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The 4^th Annual Building Information Model Awards honored projects that used integrated processes and interoperable models. The winning submissions also showed many people giving voice to expansive - and sometimes conflicting - ideas about this advanced technology tool set and the refined business processes BIM enables.

Three awards were granted to projects that demonstrated the significant impact BIM has on business processes and how we can do things better, faster and for less money. BIM enabling Stellar Design was a category widely discussed by this year’s jury and awarded to a project that stands out on many levels of aesthetic, technical and practical design. And the Jury’s Choice Award recognizes the harmony of 133 professionals working around the world collaborating to create millions of square feet of BIM - in one day! The 2008 education category expanded as four universities were recognized after only one award had been granted in this category in the previous three years.

Creating Stellar Architecture Using BIM
Wayne L. Morse U.S. Courthouse, Eugene, OR
Architect: Morphosis

Design / Delivery Process Innovation Using BIM
One Island East, Hong Kong
Architect: Gehry Technologies - Asia

Capture and Modeling of Existing Building Conditions Using 3D Laser Scanning
Architect: US General Services Administration

Support for Human Use and Innovative Program Requirements Using BIM
Automated Circulation Validation Using BIM
Architect: US General Services Administration

Outstanding Sustainable Design Using BIM
Pilot Projects Using BIM-Based Sustainable Design Tools
Architect: US General Services Administration

Jury’s Choice
BIMstorm International BIM Charrette
Architect: ONUMA, Inc, Leading multidisciplinary team

Academic Program or Curriculum Development
Studio 515, University of Illinois at Chicago

BIM + (Architect + Contractor) = (Environment + Economics), University of Oklahoma

Exploring the Paradigm Shift in Architectural Engineering Education, University of Wyoming

Multidisciplinary Modeling and Analysis, Stanford University

Honorable Mention

5 Communities Libraries Project
Architect: BNBuilders, Inc.

Jury:

Vladimir Bazianac, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Carole Ross Barney, FAIA, Ross Barney Architects

J. Stuart Eckblad, AIA, Univ. of California, San Francisco

Daniel Friedman, FAIA, Univ. of Washington

Patrick MacLeamy, FAIA, HOK

Derek Cunz, Mortenson Construction

Nadine Post, Engineering News Record

2008 Advisory Group

Tony Rinella, Associate AIA

Professor Chuck Eastman

Kristine Fallon, FAIA

Stephen Hagan, FAIA

Michael Kenig

Related Links

2008 BIM Award Brochure