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GIS for Facilities Management "In-Building GIS"
Revolution? Evolution? Or just a good idea? |
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| GIS is coming inside the building! Some call it a revolution, as did Joe Francica in his April 2, 2008 article in Directions Magazine entitled 3D, BIM and Going Green: Cities are Challenged by a New Geospatial Revolution. Others may view it as the natural evolution of GIS. And still others tasked with maintaining facilities in a fiscally and environmentally sustainable manner may just think its a good idea and the right thing to do. Regardless of what you want to call what is happening, its hard to deny that the changes in geospatial technology that are occurring now are anything but amazing, extraordinary and far reaching in the potential to impact the way we do things. |
| How will this trend affect you? Will it... |
- reduce costs and improve service
- streamline workflows
- manage assets more effectively
- keep track of critical key performance indicators
- help decision makers visualize solutions
The list could go on and on....
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And what is driving this trend toward more integration and interoperability of disparate technologies? Is it maturation and the increased capability of technology? Is it the web? Or is it just the great need and desire to better visualize and understand the complex world we live in so that we can better manage our limited resources? How much will the new Building Information Modeling (BIM) standard effect this trend? Has GIS finally entered the building? Should GIS really become SIS for Spatial Information Systems?
These are just some of the myriad questions that we hope to explore, expand, dwell on, and maybe even answer as we try to bring together a diverse group of geospatial industry providers (ESRI), their business partners/solution providers, and practitioners for a series of panel discussions, technical workshops and presentations at the 2008 NEARC Conference on Cape Cod September 21-24. Please consider coming to participate in this process and help us "Navigate the Geospatial Approach." |
| Target audience |
- Existing GIS community
Bring your GIS inside the building! Learn now this new twist on existing roles and technologies relates to what you do.
- Collegiate facility managers
How can GIS help you? Learn how GIS and related technologies are being applied to managing campus facilities.
- Facility managers in local government agencies:
Others in your organization are probably already using GIS. Learn how those resources can benefit you. |
| Track contents |
Learn of Industry trends and market vision from ESRI and others:
- GIS for building lifecycle management
- GIS for survey and design
- GIS for building operations and maintenance
- GIS for energy management and carbon footprint management
- Building Information Models and other building-based data standards
Attend workshops to learn how things work:
- Workshop on 3D technology and virtual cities
- Workshop on tools available for building a geodatabase from CAD data files
- Workshop on dashboards and portals and the technology available to build them
- ...and more...
Learn who is doing what and how they are doing it from solution providers who are:
- Out on a construction site
- Using GIS with Primavera to resolve project management issues on the spot
- Writing survey data directly into a geodatabase
- Managing operations
- Using GIS to reduce building-based energy costs
- Using GIS to monitor building-based environmental health and sustainability
- Making information useful
- Bringing room outlines and in-building networks from CAD data into a geodatabase
- Introducing spatial data into a pen-and-paper workflow using a pen that knows where it is drawing on a map
- Creating 3D models of buildings using oblique imagery
And practitioners of GIS in building-based projects, including:
- Harvard University
- MIT
- UMass Medical Center
- City of Brookline
- NYC Department of Health
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