ABET Accreditation Survey [PDF]

With construction careers propelling forward into a more technologically based industry, Building Information Modeling and Integrated Project Delivery experience will benefit me with my future goals.  The background and foundation I have built from my experiences with both BIM studio and BIM thesis have prepped me to be an asset in the industry.  The National ASCE Charles Pankow Student Competition has provided me with the opportunity to further myself and my knowledge of construction as well as other disciplines.

Throughout the year-long project duration, AEVITAS has learned to work effectively and efficiently as a group.  In the beginning, it was important to take individual personalities and work styles and combine these into one common attitude that we would move forward with in making any and all team decisions.  By developing this early on, we were able to maintain consistency throughout design.  Something that would have further benefited our team would be to apply this theory to our model making.  If we had established full and complete models earlier on in the process, we would have been able to move forward more efficiently with our design instead of having so many conflicts.  Clash detection was helpful at this phase to help us understand what areas of the building needed more coordination.

Overall, our team worked together in a way that helped us achieve our goals, both team and competition based, in an effective and efficient manor.  Ultimately, our design was complete, accurate, and innovative and I was happy to work with such talented teammates.