MEET THE SPEAKER
Michael McPartland
Associate
GKV Architects
Michael McPartland joined GKV Architects in 2013 and earned his Associate title in 2019. McPartland is a very capable designer and is both artistically and technically talented. He is very adept with BIM programming and modeling. He has coordinated several complicated adaptive reuse projects, including the award-winning headquarters for God’s Love We Deliver in NYC and a recently completed New Haven Preservation Award-winning project, the historic Graduate Hotel Duncan on the Yale University campus. Both projects required a complete demolition of the existing buildings down to their structural frames and a complete re-build of all aspects of the buildings, including entire replacements of all infrastructure with modern energy-efficient systems.
In addition, McPartland contributed to the design and construction administration teams for the Seaside Arts Center in Coney Island, which won a New York State AIA award, and 500 Waverly, a mixed-use inclusionary housing project in Brooklyn. He has extensive zoning analysis experience with several GKV base building projects in Brooklyn and Queens. McPartland graduated from the City College of New York’s Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture in 2013.
SESSION DESCRIPTION
The Realities of Integrating BIM into an Architect’s Practice
Integrating Building Information Modeling (BIM) into an architect's practice brings numerous benefits to the design and construction process. Architects can better communicate design concepts to clients and stakeholders, leading to more informed decision-making and fewer change orders during construction. Adopting a BIM process allowed us GKV Architects to create detailed digital 3D models of buildings to facilitate better visualization, streamlined our coordination process, and enabled us to deliver high- quality designs and innovative solutions in a more efficient manner. Over time, all these benefits greatly outweigh the challenges faced during the implementation process.