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News Release from: Bentley Systems | Subject: 2006 BE Award
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial Team on 25 August 2006

NBBJ Wins 2006 BE Award

NBBJ, a leading global architecture and design firm, has won a 2006 BE Award 'Building: BIM for Architecture' for its Providence Park Hospital..

NBBJ, a leading global architecture and design firm, has won a 2006 BE Award for its Providence Park Hospital in Novi, Mich The award category was 'Building: BIM for Architecture'

The BE Awards of Excellence, which are selected by an independent jury of industry experts and presented at an evening ceremony during the annual BE Conference, honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving the world's infrastructure.

These projects set benchmarks for their industries, and showcase the imagination and technical mastery of the organizations that created them.

The 500,000-square-foot, six-story Providence Park Hospital in Novi establishes a direct relationship between the pastoral site, the scientific precision of modern medicine, and the human environment.

The flowing shape of site elements and the building mass form the foundation of this connection between science and nature.

The sinuous attributes of tree root systems, striated rock formations, and the changing qualities of the Michigan sky all influence the building form and material content, and have led the selection of the exterior materials palette.

Moreover, the facility's architecture enhances and stimulates, creating diverse and vibrant social environments.

Commenting on NBBJ's use of Bentley's Building Information Modeling (BIM) solutions on this and other projects, Jonathan Wilch, principal, NBBJ, said, "Use of Bentley's BIM solutions has significantly reduced the number of hours our design teams spend on projects, while at the same time the quality of design, our design images, and other representations of our projects have greatly improved".

"Designers are much better able to understand the complexities of the design, and to work with not only others on the design team, but also engineers and outside consultants to resolve issues and produce an integrated and coordinated set of documents".

The use of a single 3D model helps the NBBJ design teams better understand how the building components will interact with each other, as well as how the design of the building and the surrounding sitework impact each other.

This leads to a more coordinated and comprehensive design solution.

At the same time, BIM enables the design teams to analyze various value engineering options, determine the impact of proposed changes to the design, and to quickly get updated material quantity information to validate the impact of changes to help reduce project cost.

Moreover, it lets NBBJ study the building design in ways that previously were not possible.

For example, the design teams can analyze exterior material allocation, which enables them to make decisions regarding material quantities and effective use of sustainable materials.

In addition, they can use the model to determine solar loads and design the form of the building to better respond to the position of the sun for lighting.

On top of this increased versatility, BIM also adds improved efficiency.

For example, it makes it possible for multiple NBBJ team members to work together to develop a design by assigning each person an area on which to focus.

Moreover, the teams can output data from the digital model directly to a laser-cutting device and 3D printer.

This results in physical forms ranging from quick-study models of specific details and components to representations of the entire building that the client can use in fund-raising.

As importantly, BIM also enables NBBJ to develop more accurate and coordinated documents.

By using family and part standards, its design teams produce drawings that include an accurate representation of actual materials and how they are used.

In addition, the teams can exchange 3D models with engineering consultants and construction partners much more frequently and earlier in the process.

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