Attendees of Building Innovation 2014: The National Institute of Building Sciences Conference and Expo:Advancing Life-Cycle Performance, will hear a variety of unique perspectives when they attend the daily keynote lunches during the week-long event, to be held January 6-10, at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C.On Monday, January 6, Michael Feldman, Deputy Executive Director of the Los Angeles World Airports will talk about facility management and the building life cycle... + continue reading
News & Updates
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 08:53 - 0 comment(s)
Moving the facilities industry into the information age is a daunting task. However, it is worth the effort because just as accessing information through "smart” telephones has become a benefit to the general public, having quick access to building information is of significant value to the facility owner.No matter what their current level of understanding of building information modeling (BIM) is, attendees of the buildingSMART alliance™ (bSa) Symposium – Improving Life-Cycle Performance with... + continue reading
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 06:07 - 0 comment(s)
Smart buildings and building analytics are increasingly of interest within the facility operations and maintenance community. The National Institute of Building Sciences Facility Maintenance and Operations Committee (FMOC) was founded to develop the information exchange standard known today as the Construction Operations Building information exchange (COBie) and to support the adoption of COBie as a standard practice within the building industry.Today, the need for additional information... + continue reading
Get a Glimpse into the 7th Dimension: Building Innovation 2014 Keynote to Address Life-Cycle Perform
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 10:59 - 0 comment(s)
Each day of Building Innovation 2014:
the National Institute of Building Sciences Conference and Expo will include
a Keynote Luncheon that highlights a different perspective from the building
industry. On Thursday, January 9, the topic will be "Life-Cycle Analysis – A 7D
Future,” presented by Bob Prieto.
Find out how complex replaces simple, dynamic
replaces static, uncertainty replaces certainty in Prieto’s presentation about
the seventh dimension (7D) of building information. Prieto, a... + continue reading
