{"65974":{"#nid":"65974","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Digital Building Lab Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.dbl.gatech.edu\/dblannualsymposium-program\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EView tentative program and register.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.dbl.gatech.edu\/dblannualsymposium-program\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EThe Georgia Tech Digital Building Lab was formed to respond to the current and future challenges within the design and construction industry: new Information Technologies, new methods of project delivery, new approaches to eliminate waste and make construction \u201clean,\u0022 and new energy and sustainability challenges.\u0026nbsp;The purpose of the symposium is to advance these areas and to grow the intersection between industry issues and university initiatives. In multiple segments, the symposium will address such issues as:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EInteroperability and developing smooth workflows and data movement between tasks and collaborators\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBuilding model correctness and checking of models\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EImproving energy feedback for design\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EConstruction safety\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBuilding skin mock-ups\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EConstruction materials and products\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA review and status of current projects funded through the DBL.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese will consist of mixtures of presentations and discussions with industry participants, regarding how university research groups can best address issues in architecture and construction.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.dbl.gatech.edu\/dblannualsymposium-program\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EView tentative program and register.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EAbout the Digital Building Lab\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe DBL is an umbrella organization, housed in the College of Architecture at Georgia Tech, bringing together the resources of multiple departments and colleges to address new or emerging problems\/opportunities in architecture, construction and fabrication. Its purpose is to:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUndertake strategic industry studies \u2013 in technology development and assessment, collaboration, interoperability, productivity \u2013 for their own results, or as initial studies leading to longer term research\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProvide testbeds for development and prototyping new technologies in fabrication and production\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPromote interdisciplinary education, both within GA Tech and with other universities\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPromote collaborative research between university units and some industries.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIndustry-University collaborations in new Information Technologies, new methods of project delivery, new energy and sustainability challenges, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2011-05-06 10:15:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:54:58","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-05-25T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-05-26T16:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-05-26T16:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-05-25 18:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-05-26 20:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-05-26 20:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"63176":{"id":"63176","type":"image","title":"Digital Building Lab Symposium","body":null,"created":"1449176668","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:28","changed":"1475894554","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:34","alt":"Digital Building Lab Symposium","file":{"fid":"191767","name":"DBL_Meeting.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DBL_Meeting_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DBL_Meeting_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2135077,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/DBL_Meeting_0.jpg?itok=B9OmE28f"}}},"media_ids":["63176"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"1223","name":"School of Building Construction"},{"id":"48996","name":"School of Architecture"},{"id":"60379","name":"DBL - Digital Building Lab"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"175","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"5880","name":"chuck eastman"},{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"1400","name":"Construction"},{"id":"12638","name":"digital building"},{"id":"11044","name":"greenbuzz"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ann.terka@coa.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAnn Terka\u003C\/a\u003E, Digital Building Lab\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}