18th July Meeting 2018

Invites will be sent out on Monday 16th July 2018 to all those on the invite list 

Title:

Enscape Best Practices from Around the World -  Phil Read of Read | Thomas LLC

Synopsis:

Enscape is a plugin for Revit, Rhino and SketchUp that allows anyone to quickly and easily explore and present their design in a live, beautiful and natural looking real-time VR environment as you design - no exporting required. This inspiring session will present tips, tricks and best practices from around the world and across multiple industries: Buildings, Engineering, Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Industrial Design, Media / Entertainment and more. 

Bio:

Phil is the co-founder of Read | Thomas - a BIM/VDC consulting company focused on connecting designers, builders and owners through cross-discipline technology integration. He has over 20 years experience in Architecture and Engineering including 18 years implementing Autodesk Revit: the world's only fully integrated platform for the parametric design of buildings and infrastructure. ReadThomas has been working with the Enscape team and customers since the summer of 2015.

When not traveling, you're likely to find Phil driving around Charlotte in his restored 1960 Triumph TR3A.

2nd presentation 

Synopsis

Tideway are constructing a tunnel from Acton in West London to Abbey Mills in the east. When complete the tunnel will help eliminate more than 39 million tonnes of untreated sewage entering the tidal River Thames every year. The tunnel is part of a wider programme of improvement works by Thames Water, called the London Tideway Improvements. With the Thames Tideway Tunnel in place the system will discharge only 4 times in a typical year. When completed, alongside the Lee Tunnel it will have a storage capacity of 1.6m cubic metres, the equivalent of 600 Olympic-size swimming pools. This presentation highlights the innovative work some of Tideway’s Tier 1 Contractors are undertaking using BIM to develop Health & Safety awareness.

Bio

David is the BIM Manager at Tideway responsible for the delivery of BIM data by their Tier 1 Contractors. David has over 30 years experience in the AEC industry. Some past achievements include being one of the founding partners of ArcDox, the first specialist BIM consultancy practice in Ireland, and a founder of Revit Users Ireland Group (RUIG). 

His role at Tideway is to provide coordination and development of the BIM functions and processes for the Thames Tideway Tunnel project, and coordinate and manage the linkages between CAD, GIS, Document Control and other information sources associated with the Contractors.