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4th Annual CanBIM Innovation Spotlight Awards - Winners Announced
[September 25, 2018]

4th Annual CanBIM Innovation Spotlight Awards - Winners Announced


TORONTO, Sept. 25, 2018 /CNW/ - The Canada BIM Council (CanBIM) Announced the Winners for the 2018 Innovation Spotlight Awards as part of the CanBIM Toronto Regional Session: Technology Built Innovation: Smart Cities (Sept 19-20).

CanBIM Innovation Spotlight - Best In Innovation Award Winners. Carleton Immersive Media Studio:
(L to R) Peter Dempster, National Director, Performance and Commercial Security Construction Services Group, National Practice Aon Risk Solutions (Award Sponsor), Jesse Rafeiro Team Lead CIMS, Andrée-Anne Godin Team Lead CIMS, Dr. Stephen Fai, Director CIMS. (CNW Group/CanBIM)

CanBIM celebrated its 10th year in big fashion. The entire event was a resounding success with many new relationships forged, amazing networking opportunities, and some thought-provoking presentations with great insights into the future of the Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Owner/Operator industry (AECOO), and last but certainly not least, to cap off the event, was the CanBIM Innovation Spotlight Awards Dinner and Presentation, where CanBIM recognized the many leaders in the AECOO industry.

On September 20th, CanBIM closed the event with its 4th Annual, Innovation Spotlight Awards Dinner and Presentation. The 2018 Award was designed through Turner Fleischer Architects in-house "Design-Design" competition; the winning design was created by Calvin Fung, Intern Architect.

Top honours went to Carleton Immersive Media Studio (CIMS) for their innovative work on the Library of Parliament project. The Library of Parliament building information model captures one of Canada's most significant heritage monuments.  Developed through a research partnership between Publi Services and Procurement Canada and the Carleton Immersive Media Studio, the Library BIM project is CIMS most complex BIM project to date.  CIMS objective has been to create an accurate and detailed heritage record as well as capture the sense of awe that this building inspires.



Special mention goes to IBI Group for winning both the Owners and Facility Management Award and the Technology Award for their innovative InForm Office Asset Management Solution, which is a cloud-based platform designed to serve the needs of corporate facilities managers. A modular solution which allows organizations to plan and manage space, as well as track and monitor all interior assets. 

CanBIM recognizes industry leaders in eight (8) award categories: Technology, Academics, General Contractors, Trades, Design & Engineering, Owners & Facility Management, International, Trailblazer (Volunteer of the Year) and Professional Achievement. Top honours are presented to the Best In Innovation, candidates for this category were selected from the winners of each of the award categories.


Winners for the 4th Annual Innovation Spotlight Awards are as follows:

Visit CanBIM Website for a full listing of Winners and Award Sponsors

Best In Innovation- Sponsored by Aon Risk Solutions
Carleton Immersive Media Studio - Library of Parliament

Trailblazer Award Winner – Sponsored by Canada BIM Council
Sergey GrushkoGeorge Brown College

International Award Winner – Sponsored by Bluebeam
EllisDon/ARPRO Joint Venture - ATRIO

Academic Award Winner – Sponsored by Global eTraining
Carleton Immersive Media Studio - Library of Parliament

Owners & Facility Management Award Winner – Sponsored by B+H Architects
IBI Group – Head Office Facility Management

Design & Engineering Award Winner – Sponsored by SolidCAD
DIALOG – Calgary Cancer Center

General Contractors Award Winner – Sponsored by Brownlee LLP
Pomerleau – Place Ville Marie – Repositioning

Technology Award Winner – Sponsored by Glaholt LLP
IBI Group – InForm

Professional Achievement Awards were presented to

Daniel Forgues, Professeur Département de génie de la construction, École de technologie supérieure
Clint Kissoon, Academic Chair, Centre for Construction Engineering Technology, George Brown College
Paul F. Loreto, Architect, L360 ARCHITECTURE, CanBIM Founding Member and Past President

Website: www.canbim.com

CanBIM Social Media: @CanBIM YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn.  

About CanBIM - http://www.canbim.com/about-canbim 
Serving as the business voice of Canada's BIM community, CanBIM represents, supports and advocates on behalf of the entire AECOO and educational community to build a positive business environment for the effective deployment of BIM, not only for our member firms, but for all engaged in utilizing BIM in Canada.

About CanBIM Awards - http://www.canbim.com/about-canbim-awards 
CanBIM recognizes excellence in BIM/VDC through an Annual Awards presentation to those CanBIM Member companies and or individuals that demonstrate leadership and innovation through the implementation of technology, processes and methodologies.

SOURCE CanBIM


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