USA, 2020 AEC Excellence Winner

Georgia Institute of Technology, Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design

Skanska USA

"No matter the type or size of project, BIM can help you achieve

sustainability goals. Always think about the opportunities not

to waste, even in terms of becoming a paperless project.”

–– Jimmy Mitchell, Director of Project Solutions, Skanska USA

H I G H L I G H T S

Higher Education The 36,978-sq. ft. sustainable urban structure includes a 170-person

auditorium, classrooms, and maker spaces. It also features a green roof,

solar panel canopy, cisterns for rainwater collection and reuse, and

integrated plantings to provide food for students throughout the year.

P R O J E C T

Proving Net-Positive in Hot Climates The education and research facility was designed and built to the

rigorous sustainability guidelines of the International Living

Future Institute’s Living Building Challenge 3.1 standard and

LEED Platinum, showing that regenerative, sustainable buildings

are viable in the South.

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Image courtesy of Jonathan Hillyer

The project INCLUDES 90–100% SALVAGED MATERIALS.

The building GENERATES at least 105% of its ENERGY needs.

It’s THE FIRST FULLY CERTIFIED Living Building in GEORGIA.

United Kingdom, 2019 AEC Excellence Winner

E03 Canada Court and E05 Quebec, Wembley Park John Sisk & Son

—— James Burt, Quintain (client)

“Digital Project Delivery is an excellent approach for delivery processes, and we look to work with our construction partners

to enhance the use of these. To reduce risk, improve delivery, and learn how to build better.”

H I G H L I G H T S

Urban and Rural Planning The complex build-to-rent residential project includes

ten buildings that are divided among two blocks. The

buildings range from 12-26 stories, have 1,200 apartments,

and are linked on the ground by a podium-level garden.

P R O J E C T

An Innovative Site Management Solution Key construction workflows were digitized by linking project data to

“digital smart containers” via QR codes, creating a single source of

information for efficiently coordinating design and site activities

and avoiding costly rework for delivery ahead of schedule.

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SAVED £90K of concrete rework through enhanced clash detection.

REALIZED 35% TIME SAVINGS with digitized QA/QC processes.

The first apartment block was DELIVERED 25 DAYS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

Image courtesy of John Sisk & Son

—— Paddy Ryan, BIM Lead, Mace Group

"You can have the best technology, but it doesn’t really do much good

unless you have backing from the whole team. From the client to the trades,

everyone on the project bought into the use of BIM and cloud technology.

Now, it’s hard to imagine doing a project like this any other way.”

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Ireland, 2018 AEC Excellence Winner

Clonee Facebook Data Centre Mace Group

H I G H L I G H T S

Data Center The pair of 25,500-sq. ft. complex buildings that house

eight data halls were designed to support social media apps

and services to 1.04 billion daily active users.

P R O J E C T

Integrating Teams with Collaboration Tools By adopting lean, integrated workflows, the extended project team

of as many as 1,500 people could coordinate in real time for

improved productivity, increased quality, and faster delivery.

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Image courtesy of Mace Group

Powered by 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY.

REDUCED time spent on model management by 97%.

INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY by 35% with digital workflows.

—— Yawu Su, Project Manager, China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Corp., Ltd.

“Only by using BIM and the latest technologies throughout the entire

construction process can we finish a building 530 meters in height

in five years. BIM has not only changed the way we work but also

clarifies how we think about and meet new challenges.”

H I G H L I G H T S

Financial The striking new 390,000-sq. m. landmark integrates

business and commercial space, luxury apartments,

and a five-star hotel into the 103-story tower, reaching

a total height of 530 meters.

P R O J E C T

BIM from the Beginning Connecting all employees, specialties, and processes, BIM was

used from project start through delivery and ongoing operational

maintenance of a complex building design with precise as-built

production, zero reworks, and no storage on the construction site.

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China, 2017 AEC Excellence Winner

Tianjin Chow Tai Fook Financial Center Project China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Corp., Ltd.

184,504 MODELS were tracked through project completion.

SAVED $14M RMB in material and labor costs.

2,950 QR CODES were used to track equipment and prefabrication components.

Image courtesy of China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Corp., Ltd.

—— Yan Bin, Chief Engineer, China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd.

“Using sensors and devices connected to the cloud, we monitor building components’ structural integrity, track

the temperature of concrete pours, and learn the location of personnel and materials. All that data gets pushed

to the cloud in real time. The result? A more efficient project and a higher-quality building.”

H I G H L I G H T S

Offices Located in China’s Silicon Valley on land reclaimed from the

sea, the huge 1.6 million-sq. ft. building is home to the maker

of the popular QQ and WeChat messaging apps and includes

research labs, offices, parking, a bus station, health and gym

facilities, and building-wide IoT smart features.

P R O J E C T

Making Sites Safer, More Productive By embracing BIM and IoT, the entire project lifecycle was

connected to better measure, manage, and monitor project

delivery, driving efficient collaboration and increased safety

and quality for a seamless handoff.

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China, 2016 AEC Excellence Winner

Tencent Beijing Headquarters China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd.

THREE BRIDGE LAYERS with shared facilities CONNECT TWO TOWERS.

REDUCED cost by $100M with BIM.

SHORTENED project schedule by 3 MONTHS.

Image courtesy of China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd.

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