This webinar will demonstrate the transformative effects of openBIM on construction project management. Learn how JaJo utilize openBIM to streamline workflows, enhance interoperability, and increase efficiency across projects, using Solibri and Catenda.

Key Topics

• Understanding openBIM: Explore the core principles and benefits of openBIM in the construction industry, including its role in fostering collaboration and efficiency.
• The Role of Catenda and Solibri: Discover how these tools integrate within the openBIM framework to optimize collaboration through the BIM Collaboration Format (BCF).
• JaJo's openBIM Experience: Gain insights from real-world applications and case studies that highlight strategic integrations and process optimizations at JaJo.
• Benefits of openBIM: Learn about the strategic and operational gains from adopting openBIM, including improved communication and streamlined project management processes.
• Q&A Session: Engage with openBIM experts to discuss its applications and benefits in detail

The built environment consumes 40% of all resources globally, generally following the take-make-waste linear economy.

By contrast, the circular economy in the built environment is a systems-based industrial framework designed to tackle global sustainability challenges, such as climate change, waste, and biodiversity loss. In a circular economy, products and materials are reused, repaired, recycled, or repurposed to create new products, contributing to a more sustainable and resource-efficient economy.

A circular economy is a crucial component of the pathway to net zero. It’s being used by several companies, including Desso, Interface Carpet, IKEA, and Patagonia. It’s also been a long-standing pathway for William McDonough’s Cradle to Cradle concept for architectural design.

Further, the latest U.S. Acts (IRA, CHIPS, and IIJA) include circular economy goals as a way forward to:

• recirculating critical materials
• federal buy clean initiative
• extending product lifecycles
• reducing greenhouse gas emissions
• creating new industries and jobs
• avoiding unnecessary disposal of products and materials to mitigate emissions associated with embodied carbon

In this webinar, attendees will learn about the elements of the circular economy and why it is a resilient and timely system that is good for business, people, and the environment.

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In a time characterized by rising climate extremes, this session underscores the significance of bridging the gap between the public and private sectors to effectively prepare for climate challenges. Led by experts from Arcadis, the session will delve into two key aspects of climate action: climate mitigation, which focuses on energy conservation and sustainable operational practices, and climate adaptation, which emphasizes readiness for extreme weather.

The evolving regulatory environment, exemplified by measures like Local Law 97, now positions decarbonization of the built environment as a necessity rather than a choice.

Speakers will share case studies of successful responses to risks following extreme weather events over the past decade and long-term public initiatives. By demonstrating the long-term cost savings for private owners through reduced insurance claims and damages and to public cities/agencies by preventing or reducing future hazard response and recovery costs, the discussion will underscore the benefits of public-private collaboration in working toward adapting to and mitigating the effects of climate change.

Arcadis, renowned for its expertise in sustainable development and resilience, will moderate the panel discussion. Through Arcadis’ Dutch roots and metropolitan clients such as the city of Rotterdam, New York City and Miami, there is tremendous potential to re-evaluate urban areas in a way that they are climate resilient and include other measures to mitigate the effects of climate change.

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Join us for an inside look into the 2024 editions of the Seismic Design Category (SDC) Maps for the International Residential Code (IRC) and International Building Code (IBC). The SDC maps were developed under FEMA's responsibilities within the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) and have been adopted by the 2024 IRC and IBC. This webinar is one of FEMA NEHRP's outreach activities to keep at-risk communities and relevant professionals informed about the latest seismic hazard information for building design and construction. As one of the four NEHRP agencies, FEMA NEHRP's responsibilities include helping translate and implement research results and lessons learned from recent earthquakes into practical guidance through publications, tools, trainings and building code work to improve the Nation’s earthquake resilience.

Seismic design maps illustrate the varying earthquake demands considered in the design of buildings and other structures across the U.S. and territories. These maps also provide general earthquake hazard information and informing earthquake risk reduction projects.

The concept of the SDC integrates several key factors that influence seismic performance of structures, including potential earthquake ground motions, site soil amplification of ground motions, structure size and configuration, and structure occupancy and use.

This webinar also will feature an introduction to FEMA’s Building Code Strategy program, advancing the adoption and enforcement of hazard-resistant building codes and standards for FEMA programs. The program’s goals and objectives focus on leveraging partnerships to promote current hazard-resistant building codes and understanding stakeholder needs to identify opportunities that advance building code adoption and enforcement.

