Vancouver Transportation Project Wins Autodesk BIM Experience Award

10 September 2009 Geoff Zeiss

H5M, a joint design team of Hatch Mott MacDonald (HMM) and the MMM Group, has received an Autodesk BIM Experience Award for its innovative application of building information modeling (BIM) for the Port Mann/Highway 1 (PMH1) project for the Ministry of Transportation of British Columbia. The H5M team used Autodesk software for BIM, including AutoCAD Civil 3D software, to help create a sustainable solution designed to manage traffic congestion and growth through 2031 and beyond. The project is valued at C$2.46 billion and is one of the largest transportation network projects under way in North America. The project design is about 40 percent complete and involves training and implementation services from IMAGINiT Technologies and support by the Autodesk Consulting team.  In addition to the PMH1 project, there is also a Digital Cities pilot currently underway between the City of Vancouver and Autodesk which is designed to build out an intelligent city model using BIM or “model-based” projects in the future.

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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