providence, Rhode Island. Originally known as William Gilbane and Brother, the firm quickly developed a reputation for quality, and for building some of the finest homes in Providence. New projects soon followed, including churches, hospitals and other public buildings that are still in use today. In the early 1900s, William H. Gilbane took control of the company and steered it through the lean times of the Great Depression. In the 1930s, his sons Thomas and William joined the company and made Gilbane’s reputation as a pioneer in construction management — first with major defense projects during World War II, and then with the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, which opened on time and budget in Washington, D.C. on July 4, 1976. In 1970 Gilbane expanded its services and formed the development unit now known as Gilbane Development Company. Today, fourth-generation members of the family lead the company, which has annual revenues of more than $2.5 billion and more than 25 offices across the United States.
SPECIFICATION To meet the needs of such a rapidly growing community, Maricopa County is constructing a new 690,000square-foot county courthouse tower with 16 levels in downtown Phoenix. Gilbane Building Company is working over a two-year project window with many stakeholders for completion in March 2012. The smart-building ultimately will be highly sustainable and both energy- and water-efficient as a courthouse designed to withstand the tests of time. Despite the new construction, the traditional design, columns and materials will blend with the historic buildings that exist on the Maricopa County campus. The finished courthouse will house approximately 1,000 in the jury assembly area and offer 22 courtrooms of diverse size with the ability to expand to 32 courtrooms downstream. The project team will seek LEED® certification for this courthouse project. Gilbane wanted to further leverage the BIM model being utilized on the project to better communicate the project scheduling to subcontractors and stakeholders than traditionally allowed by 2D plans. Gilbane instigated 4D BIM via Synchro to enable this desire to assist all project participants in truly understanding the sequencing of concrete pours and also plans to use Synchro’s technology for 4D BIM structural steel schedule.
WHAT SYNCHRO LTD PROVIDED
Synchro Professional Construction modeling consulting Technical back-up Responsive client service
THE OUTCOME Gilbane captured the added value of 4D BIM for delivery for Maricopa County:
Synchro provided the subcontractors with a shared, common view of the concrete pour sequencing and helped them all to visualize and adjust to establish optimum pour sequencing. Gilbane used Google SketchUp to build their model from 2D shop drawings to 3D and then used P6 and Synchro to schedule the model in 4D for the concrete pours. Synchro’s functionality helped identify problems in the sequencing and enabled the team to make changes on the fly. Gilbane will use Synchro at a tactical level from 2D to 3D and 4D in sequencing the structural steel and slab deck pours. Synchro enabled the delivery team to communicate better both to the subcontractors and the owner.
“Synchro has been effective for making changes on the fly live with subcontractors,” said Steve Szoke. “I am also putting together other Synchro 4D schedules for the steel sequencing and the slab deck pours that will further assist us in making this a very successful project.” Take a Test Drive. To experience the power of Synchro, take our 10 day, risk-free, test drive at www.synchroltd.com. If you want to learn more or would like a demo, please contact us at: Synchro Ltd Design Hub 2.3 Coventry University Technology Park Swift Road, Coventry CV1 2TT
Online: www.synchroltd.com t: +44 (0) 2476 792209