2019 Closeout, into 2020

It has been a while since I last posted, not to say I haven’t been busy…

There were (3) large projects that I did to finish out 2019 and going into 2020. One was a project working with Dubai Municipality that was focused on BIM e-Submission & Automated Code Checking.

  • e-Submission: the consultant can upload BIM model files to the system through a web page.
  • Validation: the BIM model is automatically validated against the necessary regulations and building codes. The system highlights any non-compliance issues directly on a 3D view of the model, enabling consultants to resolve issues before re-uploading the model for validation.
  • Building Card Extraction: data including numbers of rooms, gross floor area and number of parking spaces is automatically populated into the building card from the BIM model.
  • GIS Conversion: the BIM model is converted to GIS layers and visualized in the browser. This GIS data can then be used in downstream processes such as shadow analysis, urban planning…

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