In today’s world of digital architecture, one term appears more than all others: building information modeling (BIM). BIM concerns the appending and otherwise referencing of data in a digital model. Architects use BIM for a variety of reasons, but the common denominator of BIM use is having a single model that serves as a touchpoint for coordination between internal and external teams.
Flansburgh Architects, a Boston-based firm that specializes in educational architecture, implemented a big BIM workflow for the design of a new school for the town of Holbrook, Massachusetts. Kent Kovacs, AIA, vice president and principal-in-charge, and Brian Hores, AIA, BIM manager, shared how this process benefited the project.
The New Holbrook School
The program was to merge the town’s three existing schools into one building, which now serves 1,095 students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. There are separate entrances and spaces for pre-k-5 and grades 6-12.
The two-story, 217,353-gross-square-foot building is organized by …