The Canada BIM Council (CanBIM) held its 2nd Annual CanBIM Awards on October 5th in Toronto at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. It was an Oscar style affair complete with the live jazz band Milestone Trio. 8 Award Categories in total were presented, including one for Best In BIM handed out to the winner of winners from the other 7 categories. The Awards Categories and Winners included:
Academic Award presented by Global eTraining, Anne Carpenter, Account Executive;
Winners: Nonna Shabanova & Melika Mehdizadeh George Brown College - Life Cycle Assessment Project,
Technology Award presented by IBI Group, Brent Mauti; Global Director, Design Technology;
Winners: BIM One Inc. – BIM Track
Trades Award; presented by Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada, Al Prowse, Past President
Winners; Groupe Canam Inc. for Rogers Place Edmonton,
General Contractors Award; presented by Brownlee LLP, Paul V. Stocco, Partner
Winner; EllisDon Construction for Viva Next BRT HS East & West,
Design & Engineering Award; presented by Glaholt LLP Construction Lawyers, Andrea Lee, Partner
Winner; DIALOG for Edmonton ICE District Parkade,
Owners Award; presented by Pomerleau, Ivanka Iordanova, BIM/VDC Director
Winner; York University for Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence,
International Award; presented by Perkins + Will, William Daravong, Design Applications Manager
Winner; Ellis Don Construction, Ansam PH 1
Best In BIM; presented by NEXT Architecture, R. Allan Partridge
Winner; York University for Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence,
CanBIM also honoured R. Allan Partridge, current Past President with the Inaugural CanBIM Professional Achievement Award, given to a CanBIM Member who has made a significant and meaningful contribution towards the advancement of Building Information Modeling and Virtual Design and Construction in Canada.
CanBIM also recognized Turner Fleischer Architects for achieving the milestone of the first Canadian Company to reach CanBIM Level 1 Company Certification. “We are honoured to recognize Turner Fleischer Architects with this milestone; being the first Level 1 CanBIM Certified Company, the Turner Fleischer team has set the bar in terms of dedication and commitment towards becoming BIM-enabled, we look forward to supporting their growth into BIM and working with them to change how companies view the importance of BIM” states Pietro Ferrari, CanBIM Secretary and Chair of the Research & Education Committee.
“On the whole, the night was a great success and as the business voice of BIM in Canada, CanBIM is honoured to be able to recognize the great achievements of many of its Members in such an exciting and fun-filled fashion…we could not have asked for a better turn out and result, stated R. Allan Partridge, CanBIM Past President.
The Toronto CanBIM Awards were followed up the next day with a jam-packed agenda of technology focused presentations and panels. Of special note, was the Owners Panel Discussion, which hosted a variety of opinions from Canada’s Owner stakeholders and their perspective on the value of BIM. Also of note was the Keynote Presentation by Gordon Kurtenbach, Head of Research at Autodesk an insightful presentation about “The Digitization of Everything”
Erik A. Poirier, Ph. D., M. Eng., B. Sc. Arch., LEED AP Chair, Communications Committee, buildingSMART Canada Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia states about the Owners Panel Discussion “I believe that the session: “Calling All Owners!” was hugely successful due to the variety of panelists involved and the depth of their knowledge on the topic at hand. We were able to quickly delve into the challenges that owners are facing when going down a BIM-enabled project delivery process and transitioning to BIM-enabled asset lifecycle management. On the other hand, we got to witness Owners who see the benefits and are increasing moving towards BIM. I believe that the key take away from this session is that Owners are aware of BIM and that the industry needs to get ready for mandatory BIM-based deliverables on an increasing number projects across Canada.”
CanBIM concluded its Regional Session with its 6th Certification Ceremony handing out 13 certifications on October 6th, bringing the list of total Certified to date by CanBIM to 149 recipients.
CanBIM’s next Regional Session is on February 1st & 2nd, 2017 at the Pinnacle Hotel in Vancouver BC. Registration Opens on October 24th. Early Bird Deadline is December 20th. Visit www.canbim.com for more details.
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