DEARBORN, MI – Ghafari Associates, LLC, a recognized leader in adopting and applying virtual design and construction technologies, has been awarded a five-year, up to $30 million contract to support the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) in its Building Information Modeling (BIM) initiatives. Ghafari’s Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract covers all 11 GSA regions.
Task orders issued under this contract may include BIM modeling of architectural, structural, civil, mechanical and electrical designs, BIM based analysis, integration, laser scanning / modeling, documentation maintenance and training, as well as the development and implementation of BIM based strategies. Lessons learned from Ghafari’s extensive experience in technology-driven lean methods will be leveraged under this contract to assist the GSA in implementing 3D, 4D and 5D approaches to new construction as well as renovation projects.
“We are honored to have been selected to assist the GSA in achieving its industry-leading BIM-enabled delivery objectives,” said Bob Mauck, AIA, PE, Ghafari’s Vice President of Virtual Design and Construction.
In 2008, the firm was selected for an IDIQ contract to provide architecture and engineering services to Region 5, the scope of which includes laser scanning and BIM services. Ghafari is also providing BIM services to Region 4 as part of the project team for the design and construction of a new Federal Courthouse in Jackson, Mississippi. As BIM consultant and integration manager for this project, Ghafari’s efforts have identified interferences early in the design phase, resulting in significant time and cost savings.
Ghafari has successfully completed complex, large-scale BIM-enabled projects using all delivery approaches: design-bid-build, construction management, design-build, and integrated project delivery (IPD). Ghafari’s Virtual Design and Construction Group has completed more than 100 3D-enabled projects over the past decade; many of these successes have been the subject of case studies in leading industry publications.
The Federal Courthouse project, as well as the General Motors’ Global V6 Engine Plant expansion for which Ghafari was the principal A/E firm and BIM integrator, are two of ten case studies featured in the BIM Handbook by Chuck Eastman. Ghafari’s work on Sutter Health’s Castro Valley Medical Center was co-presented by leadership from Sutter and Ghafari as a keynote case study at the Business of BIM Conference sponsored by McGraw-Hill Construction in September, and featured in the 2009 Smart Market Report that was released at the same time.
