Visually stimulating

It looks pretty awesome when you see some scenes in an amazing visibility.

The same with the field of Building Construction, a detailed and vivid modeling (3D) could catch the audience (may be your client) immediately and could give them an visible shock. It may be beyond the engineering but to be an art.

In order to approach the aforementioned aims, we make hard to refine our structural model in Revit and try to present an aesthetic craft in the virtual world. See pic on the right, the engraved VT logo on an precast concrete wall shows a part of what we've achieved already.

We make it using ArchVision Content Manager (ACM) and photoshop. Just like deal with the materials and texture. But at this time we should make the texture all by ourselves. We shall create them, i.e. the model, like we create the building in our furture career.

In additon, we have got a short video clip to show the magic of virtual reality art.

Enjoy it.

S10 L3 Meeting Minutes

Name of Organization: S-10
Purpose of Meeting: Meet with M group
Date/Time: 3/23/09; 5:30-6:15
1. Discuss objectives
2. Outline tasks
3. Durations

Name of Organization: S-10
Purpose of Meeting: Procurement Plan
Date/Time: 3/24/09; 7:00-1:00
1. Ghantt Chart
2. Activity on Node
3. Durations
4. Crane Diagram
5. Site Layout

Name of Organization: S-10
Purpose of Meeting: Bidding Schedule and peculiar items
Date/Time: 3/26/09; 7:30-12:15
1. Final project formatting
2. Access to site
3. Crane Diagram
4. Tie up loose ends

J8 L3 Meeting Minutes

Name of Organization:  J-8

Purpose of Meeting:  L3 Intro

Date/Time:  March 22^nd, 5:00pm-7:00pm

1.       Overview of L3

2.       Revise Schedule

3.       Organize Assignments

Name of Organization:  J-8

Purpose of Meeting:  L3 Review Session

Date/Time:  March 25^th, 4:00pm-4:15pm

1.       Preliminary Findings      

2.       Q/A McCoy

3.       Preliminary Results

Name of Organization:  J-8

Purpose of Meeting:  L3 Coordination

Date/Time:  March 26^th, 3:30pm-11:30pm

1.       Compile Individual Assignments

2.       Set Final Deadlines

3.       Compile Report

Name of Organization:  J-8

Purpose of Meeting:  L3 Final Coordination

Date/Time:  March 27^th, 12:00pm-2:30pm

1.       Correct Mistakes

2.       Revise Report

3.       Release to M-11

 

 

J8 Presentation Meeting

Today J8 will meeting at 3:30pm to discuss the slideshow presentation that will take place Wednesday at 6:00pm - 6:10pm. The meeting will take approximately 1 hour to compile the slides. The PowerPoint will then be submitted to M11 for review.

Final L2 Meeting - J8

All teams, M11/J8/S10, will meet today during our normal integrated lab time frame. J8 will submit L2 to the M-team for the final submission on Friday, March 6th. Items to be discussed consist of L2 presentation and preliminary L3 work.

J8 Meeting Minutes/ L2 Update

Development Process of L2

Name of Organization: J-8
Purpose of Meeting: L2 Intro
Date/Time: February 18th, 4:00-6:45pm

1. Overview of L2
2. Divide Take-Off
3. Organize Templates

Name of Organization: J-8
Purpose of Meeting: Formal Meeting
Date/Time: February 25th, 4:00-6:45pm

1. Formal Meeting with Dr. McCoy
2. Q/A Period
3. Organize Completed Work

Name of Organization: J-8
Purpose of Meeting: Organize L2
Date/Time: February 18th, 4:00-6:45

1. Important Items
2. Compiled Take-offs
3. To-Do List

Name of Organization: J-8
Purpose of Meeting: Finish L2
Date/Time: March 1st, 10am-2am

1. Format Report
2. Complete Take-off
3. Start Durations
4. Start Schedule

Name of Organization: J-8
Purpose of Meeting: Finish L2
Date/Time: March 3rd, 6-10pm

1. Fix Take-off errors
2. Diagram Crane locations
3. Leadership Report
4. Blog Update

S_10 Meeting Minutes

Name of Organization: S-10
Purpose of Meeting: Delineate tasks and set deadlines
Date/Time: 2/17; 4:00-6:15
1. Assignment Reviewed
2. Tasks Established
3. Beam and Girder Take-off Started
4. Joist and Decking Take-off Started

Name of Organization: S-10
Purpose of Meeting: Establish Productivity and Mark Milestones
Date/Time: 2/20; 1:30-3:30
1. Coordinated new tasks
2. Quantified Decking

Name of Organization: S-10
Purpose of Meeting: Compile Data
Date/Time: 2/24; 6:30-10:00
1. Shared information
2. Set costs

Name of Organization: S-10
Purpose of Meeting: Complete Estimate
Date/Time: 2/25; 4:00-9:45
1. Input Costs
2. Formatted Excel Sheets
3. Began durations and prelim schedule

