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Nico Pugliese's BIM/IPD Thesis Reflection |
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Being part of HPR Integrated Design and the IPD/BIM thesis has been a highly rewarding experience this past year. The thesis type allowed me to effectively collaborate in a real-world setting with real-world constraints. Working so closely with my team members in their fields of study enlightened me to the overall design of the project and the fact that every system is interconnected in some way, shape or form. With the traditional thesis I would not have been exposed to nearly as much of the building systems and their interactions.
This collaboration was especially evident with our team’s savings package. When a major architectural change occurs there is an enormous ripple effect throughout the entire building and the building design. This ripple effect was especially noticed due to the Building Information Model. Having the model updated on a moment to moment basis proved to be the essential key to realizing our teams goal of value engineering the Penn State Ice Arena.
One thing that was quickly learned was that communication with the other designers was crucial for delivering a high quality design. This learning experience has given me insight to how others go about their design, especially the lead/lag nature of a BIM project. Having this IPD/BIM thesis experience will prove to benefit me greatly in my career, in regards of communication.
Overall, the difficulties that this project delivery poses are far outweighed by the design and end-user benefit. More time is spent collaborating and communicating in the earlier stages of the project but this enhances the overall design much sooner in the life of the project causing the resultant design to have less conflict throughout construction and occupancy.
I would like to take a moment and personally thank all of those who have help and assisted me throughout this year; my team HPR Integrated Design, my fellow students, my professors and advisors, the project team, the construction management team, and all others who assisted myself and HPR with this senior thesis. |
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The Capstone Project Electronic Portfolio (CPEP) is a web‐based project and information center. It
contains material produced for a year‐long Senior Thesis class. Its purpose, in addition to providing
central storage of individual assignments, is to foster communication and collaboration between
student, faculty consultant, course instructors, and industry consultants. This website is dedicated to
the research and analysis conducted via guidelines provided by the Department of Architectural
Engineering. For an explanation of this capstone design course and its requirements click here. |
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Note: While great efforts have been taken to provide accurate and complete information on the pages of CPEP, please be aware that the information contained herewith is considered a work-in-progress for this thesis project. Modifications and changes related to the original building designs and construction methodologies for this senior thesis project are solely the interpretation of this BIM/IPD group. Changes and discrepancies in no way imply that the original design contained errors or was flawed. Differing assumptions, code references, requirements, and methodologies have been incorporated into this thesis project; therefore, investigation results may vary from the original design. |
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