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Open BIM is not a utopian dream, rather a dream come true.

No longer is BIM focused on my platform vs yours, or yours vs mine. It is now an exciting arena filled with pushing limits, not creating boundaries. Open BIM is no longer something simply spoken about during lunch, rather something WEBBER Australia and our fellow colleagues put into practice each day on this exciting, collaborative focused project - 480 Hay.

http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/perth-s-first-5-star-hotel-in-30-years-revolutioni

Great article!! It feels rewarding to be a part of something so important in the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) industry. BIM is not the future... it is the present and future of this industry.

http://www.brw.com.au/p/sections/professions/scarce_skills_send_wages_soaring_2wHB0SnNhD4h1htvn3Bp3H?hl

Congrats to an ex client of mine, Dane Richardson of Dane Designs, for his many awards won at this years WA building design association awards over the weekend, including winning the overall best design award... for the second time.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/building-designer-dane-richardson-takes-clean-sweep-at-building-designers-australia-awards/story-e6frg13u-1226499573190

Building designer Dane Richardson takes clean sweep at Building Designers Australia awards THE winning projects at this year's Building Designers Australia WA Design Awards are a strong indication that the state has truly upped the ante when it comes to residential design, with the BDA WA Chapter confident that our talent pool will once again win the lion's share of national category awar...

I just discovered a great Australian website for finding the longitude and latitude values for places in Australia. Simply type in the town or city and it will give you a list of locations in that area.

This is perfect for creating accurate sun studies as you can input the longitude and latitude values into the 'more sun settings' found within the projection settings.

See link below and please do not hesitate to ask questions.

http://www.ga.gov.au/place-names/

Place Names of Australia Search - Geoscience Australia Enter the first few letters of a place name and click the Submit Query button. To refine a search, either select the Place Type or State from the lists. To clear the information, click Reset.