

An enterprise-based architectural mindset will focus on the optimization of the company’s resources and processes, placing a greater weight on collaboration and communication.
A technical-oriented view will generally look through the lense of a project manager, seeding and developing design teams, and looking to software and IT to play a vital role in the success of the project.
Today, Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) allows A firms to apply collaborative, technical, and solutions-based processes that go beyond the constraints of a single platform to greatly improved the architectural design and construction results.
BIM Modeling of Existing Buildings
There are a number of scenarios where A consultants will seek outsourced engineering services to BIM-capture existing structures.
Major retrofitting of a building’s energy system, especially when active solar systems will be installed, requires, at a minimum, an energy audit and thermal modeling of the existing building.





