About Us
Virtual Design & Construction Training & Consulting - Design Side for Architects, Engineers, etc.
More and more clients are convinced of BIM’s efficacy in the design and delivery of architecture, and are putting increased pressure on design teams to implement BIM as deeply as possible -- all through the design and delivery process.
Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) is a suite of strategies and tactics that architects are using to realize the power of BIM through CDs and CA phases. For years, Gridley has been helping design team prepare for VDC workflows to achieve Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) methods all over the NYC region.
VDC IN DD AND CD PHASES
As VDC Consultants in the CDs Phase, Gridley works with the Design Teams long before CDs are issued, to ensure the best project turn-over terms possible.
Inside project models, our team offers LOD analysis of current Design Models, we perform quantity surveys for accurate cost estimating, and track project parameters to pre-stage models at hand-off.
Outside the models, our team works with project managers to customize a VDC specification to the project needs, and pre-training stakeholders on project-sharing platforms, like BIM 360, ProjectSight, or Primavera.
ARCHITECTS, WORKING WITH ARCHITECTS
Gridley is in such a trusted position with design teams because we have spent over a decade helping architecture and engineering firms flip to BIM workflows. The majority of our current VDC consulting are those design firms now returning to ask if I’ll help their General Contractors use these BIM models during construction.
Most architecture firms have made the switch to BIM workflows years ago. Now they are seeking ways to give those modeled efforts the continued benefit from this technological edge. This explains why more and more designers are prescribing VDC workflows in their specifications -- to require GCs to use the Design Team's models and incorporate BIM into their services.
Gridley has the experience doing these tasks to help any firm control the best outcomes for their projects leaving design stages and working through delivery.
CLIENTS INCLUDE
SHoP Architects, Cook+ Fox, Helpern Architects, Office of Visual Interaction, Macrea-Gibson Architects, Two One Two Design, Ethelind Coblin Architects, Ricci Greene Associates, Carol Maryan Architects, Karahan/Schwarting Architects, Pendant Partners. Gluck+,Morris Adjimi Architects, Alloy Development, Sage & Coombe Architects, OBRA Architects, Jeffrey Beers International LLC, EP Engineers, Biber Architects, Edelman Sultan Knox Woods, Life House Group. TRA Studio