Our company Arch.Design was represented by COO Jakub Kapsa, who spoked about BIM designing and its profits.
You can see the footage of the meeting in video below:
Spatial coordination in 3D model is one of the basic advantages of projecting in BIM system. During creation of 2D documentation is not actually a chance to expose completely all defects in projects and therefore it is left for construction company to deal with solutions. These imperfections can be better found and solve during the phase of creating project documentation.
We mostly combine two ways of searching for collisions – visually by Revit software or mechanical support of Navisworks. It is necessary to point out, that even projects coordinated this way does not mean, that it is 100% without any collisions. There is always part of tolerance in projecting you must work with and also it is important to distinguish important defects from insignificant ones. Most of collisions found by mechanical support is not necessary to solve or the way of model does not allow that. Example can be installation within the walls or touching of two isolating pikes. But the important is solved and there are not unpleasant surprises during construction process.
Michal Kejík
It is lately one of the most complicated and biggest contracts we have. On preparation of documentation co-worked designers across all our Ateliers and regardless unusual work regime and all restrictions (due to coronavirus) they managed to finish all worked needed in established term.
Complex is composed of six buildings on one common parking base. There will be commercial premises, restauration, Caffes, offices, hotel, but also apartments. It will be all situated on place of nowadays shopping mall TESCO nearby main train station of Brno City.
Robert Juřík
One of our first pilot project was in 2005 headquarters of our company.
In BIM software Revit we process in this time two third of running contracts in all phases of documentation. In last few years BIM is becoming so expanded that even building companies and manager of objects are using its benefits.
Working with BIM system has a valued advantage:
Precise and clear control
Online team cooperation
Faster reaction to changes
Reports of materials and components
Visualization, simulation
Precise space coordination
Possibility to use Laser scan, 3D printing etc.
In the following news we will look closely to contribution of BIM.
Michal Kejík
Part of contract were also roadway and technical infrastructure and public area (park, playground). Our atelire A6 work out the whole projects phases – from study to architect’s supervision.
Nowadays investor – developer company UNISTAV Development is finishing residential objects of second phase of 160 apartments of different varieties. Bonus of apartments is beautiful view of Brno city panorama.
Architectonical-building part was processed in BIM system.
Robert Juřík
Complex is located on south of current main train station of Brno city by the Úzká and Dornych streets, on place of business center TESCO, which will be in the first phase of building demolished.
New complex is composed of six elevated objects placed on common three floored underground pedestal. Functionaly it is focused on retail, offices, residential, hotel and parking lot including necesary utility rooms and services. Suggested varied complex of buildings, with unique architecture of each object, gathered around three-floored commercial Plaza, will create significant public space connecting historical center and progressively growing south quater around new planned main train station.
All project, included proffession parts, will be processed in BIM system.
Our presentation was focused on profits of BIM for investors from the view of projectant in pilot projects fully processed in BIM in all stages of documentations. Brief and accurate summary is on LinkedIn.
Ivo Kovalík | Director of company Arch.Design
A sales area of more than 13 000 sqm, 200 parking places in a two-level parking area and almost 70 retail units are now available in this new mall in the very centre of the town. The civil design was prepared in our A1 studio in the BIM system using the 3D software Autodesk Revit. You can read more on this Central Jablonec shopping mall with timeless architecture in our previous article here.
BIM, the Building Information Model, should be seen as a process, one essential part of which – besides the installation of a new software system (solution) – is a certain change in the work practices and habits. It is the implementation of new habits and processes that is very important and we can say it is even more complicated than the installation of new software. The reason is that the flow of information on a building is different in BIM compared with standard work in 2D. At the beginning of the project it is necessary to feed in a huge amount of information into the building model. The information is then utilised and supplemented in the subsequent design stages. For existing 2D projection it works the other way round: you start with simple drawings and feed in most information in the last design steps.
