**YOUR** name on an importantproject

Monday, April 6, 2009 at 2:08PM

The faculty of the Institute of Green Professionals in cooperation with the BIM Education Co-opand theCarter Center in Real Estate, School of Business and Economics at the College of Charleston are asking for your ideas onhowtopopularizethe integration of sustainable development professionals. For the best idea, as determined by our faculty and co-sponsors, we will name the study/research/project after you or your company. For example, if your family name is "Brooks," the study/research/project could be named: "The Brooks Projecton the Integration of Sustainable Development Stakeholders" -- or whatever is an appropriatenamingof the study consistent with your idea and your name. Additionally, you will be listed as a contributor tothe project and links to you and your firm will be provided. What do we mean by the "integration of sustainable development professionals"? If you are not alreadyfamiliar with BIM (Building Information Modeling) and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), and maybe even if you are, take a quick look atthe first blog entitled "Architect as Sustainable Development Leader" (below). What we are really asking is: How do we get every stakeholder trulyintegratedin a project that hasasustainability characteristic(s)? Is it by advertsing? By education?Is it the Architect that must take the lead? If so when?Is BIM the unifier? If so, how to we get everyone sufficiently literate in BIM? If not by IPD, then what and how?Do we need all specialty professional organizations to agree and cooperate? As I have said before, there is a huge untapped market potential (read as "money for you") for the integrated input of all stakeholders in the process - architecture, engineering, land-use planning, landscape architecture, accounting, real property valuation, law, facilities management, construction, and owners/investors. And of course, there are proven development cost savings with this integration. Thebest idea will be the seed for the project, further research, the education plan, promulgation of the strategy orwhatever is needed to make it happen. Send your idea via the Comments section of this post no later than Friday May 15th, 2009, or if you want to keep it confidential for now, send me an email personally at