The Year in Infrastructure 2007 - (Page 27) United States Courthouse dewberry finalist Dewberry teamed with Koetter/Kim & Associates Inc. to plan and design a new $87 million federal courthouse for the General Services Administration in Rockford, Illinois. The new facility will accommodate the 10-year space requirements of the District Court and court-related agencies on a site large enough to also accommodate its 30-year expansion requirements. The courthouse will house five courtrooms, additional clerks’ space, and 52 secure interior parking spaces below the building. The use of Bentley’s BIM solutions enabled the team members to move past their own disciplines’ viewpoint to see the interactions of the complete building. The unique aspect of this project and the use of BIM also allowed Dewberry to flatten the hierarchy of design to production so a member usually assigned to a specific area like design was now also charged with getting those elements placed into the model. USACE Fort Worth District Basic Combat Trainee Barracks BIM us army corps of engineers, fort Worth, tx finalist The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is standardizing the design of its military facilities and has designated eight district offices as Centers of Standardization to develop and maintain the standard designs. The challenge was to effectively and efficiently portray the interior and exterior components of the facilities, interior spatial relationships, and integration of the structural and mechanical systems within the architectural models. The MicroStation visualization and animation tools, Bentley Architecture, Bentley Structural, and other Bentley BIM solutions were the key ingredients in capitalizing on the increased efficiencies provided by BIM across the planning, design, construction, and facilities management phases. The ability to have each discipline produce separate design BIM models and reference each others’ work in real-time strongly promoted a spirit of collaboration and a rapid production of design parameters and team design decisions. BE AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 27
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