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Module 2 - Points to Ponder
Please share your comments on 3 of the following Points to Ponder questions. (Choose 3 of the 5 questions below.)
What are the primary goals of creating a building model? Who are the key stakeholders?
- Primary goals are: 1) Visualization of design for effective communications with stakeholders 2) Scope, budget, schedule estimations 3) Feasibility and performance analysis including structural, materials, mechanical, electrical, and environmental sectors 4) Safety checks and permit acquisitions
- Key stakeholders can be architects, engineers, owners, contractors, publics, regulators.
- What do they need?
- Clear accurate information for effective communications.
- What do they care about most?
- Make sure the finish products satisfy the stakeholders’ requests.
How much detail should you include in your building model? How do you decide?
- As you develop your initial design?
- Not much details are included. Mostly basic site, layouts to generally define scopes.
- As you continue to iterate and develop on your design?
- More and more details are added to the building model, incorporating structures, materials, dimensions, utilities, and other systems.
- What are the key stages? And how much detail should you include at each stage?
- Key stages are Conceptual design (includes simple site, space, form), Preliminary design (includes more details on sizing and layouts), Design development (includes more details in structures, materials, systems), and Construction documentation (completed design including all details with accurate dimensions, specifications, and materials use)
How much detail should you include about the composition (layers, materials, thicknesses) of your wall, floor, and roof assemblies at different stages of your design process?
- Conceptual design: simple details on the basic layouts of the composition to present general scope
- Preliminary design: more details on general materials, layers, and thicknesses
- Design development: more details on specific materials, layers, and accurate dimensions, thicknesses
- Construction documentation: Completed details, materials, layers, and thicknesses are exactly determined.
Many door and window manufacturers provide Revit families for doors and windows that you can specify for your building design.
- What is the advantage to manufacturers for providing these families? (it's not free to create and provide them...)
- What is the benefit to you as the designer of using these manufacturer-provided families? Is there an advantage to using them versus the families provided in the Revit library?