As one of Dowco's recent BIM projects, the Vancouver Convention Centre is now one of Canada's largest convention centres. Working on the west building, Dowco helped arrange several processes that improved the workflow between the trades such as interchanging models between the Structural Engineer and our steel detailing department including a virtual shop drawing checking process that involved the Contractor, Engineer, Architect and Fabricator. Dowco also used BIM to track RFIs while providing visual representations to the owner.

The Chicago Millennium Park has been hailed the city's most important project since the World's Columbian exposition of 1893.  Officially opened in 2004, this Frank Gehry project (Guggenheim Museum Bilbao) has many unique features. Dowco participate in this project setting up a method of importing and exporting 3D models between the Structural Engineer and the Steel Detailer.

Considered as one of the world's most sophisticated concert halls in the world, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California provides for both an aural and visual experience.

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.

Another interesting Frank Gehry design, the Museum of Biodiversity, also called the Bridge of Life Museum, is currently being erected in Panama City. Situated at the Pacific entrance to Panama Canal, visitors will soon marvel at this construction wonder.

Detailing for the project began in August '07 and was finished on time in December '07. The was a very demanding project to detail Units 3 and 4 with several separate segments structurally isolated by expansion joints, the booster fans, and the absorber vessel. The two units were mirror images of each other. The most difficult detailing was for a segment where internal trusses and splitter plates divided the duct work at different angles both horizontally and vertically. The inclusion of temporary steel, lifting lugs and their structural support added another dimension of complexity.