Global learning and networking event organized by GRAPHISOFT.

Learn how to help yourself and your colleagues when they have to deal with the new ISO 19650 standard. We will present various sales support materials that you can use in these conversations and also talking to other project stakeholders.

Tamás Erős Senior BIM Consultant, GRAPHISOFT

WEBBER AUSTRALIA has developed a way of using ARCHICAD that delivers high performance and quality construction documentation on very large and complex projects. It has been referred to as "the WEBBER way". This method is designed to standardize workflows to achieve our Intelligent Construction service. It has proved to be a winning solution for WEBBER lately as they are currently working on a $500m retail project in Sydney and will be starting on a high-profile conversion of a pair of heritage buildings into a 5-star hotel with a construction cost of $350m. The hotel owner/developer has lost confidence in the current team using Revit and has made the bold move to fire them and appoint WEBBER!

Colin Dibb VDC Services Director at WEBBER AUSTRALIA

In the architectural design processes, we often encounter repetitive manual tasks which are dependent on other design elements, and therefore subject to continuous changes. Some of those tasks can be automated given a predefined clear set of rules, as for example placing windows on a façade, and become dynamic instead of adding constrain to the design and documentation processes.

Using the parametric nature of Grasshopper coupled with the BIM environment of ARVHICAD, it is possible to create smarter adaptable workflows. We will see how can define rules on a large scale building to define the possible glazed and opaque areas of a façade, how we can control the window/BRA ratio of room as early as possible and optionally perform daylight analysis, and how easy it is to then create parameters to send from Grasshopper window elements back to the ARCHICAD project. As a parametric workflow, any change in ARCHICAD related to the inputs of Grasshopper will regenerate a new design following the rules.

We will create some part of the script ourselves, and some parts will be given to you. You will understand how to think parametric to optimize and customize your future workflows, recycling parts of your scripts. Let’s share skills and together always design better buildings!

Franz Forsberg-Mussault Architect, LINK arkitektur

Organizing a design team is a challenge in itself but organizing six different architectural practices (with their collaborators) to act as one takes the challenge to a whole another level. If you add an ultra-short deadline, the fact that this was the BIM pilot-project for the client and for some of the architectural practices involved and you end up with a recipe for disaster. These were the requirements for the luxury camping project on the Croatian coast: client wanted to have the project delivered in a few months, six different teams were supposed to develop six different zones all of them using different software and the end result had to be unified and standardized. It was a massive-scale project: peninsula of 300,000 sqm was about to be converted to a 5-star luxury camping resort with different zones ranging from swimming pools and restaurants to mobile homes and glamping. All of that in just four months.

Keyword for the successful project delivery was BIM management. The tool was BIMcloud.

Based on our OPEN BIM implementation case study, in this session you will learn how the BIM management team tackled the challenges of setting up a successful workflow for architects, engineers, client, project managers and contractors. You will learn about setting up a complex BIM project, possible problems you might encounter, taking into account different software platforms, model and data exchange and coordination of different trades via shared cloud platforms. Lessons that we have learned will be shared with you so the next time you have an opportunity to take part in such a project, you will be prepared for the challenge ahead.

Marin Račić Director, 3D ART Ltd. Croatia

The workshop will look into the auditing process of architectural projects to ensure model and data consistency with ARCHICAD and Solibri. It will consist of a theoretical and a practical part.

In the theoretical part, the following topics will be covered:

• When do project audits happen?
• Who performs them?
• What do the people who are responsible for them need to check for? What means should they use?

The practical part will be split in two sections. In the first section, ARCHICAD will be used as a QA tool and different areas of model and data checks will be explored, such as element clashes, classification checks, attribute (e.g. layers, building materials, etc.) checks. A number of different tools which can be used in the context of auditing a project in ARCHICAD will be presented. In the second section, Solibri will be used as a QA tool for more thorough project audits. A number of rulesets will be presented for different model checks, such as element clashes, classification and attribute checks, element ID management, asset data validation and verification checks, etc. Attendees will be provided with sample files and are welcome to follow the instructor’s steps on their laptops if they have the required licenses for ARCHICAD and Solibri. At the end of the workshop, attendees will have a good understanding of the auditing process of architectural projects and the tools and techniques that can be used to perform them.

Pantelis Ioannidis Senior BIM Consultant, GRAPHISOFT

Object libraries are the key to success in nowadays information-driven construction industry. The internet is full with ready-to-use, highly detailed and data-rich objects in various formats but how can these be used in your own ARCHICAD projects on an effective way? Which tools can be used for creating and maintaining custom objects without programming knowledge? How can you fine tune your libraries not to slow down the software? In this session you will learn about composing, managing and using object libraries in aim to enhance productivity and optimize project performance.

Gábor Kovács Senior BIM Consultant, GRAPHISOFT