Denver Art Museum
A signature landmark for the city is Denver's Frederic C. Hamilton Building, or otherwise called the Denver Art Museum expansion. Consisting of 2,700 tons of steel in an awesome angle, this project was proud to be one of Dowco's pioneer projects using advanced BIM solutions to accurately detail this incredibly complex structure.

Aside from keeping all the other team members (M.A. Mortenson Construction, ARUP, L.P.R. and Zimmerman Metals Inc.) in the loop using BIM, a building schedule was drawn up beforehand and integrated into the 3D model to create the move that showed every step of construction. The degree of the collaboration using BIM is what made the project successful which also resulted in a completion that was 3 month's ahead of schedule. Reference models of Cranes were also inserted into the 3D model to visualize staging plans done at the erector's office before going into the field.
This project was recognized by the American Institute of Architects as a successful Building Information Modeling project.
Denver Art Museum



