How to Save Hundreds of Hours by Automating the BIM Documentation Process

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What project managers need to know is that automating the BIM documentation process is going to save time and money, says HOK Design Technology Specialist, Shaun Peppers.

Scheduled to open in 2020, the new $1.8 billion, 1.7 million sqft, three-story Salt Lake City Airport terminal designed by HOK will accommodate 23 million passengers per year.  It is one of the largest construction projects in North America. Read Peppers's explanation on how HOK used RTV Tools in the Salt Lake City Terminal redevelopment to automate BIM.

Sharing all the documentation and data across the vast amount of offices involved is tricky, to say the least. Currently, the SLC project is exporting upward of 4700 virtual PDF prints weekly. We were also exporting 51 Navisworks NWC files from the Revit models twice-weekly for clash detection and daily AutoCAD exports for civil coordination.

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Cite: Sponsored Post. "How to Save Hundreds of Hours by Automating the BIM Documentation Process" 29 Jun 2016. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/790502/how-to-save-hundreds-of-hours-by-automating-the-bim-documentation-process> ISSN 0719-8884

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