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Brentwood Phase One | renovation

Brentwood Phase One | renovation

This project was in many ways, my introduction to Stantec. This project had been ongoing for nearly two years when I joined and the Revit environment was one of the worst ones I had ever seen. It was a huge project, which is always hard to do "right" in Revit but worse, the entire project was in one Revit model. Over forty thousand people hours had already been put into model and attempting to optimize proved to be my primary goal. 

I ended up remolding many of the complex facades and sectional geometry to help with the detailing effort. Ultimately, I made use of the Enterprise Agreement between Autodesk and Stantec and commissioned the first ever Autodesk Project review for Stantec. This was a great introduction into the process of Autodesk enterprise service options and what could be done for a project. 

Ultimately, the project got patched as best as it could but limped to the finish line going from Revit Server, to the main network hosting and breaking out as much of the work as possible. As for the architectural efforts, I modeled parkade ramps, glazing and performed renders with Autodesk's A360 Cloud.

E-Catalyst Database | Interface Design

E-Catalyst Database | Interface Design

While at Equipment Collaborative, I did the research and user experience design for a new database interface. The team had long been using a custom built solution out of Access (Microsoft product) that was long past its capability. 

My research looked at linear versus non-linear database platforms, how the back end solution dictated front end ability and all of the various needs of the database. The intention was to release it as a web app that could be used on a iPad. 

Workflows Researched:

  • Equipment Data-basing
  • Manufacture meta-data formats
  • Procurement Process 
  • Project Planning Process
  • Product Documentation Process

The design never came to fruition but the equipment planners all thought it would have been a great solution for their workflow. As a first foray into UX work, I came to appreciate the complex nature of database backend solutions and how that could effect overall design goals.

Ohio State University Cancer Hospital

Ohio State University Cancer Hospital

In my time with Equipment Collaborative, I was the BIM Manger and digital medium between their equipment planning database in Access and our delivery platform, Revit. My work consisted of making and refining many manufacturing assets into light weight Revit families that were quantifiable, useful for planning and looked good enough for rendering purposes in hospital user meetings. 

It was during my time here that my interest in Virtual Reality began and many of these families where the first assets used in attempting to run real time graphics with WorldVIZ's product, Vizard.  

KAUST | Laser Labs & Clean Rooms

KAUST | Laser Labs & Clean Rooms

While at HOK, there was one huge project that many people worked on... King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. This was HOK's first Revit project and it spanned over five offices with many external consultants. 

This particular project focused on a few of the custom laser laboratories that were being specified for custom research projects.  I worked with a turn key consultant for the custom fabrication of the laboratory equipment and modeled it and all of the equipment's required support (gas, air, liquids and water) to digitally coordinate the very complicated spaces. 

It was on this work that I cut my teeth with Construction Document drawing and leveraged many of the advantages of Revit with BIM delivery. As an introduction to detailing design, I couldn't have asked for a more compliated or better project to learn on. 

NASA Johnson Space Center | CAIL 21

NASA Johnson Space Center | CAIL 21

My first project out of school and my first project in Revit. Learned a lot of things on this project and was the sole technician for delivering it up to Construction Documents. I had great leaderships from two senior architects who eventually ended up learning some Revit from me during the duration of the project. 

For a Revit project, in 2007, this was a difficult shape to detail a 60s era Army Corp of Engineers building that was essentially a prefabricated concrete, circular, warehouse for a humongous engine that powered the centrifuge that tested astronauts ability to hand intense g-force loads on their bodies. The make over on the building was intending to make a rocket study facility with a large computer datacenter to simulate rocket performance.