These figures show the BIM results of the 3-D coordination process and a photo-overlay of the actual installation, the two are spatially identical. This provides the opportunity to fabricate assemblies off-site and increases confidence that field installation issues will be minimumAs a long-time builder of healthcare projects, McCarthy has experienced the rapid increase in the level of complexity

These figures show the BIM results of the 3-D coordination process and a photo-overlay of the actual installation, the two are spatially identical. This provides the opportunity to fabricate assemblies off-site and increases confidence that field installation issues will be minimumAs a long-time builder of healthcare projects, McCarthy has experienced the rapid increase in the level of complexity

To provide strong support for both the European Union Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) research initiative and the global “Physiome” community, the process to establish a European VPH Institute has now officially started. The VPH initiative is part of the worldwide public domain effort to provide a computational framework for understanding human physiology. It aims to develop integrative

30 September – 1 October 2010, Brussels, Belgium. The Virtual Physiological Human Network of Excellence (VPH NoE) will hold the first of a series of VPH Conferences (VPH2010) supported by the European Commission ICT for Health / DG Information Society and Media. The Virtual Physiological Human Network of Excellence is an umbrella project representing the Virtual Physiological Human Initiative

Moderator: KP Reddy, RCMS GroupBuilding Information Modeling, or BIM, is the new behind-the-scenes company that is the current trend. It offers up a new language, or way to communicate design for engineers, architects and owners.The advantages of BIM are the ability for the non-technical owner representatives to understand the project and the effect of their decisions, said KP Reddy. BIM is the

studio/216 and NBBJ Architects have collaborated on a new, interactive tool for hospital transition planning for Valley Medical Center. Using virtual reality, the user is able to interact with an environment in a more immersive way than with conventional graphics. Without the need for special equipment or software, users can navigate through virtual space using a mouse and standard keyboard….