Name of Organization: Jacob and John S-10
Purpose of Meeting: Check Work
Date/Time: 2/25; 10:15pm-12:30am
1. Reviewed Work from others.
2. Corrections
3. Recalculations

Name of Organization: Jacob, Hunter, John
Purpose of Meeting: Final Tasks
Date/Time: 2/27; 12:30-4:45
1. Durations corrected
2. Narratives Written
3. Lessons Learned Analysis
4. Final tasks assigned

Name of Organization: Jacob and John
Purpose of Meeting: Finish
Date/Time: 2/28/09; 11:30-5:30
1. Corrections
2. Formatting
3. Review

Presentation L1

At the afternoon of Feb. 11th, our team (all mentor, junior and sophomore teams) finished our first presentation L1 at BFH 210.

Thanks, Josh for your work!
Thanks, everybody!

GOOD JOB!

S Team

J Team

J Team

Preparation for Questions

Schedule & 2 Week Look-Ahead (J8)

WBS (J8)

The Work Breakdown Structure for the Basketball Practice Facility is broken down into eight levels of mechanical description. The WBS breaks down the mechanical system into specific components relevant to its successful operation in the building. The WBS is broken down into a level-list below followed by a detailed component list. Please see Figure 1-10 for the WBS.

Meeting Minutes (S10)

Name of Organization: S-10

Purpose of Meeting: Class Time

Date/Time: January 21^st, 4:00-6:45

1. Introduction to integrated lab

2. Introduction to leadership survey

3. Choose team members

Name of Organization: S-10

Purpose of Meeting: Exposure to Drawings

Date/Time: January 23^nd, 1:00-2:00

1. Reviewed drawings

2. Came up with questions to ask professor/M-team

Name of Organization: S-10

Purpose of Meeting: Class Time

Date/Time: January 28^th, 4:00-6:45

1. Reviewed leadership survey

2. Reviewed questions with M-team

Name of Organization: S-10

Purpose of Meeting: Work Strategy

Date/Time: February 3^nd, 6:00-7:00

1. WBS

a. Columns

b. Beams

c. Bolts

d. Plates

2. Load Diagram

3. Due Feb. 8^th

a. Final Assignment L1 Submittal (Revised according to M-team)

b. Final L1 PowerPoint

4. Due Feb. 9^th

a. Final L1 PowerPoint Presentation (Coordinate with M-team)

Name of Organization: S-10

Purpose of Meeting: Class Time

Date/Time: February 4^th, 4:00-6:45

1. Review work with M-team

2. Additional questions for Dr. McCoy/M-team

Name of Organization: S-10

Purpose of Meeting: Finalize Assignment L1

Date/Time: February 8^th, 2:00-6:00

1. Revise and Complete Assignment L1 Report

2. Complete Assignment L1 PowerPoint

S10 Site Pictures

Site pictures have been uploaded to filebox.

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/jnay/Integrated%20Lab/

Meeting Minutes (J8)

Name of Organization: J-8

Purpose of Meeting: Class Time

Date/Time: January 21^st, 4:00-6:45

1. Introduction to integrated lab

2. Introduction to leadership survey

3. Choose team members

Name of Organization: J-8

Purpose of Meeting: Exposure to Drawings

Date/Time: January 22^nd, 5:00-5:30

1. Reviewed drawings

2. Came up with questions to ask professor/M-team

Name of Organization: J-8

Purpose of Meeting: Class Time

Date/Time: January 28^th, 4:00-6:45

1. Review of leadership survey/test

2. Reviewed questions with M-team

Name of Organization: J-8

Purpose of Meeting: Break Down Assignment L1

Date/Time: February 2^nd, 7:30-8:30

1. Due Feb. 5th

a. Written Mechanical System Descriptions & Flow Charts (Drawn Only)

i. Cooling & Exhaust

ii. Heating

iii. Piping

2. Due Feb. 6^th

a. Leadership Survey Report

b. Flow Charts (Visio)

c. Assignment L1 Report Compilation

3. Due Feb. 8^th

a. Final Assignment L1 Submittal (Revised according to M-team)

b. Final L1 PowerPoint

4. Due Feb. 9^th

a. Final L1 PowerPoint Presentation (Coordinate with M-team)

Name of Organization: J-8

Purpose of Meeting: Class Time

Date/Time: February 4^th, 4:00-6:45

1. Review work with M-team

2. Additional questions for Dr. McCoy/M-team

Name of Organization: J-8

Purpose of Meeting: Gathering of Information for Assignment L1

Date/Time: February 5^th, 7:30-11:00

1. Compile Written Mechanical System Description

2. Produce a List of Components as Defined by Mechanical Systems

3. Produce Flow Charts of Mechanical Systems in Visio

Name of Organization: J-8

Purpose of Meeting: Finalize Assignment L1

Date/Time: February 8^th, 5:30-

1. Revise and Complete Assignment L1 Report

2. Complete Assignment L1 PowerPoint