Building Information Modeling and Virtual Design and Construction at the Georgia Tech Carbon Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory
Jonathan Ammon, Associate AIA, Gilbane Building Company
F. Chip Bullock, Jr., AIA, LEED AP® BD+C, HDR, Inc.
The Gilbane and HDR team will provide an overview of the design and construction effort on the Georgia Tech Carbon-Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory, covering the following items:
- The building information modeling (BIM) planning effort, including a BIM execution plan document, model progression specification (LOD) documents, model planning and composite model breakdown, and workflows and communication protocols.
- How the team structured the modeling effort to address both the owner's requirements and the fast-track nature of the project.
- Design model coordination and preconstruction model utilization processes.
- Construction coordination process.
- How modeling tools were used for daylighting, energy, cost management/estimating, model run-throughs with the construction and design team, and construction operations building information exchange (COBie) validation.
- Coordination on such non-MEP related systems as exterior skin, curtain wall, photovoltaic, stairs, structural concrete, site work, and site utilities.
Due to the funding source, the following statement is provided as required by the American Recovery and Rehabilitation Act: The project and effort depicted is sponsored by the Department of Commerce under the grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the content of the publication/presentation does not necessarily reflect the position or the policy of the U.S. government, and no official endorsement should be inferred. This information includes news releases, articles, manuscripts, brochures, advertisements, still and motion pictures, speeches, trade association proceedings, symposia, etc.
Biographies:
Jonathan Ammon is a virtual construction engineer with Gilbane Building Company in Phoenix, Arizona. He has led the virtual coordination effort during the design and construction phases of projects and views the BIM/virtual design and construction (VDC) environment as a central hub for communication and project development between the architecture, engineering, and construction industries. Mr. Ammon has master's degrees from both the School of Architecture and Construction Management at Washington University in St. Louis. While working with the VDC team at Gilbane he is concurrently earning his professional license in architecture.
F. Chip Bullock, Jr., AIA, LEED AP BD+C, is the managing principal and director of architecture at HDR Architecture Inc., in Atlanta and principal-in-charge of the Georgia Tech Carbon-Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory project. Mr. Bullock has 27 years of experience designing and managing advanced sustainably designed large capital research facility projects and has made numerous presentations across the United States on the topic of sustainable design and construction.