On February 26, 2014, I moderated a panel of experts for the McGraw Hill/Engineering News Record’s ” The Pulse 5 – The Future of Healthcare” in NYC. The conference explored issues currently shaping national and regional healthcare construction markets. The panel focused on

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The thorough and systematic evaluation of the interrelated values, goals, facts and needs of a client’s organization, facility users and the surrounding community. A well-conceived program leads to high-quality design.

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BIM is a game changer Adopting Building Information Modeling (BIM) in architectural practices is not the same as what the industry experienced with transitioning to CAD 20 years ago. CAD simply replaced hand drafting with computer drafting. The technology was different, but the process remained the same.

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Many architecture and engineering firms have invested in BIM technology and workflows in the past five years. Many of our clients have also embraced BIM to support their facility management needs.   What can design firms and owners do NOW to increase the ROI of BIM?

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As I described in Part 1, the BIM Plan is developed through a series of four collaborative meetings. Each meeting is followed by tasks accomplished in smaller work groups

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While Building Information Modeling (BIM) is widely accepted as a means to improve our construction documents

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Healthcare facilities can be places of great hope and healing. Through their design they can offer patients, family members and staff access

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The value that BIM can create for project delivery teams and building owners has been the subject of many detailed studies, well written articles and reports over the past few years.

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