The landscape architecture studio at FORREC was tasked with creating an exterior for the new student centre at York University, Toronto. This project serves as an example of the benefits of a contemporary, collaborative construction effort between the client, other stakeholders, end-users, and the design and construction teams.
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A new set of standards released by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) provide a framework for managing information through collaborative working using building information modelling (BIM).
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The Edmonton Chapter of CSC will hold a luncheon meeting on Tuesday, November 13, at the Chateau Louis Conference Centre from 12 to 1:30 p.m. David Watson, president of Digicon Information, will present on “Producing Co-ordinated Project Information in a Digital World.”
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Hotson Architecture and Ryder Architecture in association have been selected to design a new student residence building on Student Union Boulevard at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Point Grey campus, Vancouver.
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The Edmonton Chapter of CSC is holding a breakfast meeting on February 15. Held at Chateau Louis Conference Centre, the event is expected to run from 7:30 to 10 a.m. Rafael Lucero (Alberta Infrastructure) will deliver a presentation on “New BIM Requirements at Alberta Infrastructure.”
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The Canada BIM Council (CanBIM) and the Institute for BIM in Canada’s (IBM’s) buildingSMART council are joining together two key committees to further the interests of building information modelling in this country.
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Pomerleau, a general contracting firm based in Québec, took two categories in the Canada Building Information Modelling (CanBIM) Council’s first-ever national awards. The award program has three categories: innovation, interoperability, and best in BIM. Pomerleau earned top honours in the innovation category for Place Bell, a sports centre in Laval, as well as the best in BIM category for the Videotron Centre in Québec City.
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Construction surveys are suggesting building information modelling (BIM) is experiencing strong, continuing growth in use by stakeholders throughout the industry. This means BIM is being employed by more practitioners to document greater project scopes for increasingly diverse purposes over extended project phases.
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A one-day event that explores how building information modelling (BIM) is used around the world will be hosted in Toronto by the Institute for BIM in Canada (IBC) and its constituent organizations, as well as buildingSMART Canada.
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