Page 10 - Graypvine December 2020
P. 10
Valan Daniel is excited to
lead new VDC group
For several years now, Gray has been using
3D modeling to design and create buildings so
customers and team members can visualize their
projects virtually. 3D models have many benefits
in the construction industry, including better
collaboration and coordination, reducing costs and
risk, and improving scheduling when it comes to
building a project in real life. Until recently, these
models were created by Gray’s Building Information
10 Modeling (BIM) group.
In December of 2019, Gray created a Virtual
Design Coordination (VDC) group within the MEP
department managed by Valan Daniel. While the
BIM team partners with Gray’s design team, the Valan Daniel, Manager, Virtual Design Coordination
VDC group works closely with construction team Construction Technology landscape,” said Valan.
members. The VDC group has two functions: to “We use cutting edge technologies to secure
serve common model coordination services and to future projects and help alleviate the workloads
provide data services. of current ones. As the VDC group grows, so
As the Manager of the VDC group, Valan creates will Gray’s reputation as a leader in Construction
estimates, procures work and helps her fellow VDC Technology. The services we offer on the VDC side
teammates coordinate their own projects. are model coordination, model translation, 3D model
“Our group’s goal is to elevate Gray in the creation, 4D Animations, model fly-throughs and
VR Environments. The services we offer on the data
side are productivity tracking through Assemble, and
analytical dashboards using Power Bi.
“We currently have six team members including
myself. Meghan Waters and Matt Roberts were the
first to agree to start this exciting journey with me.
Then Demetrius Edwards joined; he had previously
worked for the BIM group in A/E. Then we hired
Zach Marakovits and Clayton Collins from outside
the company.”
The VDC group’s current projects include three
distribution centers for Amazon, and a data center
for Amazon Web Services.
Top left: A model of Project
Diamond shows the project's
MHE line.
Bottom left: The VDC workspace
in the Lexington Office.
