Masonry Magazine February 2014 Page. 27
Year two (2013) brought great activity. Major fundraising was initiated with a challenging goal of $2.S million. The list of sponsors has grown, the Canadian masonry industry joined the initiative, and the Charles F. Pankow Foundation became a strategic partner. The Masonry Society became the home for the BIM~M architectural and structural modeling working groups. The projects of the roadmap have taken shape. Project managers from the masonry industry were selected to work with BIM consultants and contracts signed. A website was started (wwv,.BIMforMasonry.org), and plans were begun for 2014.
Where are we now? There are four active major projects from the roadmap and several smaller ones that help with promotion.
Project 1 -Masonry Unit Model Definition
AS PROJECr IVIANAGER, JEFF ELDER of Interstate Brick (jeff.elder@interstatebrick.com) has surveyed many manufac�turers and suppliers of concrete masonry, d ay brick and cast stone for attributes of their materials and is now planning to do similar work with the stone industry. Consultant Georgia Tech will spend 2014 developing a digital data structure for masonry units that can be used by software developers. Third-party soft�ware vendors will be encouraged to develop the data structure and provide plug-ins to BlM software.
Future projects will expand into incorporating masonry accessories.
Project 2 -BIM-M Benchmark
I, DAVID BIGGS, as project manager, and consultant Geor�gia Tech began a round of meetings with leading BlM software developers. Three sample masonry buildings were selected: one loadbearing CMU, one veneer and metaJ studs, and one frame building with CMU back-up and veneer. These buildings will be modeled using existing BIM sofuvare to assess opportuni�ties for further inclusion of masonry into existing BIM soft�ware. Georgia Tech will shadow a mason contractor through construction of an actuaJ project to assess work processes with a goal of developing digital standards.
Additional meetings are being held with consultants and experts who offer masonry BlM services now. Their expertise will be invaluable in assessing the needs ofcontractors and designers.
Project 3 -Masonry Wall Model Definition
JAMIE DAVIS of Ryan-Biggs Associates (jdavis@ryanbig�gs.com) as project manager, and working group leaders Maria Viteri of the International Masonry Institute (mviteri@ in1iweb.org) and Tomas Amor of Target Corp. (tomas.amor@ target.com}, have been extremely active. They have defined var�ious typical wall systems. Georgia Tech as consultant will be developing a digital data structure for use with commercial software. The working groups also are developing masonry�specific in formation on desired "Level of Development" (LOD). In BIM terminology, LOO determines what level of detail or information is required at each phase ofa project.
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