This has an impact on capacity planning, the detail level of the different design outputs and on the time and finances of the design stages. This means that one of the challenges which the design industry will soon face is the adoption of established practices to the new standard.
To successfully migrate to BIM, teamwork not only between the architect and the designer, but also between all stakeholders of the life cycle of the building is essential. Sometimes a parallel is made between the transition to BIM and the transition from the drawing board to the use of advanced graphic design programs.
The design principle in BIM has been increasingly promoted mainly because of the more efficient interpretation of data from the building information model. On top of that, the design in BIM allows for mutual communication between the building process participants and their BIM software tools, using the IFS (TheIndustryFoundationClasses) being developed by the international buildingSMART organisation. IFC is an open file format, independent of program developers, which not only conveys information on the spatial links (3D model) but also allows the user to assign to each building element other essential information such as the product type, producer and price, and/or other necessary and useful information.
As we have already mentioned, the biggest benefit of BIM is cooperation between all stakeholders. In this respect, we have been hampered by constant standardisation, i.e. a common data language for all partners in this process. This is also due to the fact that the standardisation process has only just been born in the Czech Republic and partners are often missing for this cooperation process. The maturity level of information modelling in the Czech Republic compared to the UK is also evident in the picture in the gallery.
Source: Bew and Richards.
Although the definition of BIM is relatively simple, it hides a sophisticated mechanism for changing the new requirements of established working methods and established procedures of all participants in the construction process.
A new sports hall shall be built in the town of Jeseník this year, replacing the original hall that is already inadequate. The building is well integrated into the outskirts of the town where there is already a football field and an open-air swimming pool.
The new hall, as well as the original hall that will be demolished, will be an extension to the existing building of a secondary school and a vocational school. The building is designed in a way as to meet the requirements of the investor who wants to provide physical education in the neighbouring school and extra-school activities to the general public. The multi-purpose sports area allows futsal, floorball, basketball, volleyball and other sports. The spectators will be able to watch them all from a tribune with a capacity of up to 400 spectators.
The mass of the main part of the building is rectangular, with the playing area and climbing wall taking the biggest portion of the space. The surrounding area offers changing rooms and sanitary backrooms for players and the public. The connection with the existing school building is via a “tunnel” where the technological rooms are located. A buffet and clubbing room will be situated on the second half-storey. In terms of the building structure, this is a steel frame skeleton based on reinforced concrete footing. The cladding is made of sandwich panels with an insulating liner. The building is designed to meet the current legal requirements for buildings with nearly-zero energy consumption.
Already since the initial study, the entire design was prepared using the BIM software. This design solution brings the investor a number of benefits. It gives the investor a better idea of how the space is shaped, of architect’s ideas and the possibility of “touring” the building throughout the design process. It was in this software that the basic technological routes and their mutual coordination were handled, which significantly reduces the risk of later collisions during construction. A huge benefit for more demanding designs is that a large design team can work on them simultaneously. This reduces the preparation times.
For the investor, the town of Jeseník, we are preparing all design stages from the study to the detailed design to architect’s supervision.
Chief project engineer: Ing. Tomáš Pulkrábek
Architect: Ing. arch. Radoslav Novotný
Building Information Modelling facilitates the exchange of information in the process of designing, building and using a building. It allows creating and managing civil construction and utilities projects faster, more economically and with less impact on the environment. Modern software tools help meet BIM processes and methodology. There is a wide range of solutions for the design, visualisation, simulation and collaboration on the market, all of which are based on detailed information collected from the intelligent model.
Thanks to the use of BIM, it is easy to share data between different design tools and access these data throughout the life cycle of a building.
Even in the design stage, BIM brings substantial benefits such as easier teamwork and project management. These benefits are especially important for medium and larger projects. BIM provides more detailed and more valuable output materials – not only the drawing documentation.
BIM is a challenge also for civil engineers in terms of established processes and design practices that need to be revised or changed and adapted to designing in BIM.
