Whether you believe the term “Digital Twin” is only a buzzword or not, the AECOO industry understands the potential of creating digital representations of built assets. Nonetheless, we still need to agree on what the term actually means, what this “Digital Twin” looks like and how we are actually getting there. This presentation will address some of the roadblocks EllisDon’s Digital Asset Delivery team has encountered while undertaking the challenge to create and harness the benefits of digital replicas.
Daniel Meissner is EllisDon’s Director of the Digital Asset Delivery team, which focuses on the creation of digital representations of physical reality.
Daniel started out his career with an engineering consulting firm in Bogota, Colombia. Upon discovering the potential of 3D modeling and BIM workflows, he championed the new technology across the firm, leading various company-wide implementations while gathering project management experience on mixed-use development projects. After working alongside EllisDon in Bogota, he moved to Canada in 2020 to join the company as a lead for their VDC operations in the GTA and London area. His current role focuses on promoting and facilitating reality capture and data handover on projects, helping clients and teams to know the state of any build at any point in time. Daniel and his team work to leverage real-time data, provide up to date analytics, and ultimately improve the business operations of EllisDon, their clients, and the ROI for all stakeholders.
Whether you believe the term “Digital Twin” is only a buzzword or not, the AECOO industry understands the potential of creating digital representations of built assets. Nonetheless, we still need to agree on what the term actually means, what this “Digital Twin” looks like and how we are actually getting there. This presentation will address some of the roadblocks EllisDon’s Digital Asset Delivery team has encountered while undertaking the challenge to create and harness the benefits of digital replicas.
Diane Lee is currently the Director, Technical Services and Building Performance with Ellison Facilities Services, providing technical support for facilities management, operations and business development during all phases of projects and pursuits, Diane is an experienced M&E professional with over 14 years of construction and commissioning team lead experience. She has managed a myriad of complex projects across Western Canada. Over the course of her career, she has provided project management, new construction and existing building commissioning and energy services in the commercial institutional, sports and recreation, education sectors and was a former partner of an independent commissioning firm in Alberta.
Her extensive knowledge, project experience and expertise alongside her results driven approach enables her to work with our team to drive a vast range of scopes across EllisDon’s complex portfolio. She is responsible for providing guidance and mentorship to our dynamic team through ongoing technical support related to FMO, compliance, building and energy performance.