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The eighteenth annual BIM BOP conference at USC School of Architecture will be taking place online, live via Zoom, this year. It will feature a series of two sessions with three speakers each (30 minutes) and 15 BIM BOPs (5 minutes each). Sign-in for attending all or part of the event.

Topics include BIM workflows, schematic design, AI, generative design, collaboration, construction robots, interoperability, web apps, conceptual design for financial feasibility, 3d printing, conceptual design, AR, sustainable design, cool software that you ought to know about, and others. Speakers come from a variety of AEC firms and software developers. There probably is something being discussed that you want to know about.

Facades+ Boston will take place on July 17, 2024, at The Westin Copley Place for a premier conference on high-performance building enclosures. Engage with industry leaders in architecture and engineering, and explore the latest advancements in facade technology, energy performance, and sustainable design.

Friends at the National Institute of Building Sciences can sign up with a 20% off discount code NIBS. Don’t miss the chance to earn 6 AIA HSW CEUs and network with top professionals. Learn more and register at https://cvent.me/LBDbgD

The building industry is striving to adopt green solutions to make infrastructure more energy efficient to meet the 2050 net-zero climate goals.

Planning requires reliable environmental datasets that are crucial in designing, building, and maintaining the global built environment, as well as other energy-related processes and investments. NASA’s Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) Project informs decision-making and development for sustainable building design and operations by enabling public open discovery, efficient access, and convenient distribution of NASA’s Earth Observations and atmospheric model datasets to support three focus areas: 1) renewable energy deployment and management, 2) sustainable infrastructure, and 3) agroclimatology applications.

To this end, solar data from several NASA projects and meteorological data from NASA assimilation models have already been reformatted and disseminated to the public via a user-friendly web GIS-enabled based data portal through the POWER platform.

The POWER Data Access Viewer (DAV) also features data consistent with ASHRAE Climate Design Conditions and has developed web image services showing building climate zones and their variability. Through those tools, the data can be downloaded into multiple formats that support the infrastructure community, including CSV, Geo-JSON, and Energy Plus Weather (EPW).

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Buildings are built using a variety of construction types, methods, and materials. There are many risks to property and occupants, including fire, water, intrusion, extreme weather, and other natural disasters.

Developers and owners of multifamily buildings must insure these buildings during construction and occupancy over the building lifetime against these risks. Fire, however, continues to result in more fatalities in the United States than all other disasters combined.

Jeff Benson will present on the current state of the construction insurance marketplace, focusing on underwriting issues related to the increasing wildfire exposures around the country and how construction materials affect availability and cost of insurance for projects under construction.

Shamim Rashid-Sumar will provide an overview of the 2024 survey of insurance costs for multifamily buildings constructed with wood-frame and concrete, quantifying differences in costs to insure buildings of combustible versus non-combustible construction.

Dr. Anne Cope will discuss the ongoing wind and wildfire research of the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS). Dr. Cope will provide insights on how the findings lead to actionable resiliency guides and voluntary designation programs.

NIBS is a proud partner of USGBC’s digital U.S. Market Insights Summit: Workforce Development in Green Building, taking place online Sept. 3-5.

The need for a skilled green workforce has grown exponentially across the U.S., but many companies are facing unprecedented challenges in finding enough workers to fill open jobs. How can we recruit, train and connect with a skilled green workforce to meet this demand?

USGBC’s Workforce Development in Green Building Summit will explore strategies for growing the green workforce that align with the principles of sustainability, including prioritizing social equity, health and quality of life. Attendees will learn about successful education, training and pre-apprenticeship programs, examine how the LEED rating system supports workforce development, discuss funding opportunities such as those available through the Inflation Reduction Act, and more.

This summit will take place as six 1.5-hour sessions over three days. The first day will focus on policy, partnerships and funding; the second day will explore next wave opportunities through USGBC tools; and the third day will examine exemplary industry programs. Sessions will be approved for GBCI and AIA continuing education credits.

Join us in shaping the future of the green building workforce!

Join us for an insightful webinar focused on the integration of BIM and Digital Twin technologies in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations (AECO) industry. This session, based on a newly released position paper developed by the National Institute of Building Sciences and written by leading AEC practitioners, educators, consultants, and technology leaders, will dive into the innovations and efficiencies that these technologies bring.

The webinar will not only demystify technical capabilities and promote efficiency but also highlight the availability and key insights of this comprehensive position paper. Attendees will gain an understanding of the distinct yet complementary roles of BIM and Digital Twins and learn how the position paper will help with integrations and streamlining practices.

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