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Accelerated Development Could Benefit the Environment

Technology and old-fashioned communication are changing the way buildings are designed.

By Noreen Seebacher | Updated on February 15, 2008

Traditional building is a waste of time and effort. That’s the contention of Kimon Onuma, principal of Pasadena, CA-based Onuma Inc., who estimates building professionals waste as much as 30% of the time and effort they expend before a shovel ever hits the ground.

It’s a waste of resources, he explains. Even worse, the development of a building ill suited to its geography or the prospective use creates a ripple effect of inefficiencies. Onuma’s goal is to be a catalyst for change. Today, he explains, “The building industry is being equipped with nascent tools that radically improve design, construction and operation.”

Onuma is the man who created BIMStorm, virtual and collaborative exercises that merge Building Information Modeling (BIM), computer-aided design (CAD) and geographic information systems (GIS). The goal is to help people understand the tools that are available, how to use them and the benefits they offer.

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