CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANTS
LEED® | BREEAM® | BIM
ABOUT GREEN BUIDING CERTIFICATION
What is Green Building Certification?
A Green Building Certification (BREEAM®, LEED® & the like) verifies that a building has met environmental, energy, human health & well-being, and other standards in its design, construction, and performance. It encourages and rewards a best sustainable practice, innovation and recognises the exemplary building performance
What are the Benefits of Green Building Certification, LEED Certification?
The benefits of sustainable building design & construction project management with OV Engineering, LLC are received by different stakeholders through the building life cycle:
- +21% increased premium on sales transaction price
- +18% increased premium on rental rates
- shorter payback period on investments
- reduced running costs in use
- improvement of the productivity & satisfaction of building users
- less energy and water usage
- low emissions of carbon dioxide
ABOUT BREEAM
BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) is a sustainability assessment method that is used to masterplan projects, infrastructure and buildings. It is a way to measure the environmental impact of the asset/property in the built environment & supports sustainable practice.
It focuses on sustainable value across range of categories - Energy, Well-being, Waste, Water, Transport, Land Use & Ecology, Materials, Pollution & Management
Each category focusses on the most influential factors, including reduced carbon emissions, low impact design, adaption to climate change, ecological value and biodiversity protection
ABOUT BIM (Building information modelling)
Building information modelling (BIM)
It is a digital information management approach being adopted by the construction industry to improve productivity and quality in building and infrastructure projects, reduce financial losses during construction, and provide a basis for developing future services.
At its core is 3-D modelling with embedded data that can be shared by and amongst all project partners, at all stages of a project from design through to maintenance. Each partner retains responsibility for their own data but project managers are able to use BIM as one "agreed source of truth" for their decision-making. This means a more efficient use of resources, more effective communications and therefore collaboration within the partnership, greater flexibility and improved long-term planning – the benefits of which accrue to client, project manager and contractor
Level of Development (LOD)
There are six different levels of development that are defined by the AIA (American Institute of Architects). According to AIA, LOD outlines the design requirements at each stage.
Below you can check breif description of each LOD
Collaboration with BIM Architect
OV Engineering, LLC has started a collaboration with an Ukrainian Architect Gennadii Donets related to the BREEAM & BIM projects architectural design, project management & coordination.
Gennadii is an Enthusiastic Architect eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. He has clear understanding of the client needs and find an exeptional architectural solutions. Gennadii is an author of various projects located in Poland, Ukraine & Georgia.
Below you can check buildings he has created so far
BIM AS A TOOL FOR GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATIONS
Implementing a BIM process with Revit building design software is a key to the successful green building certification of the project.
The projects complexity usually require close coordination between many stakeholders, including building envelope, structural, MEP, sustainability assessments, traffic study, lighting, and cost issues.
The best thing about BIM is it links multiple disciplines to a single design model. That’s why you can rely on BIM to complete the overall design, provide more efficient construction process (less errors, faster construction) with precision and maximum efficiency of the buildings that produce less waste and are cheaper but also easier to operate
BIM SERVICES for EXISTING BUILDING
- Preparing 3-D scanned point cloud of building’s whole exterior and interior space as existing conditions
- Building of the BIM model:
- Setting up GIS basis to be used for shared coordinates for BIM models
- Importing point cloud into Revit software, locating it correctly based on shared coordinates system
- Clash detection report of Architectural, Structural and MEP systems
- Coordinated BIM model for Architectural, Structural and MEP systems
- Architectural Structural and MEP systems quantified schedules
- Dimensioned REVIT/CAD drawings
BIM SERVICES FOR NEW Construction
- Building of the BIM 3-D model from scratch for Architectural, Structural and MEP disciplines
- Clash detection report of Architectural, Structural and MEP systems
- Coordinated BIM model for Architectural, Structural and MEP systems
- Architectural, Structural and MEP systems’ quantified schedules
- Dimensioned REVIT/CAD drawings
BIM MANAGEMENT & COORDINATION SERVICES
- BIM Management & Coordination Services
- Documented BIM execution plan
- Quantity take off schedules from provided models
- Clash detection reports
- BIM Execution Plan
- BIM Management (Execution)
- BIM troubleshooting
- Collating of Architectural, Structural, MEP design models
- BIM quality check
- BIM integrity check
- BIM clash-detection check
- BIM common mistakes check
- Model-based quantity take-off
- Virtual construction services
- Coordination of the design change, integration in the Master BIM Model as-built drawings