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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?
- Stakeholders include everyone who are invested in the success of the construction project. This includes the client, project manager, architect, engineers, contractors, designers, etc. They all need to have a common understanding of the design, what needs to be built and the details of construction, as well as the surrounding project site, materials. These are all essential for the project from the beginning when the team plan out the construction process and steps.
How much detail should you include in your building model? How do you decide?
- As you develop your initial design? Initially, we begin with the site plan because it is important to understand what is the surrounding environment and how the building should be situated there. This helps out determine irrigation, sloping, site permits, egress and others.
- As you continue to iterate and develop on your design? Then, we have the detail foundation and framing information. overall floor plans, the foundation, walls, floors and roof. Also we need to know what materials these should be made of.
- What are the key stages? After framing, then we specify the details about windows, flooring materials, drywall, exteriors (stucco / siding / brick or others), plumbing, electrical, HVAC. This is followed by finish materials such as tiles, lighting, fixtures etc.
- And how much detail should you include at each stage? I think sufficient details should be included as much as possible for each stage. The more information presented in an organized way, the clearer it will be for the team to understand what needs to be done.
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 - High level but doesn’t need to be defined yet regarding material choices and thicknesses.
- Preliminary design - We should define material choices and layers for the different parts of the building but maybe not exact dimensions such as width/length/thickness.
- Design development - We should define all material choices with exact dimensions as much as possible.
- Construction documentation - Documentation has to have ALL of these defined before it can be completed.
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?