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The right tools allow a professional to create their best work. That’s why Luckett & Farley invests heavily in technology, providing all our professionals with the latest software, hardware and training. In 2007 our firm made a significant advancement in how we design by adopting Building Information Modeling (BIM) for all our projects. Today, all of our in-house architects and engineers use BIM unless otherwise specified.
Building Information Modeling (BIM) offers you a whole new approach to your project. Test drive your facility, top to bottom, inside and out, before a shovel even hits the dirt. Luckett & Farley is a leader in utilizing this revolutionary design software for all design disciplines and using it to help clients visualize and understand every critical aspect of the project to make important decisions earlier, saving time and money.
In addition, when we create a 3-D model of your facility, you have a working virtual model with all the information you and your facility managers need to monitor, maintain and upgrade systems like never before.
Every day our professionals are using technology to make better design decisions. For example, Energy modeling gives us real data to maximize energy efficiency in our designs, while lifelike three-dimensional visualization offers a clearer picture of what the client can expect in their finished product. We can make decisions earlier in the design process and save clients time and money with fewer change orders in the field and better coordination of documents.
Complementing our BIM process, Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) process allows Luckett & Farley to integrate all disciplines during the early design stages with the goal of not only improving overall building design, but test future building system performance and sustainability. Traditional delivery is a linear progression of separate activities that get coordinated at milestone intervals. With IPD, in conjunction with BIM, the integration and linking of models gives each discipline updates and coordination more often as the changes happen. Fewer things are missed as new information is communicated more frequently during design. The engineering and architectural models are linked to facilitate early stage energy modeling, structural analysis, sustainable strategies, life cycle costing, and program validation during the concept/pre-design phase.
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In the A/E world there are a lot of firms that say “We do BIM,” but what does that really mean? My definition of BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the virtual construction of the building by the architects and engineers working on the project. A total BIM will contain all building components from the foundations [more...]
“I had a dream that when computers became more common 25 years ago, I’d be able to build directly from what the mechanical engineer gave me on a disk.” That’s how the project manager of a major mechanical subcontractor started off his statement at a construction site visit recently. He continued, “I never saw that [more...]
The expression goes, “time is money.” Conversely, wasted time is wasted money. And so too, wasted power is wasted money. When it comes to heating your water, the same is true. It’s more than likely you’re wasting power, money and water every time you take that hot morning shower. So what can you do? If [more...]