Main benefits of BIM:
The benefits of BIM for architects:
Our company Arch.Design has been designing in Autodesk Revit since 2005. The main benefit of migrating to this new design system is, without a doubt, a fast and flexible response to changes in the design, which makes it possible to meet the requirements of investors and subsequently of the construction companies.
We are are currently working in Studio A1 on the Sports Hall project in Jeseník.
The hospital has up to 400 beds and 14 modern operating theatres and shall attract the best doctors and nurses from Slovakia and from abroad. The entire new-generation hospital design is prepared in BIM.
Learn more about this project.
Zdroj vizualizací: DUTCH HEALTH ARCHITECTS, http://svetzdravia.com/nemocnica-novej-generacie/bratislava
Central Jablonec is strategically located directly in the city centre, providing easy access by public transport and by car, as well as on foot from the historical part of the town of Jablonec. The Central Jablonec shopping and community centre lies right at the beginning of the pedestrian zone, between streets Generála Mrázka and Máchova. A passage though the shopping centre connects to the existing street Jugoslávská and the pedestrian zone, visually splitting the building in two parts. The project has the ambition to bring a revival to a traditional town in the form of new shopping opportunities and high-quality services, and will create a new destination for entertainment and social enjoyment. The Central Jablonec shopping centre is another commercial project of the Crestyl development group, operating on the Czech real estate market since 1996. Initial designs of the Central Jablonec centre were prepared by the KRR architektura studio. When the initial concept was finished, the Chapman Taylor studio followed up and their visualisations are used in the article.
The Central Jablonec community centre with a sales area of more than 13 000 sqm is emerging in the heart of the town of Jablonec nad Nisou. A tenant mix is foreseen, responding to the current needs of customers and meeting all requirements for quality services and shopping. Not only international reputable brands, new to the town, will be represented in the project, but also domestic retailers. Among the almost 70 retail units, customers will find a wide range of services and goods such as a bank, pharmacy or florist, and of course a supermarket. Offering a view of the adjacent park, cafés and fast food units will make the deserved rest and chatting with friends easier and more fun. A two-storey parking area with a capacity of nearly 200 parking places will also be available to the customers.
The building is a three-storey structure with a small basement and several small roof extensions. It has a monolithic reinforced concrete frame with stiffening cores and walls and with filler linings. The cladding consists of glazed facades of the column and transom system, a ventilated structure and a contact insulation system.
The common indoor areas (in particular the malls) have ceramic floor tiles and a gypsum board ceiling with varying patterns and visors from the ground floor up to the skylights. Shop windows of the individual retail units are the primary features in the malls. The malls will be equipped with furniture to make the space more comfortable, e.g. bench, information boards and waste bins. We are currently implementing changes required by the investor and following the requirements of the individual tenants into the design. Architect’s supervision is also under way. We have just completed the design for a changed building permit.
Ing. Jakub Kapsa
Naše stavby projektujeme v systému BIM, kdy klient dostane projekt ve 3D.
Tento systém také umožňuje mít po celou dobu výstavby perfektní přehled o dokumentaci, chystaných i aktuálních změnách. Zároveň se také zlepšuje časová koordinace stavby a zefektivňují se kontrolní a rozhodovací procesy.
Níže projekt Výrobní haly RETEX v Moravském Krumlově.
Tak jako v minulých letech jsme se i letos zúčastnili třetího ročníku konference BIM – Fórum 2015 – Revit v praxi. V 3D softwaru Revit navrhujeme stavby již řadu let, nyní se zaměřujeme na rozšíření 3D modelu o profesní části a databázi s popisnými informacemi. Jak vyplynulo i z diskuze na konferenci, i když se při zavádění BIM (informačního modelovaní budov) setkáváme s nejrůznějšími problémy, je to nepochybně trend nejbližší budoucnosti v navrhování a provozování staveb.
Ing. Miroslav Bílek, Ing. Marek Vrba
