As cities continue to grow and the problems of urbanization begin to challenge city systems and services, more and more cities will climb onto the Smart City agenda. Underpinning any Smart City strategy is the use of data, captured namely in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Building Information Models (BIM). A geographic information system captures, stores, manipulates, analyzes, manages, and presents spatial or geographic data. Cities are constantly evolving and have increasing demand on central services and systems. The promise of the Smart City addressing these demands through IoT, building automation, artificial intelligence, advanced energy and communication technologies all rely upon the efficient use and access to large amounts of data. It is imperative that cities adopt intelligent strategies for GIS and BIM to lay the proper foundations for the smart city.
I have rejoined Régis Côté et Associés as Director of integrated Practices, touching on all things Lean, BIM, integration and collaboration. I am a former postdoctoral research fellow at the BIM TOPiCS Lab at the University of British Columbia. I also act as vice chair of operations and chair of communications at buildingSMART Canada. I have been recently appointed as Vice-President of the Groupe BIM du Québec. My field of work focuses on collaboration in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operations (AECO) Industry, namely developing approaches to support better industry practices through Building Information Modeling (BIM), Lean and integrated approaches. I also concentrate on information lifecycles in the AECO industry and how they are being transformed through these innovations.
As cities continue to grow and the problems of urbanization begin to challenge city systems and services, more and more cities will climb onto the Smart City agenda. Underpinning any Smart City strategy is the use of data, captured namely in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Building Information Models (BIM). A geographic information system captures, stores, manipulates, analyzes, manages, and presents spatial or geographic data. Cities are constantly evolving and have increasing demand on central services and systems. The promise of the Smart City addressing these demands through IoT, building automation, artificial intelligence, advanced energy and communication technologies all rely upon the efficient use and access to large amounts of data. It is imperative that cities adopt intelligent strategies for GIS and BIM to lay the proper foundations for the smart city.
A graduate of Laval University in Forestry and Cégep Limoilou in Geomatics, Mr. Marceau has been Coordinator of the Geomatics team of the Quebec City Department of Engineering for 5 years. His team is responsible for, among other things, the development of the 3D model, the update of basic data and infrastructure, thematic mapping and CADD support of the Engineering Department. Previously, he was part of the development team of Hydro-Québec Geomatics Unit in Montreal.
