A view of all the schemes developed at BIMStorm LAX totaling morethan 50 million sf.

Their assignment: to develop 30 million sf of space across a30-block site just north of downtown Los Angeles, virtually andcollaboratively. They had 24 hours to complete the task.

In the end, participants in BIMStorm LAX on Jan. 31 didn't build30 million sf of virtual space on 30 city blocks. They built 50million sf across 50 city blocks.

Welcome to the world of BIMStorm, which highlights the use ofBuilding Information Modeling--digital representations of thephysical and functional characteristics of a facility. Proponentssay BIM serves as a shared knowledge resource for information abouta facility and forms a reliable basis for decisions throughout thelife cycle of a property.

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