Crossing Pointe North is the first phase of a Transit Oriented Development (adjacent to the future 104th Street Light Rail station) which consists of 64 units of workforce senior housing. A future phase will add 142 units of workforce family housing, bringing the site total to 206 units of affordable housing. Amenities (such as community gardens, play equipment, and a splash fountain) are situated inside of the landscaped courtyards, and the site is bounded by open space on two sides.
Challenges: NIMBY pushback against “affordable housing,” a rigorous zoning review, and a LIHTC funding challenge which delayed the project. (During the delay the jurisdiction adopted a new code version which required redesign and revisions to our CDs.)
What makes it special: In addition to being an Enterprise Green Community, this project is special because we used it as a test case to push our BIM tools to the max in order to reduce errors and increase productivity. Based on my experience on a few previous projects, I suggested new workflows, such as a new module-based approach for the residential units (reduced errors), IFC model exchange for consultant coordination (clash detection), we introduced automation wherever we could, and I worked hard to adapt our software’s automatic output to our office standards. The result was a CA process that was unusually and surprisingly smooth!
My Role: Job Captain
Task
Part of a team
Personal focus area
Schematic Design
Modeled site from the Architect’s sketches
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Unit design
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Significant influence on all workflows as we used this project as a test case to push our software to the limits in order to maximize productivity.
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Zoning submittals
Generating deliverables (Lasted through CDs)
Coordinating all submittals, comment response efforts, and resubmittal efforts (Lasted through CDs)
Preparation of visuals for the client’s marketing use
Crossing Pointe
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Crossing Pointe North is the first phase of a Transit Oriented Development (adjacent to the future 104th Street Light Rail station) which consists of 64 units of workforce senior housing. A future phase will add 142 units of workforce family housing, bringing the site total to 206 units of affordable housing. Amenities (such as community gardens, play equipment, and a splash fountain) are situated inside of the landscaped courtyards, and the site is bounded by open space on two sides.
Challenges: NIMBY pushback against “affordable housing,” a rigorous zoning review, and a LIHTC funding challenge which delayed the project. (During the delay the jurisdiction adopted a new code version which required redesign and revisions to our CDs.)
What makes it special: In addition to being an Enterprise Green Community, this project is special because we used it as a test case to push our BIM tools to the max in order to reduce errors and increase productivity. Based on my experience on a few previous projects, I suggested new workflows, such as a new module-based approach for the residential units (reduced errors), IFC model exchange for consultant coordination (clash detection), we introduced automation wherever we could, and I worked hard to adapt our software’s automatic output to our office standards. The result was a CA process that was unusually and surprisingly smooth!
My Role: Job Captain
(Lasted through CDs)
(Lasted through CDs)
(Lasted through CDs)
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