Acknowledgments

Ah, acknowledgments. While all the glory of writing a book is consumed by the authors, it takes so many more people than just us to actually make this happen. Just like building design, the process of writing and publishing a book is truly a team sport—and without the hard work, dedication, and willingness to put up with the authoring team, this book would have never have happened.

Of all the people to thank, first of all, we’d like to thank the staff at the Revit Factory. Without their fine work, this would be a very empty book. Thank you guys and gals for your hard work, innovative ideas, and desire to stay in touch with current design and construction issues.

Second, a thank-you goes to John Messner of Pennsylvania State University for his wonderful foreword and, more important, the spectacular work he’s done at Penn State. In his time there he’s spearheaded the creation of a very comprehensive BIM guideline to help agencies and building owners figure out what they want from BIM during design and construction; see http://Bim.psu.edu.

Finally, a big thanks to our technical team. They dot our i’s, cross our t’s, and chide us every time we turn in something late. Their work and effort ensure that we as authors can produce something that you the reader can actually follow. So a thank-you to our developmental editor, Connor O’Brien, for putting up with our drama (and I mean drama); to copy editor Linda Recktenwald for taking our school-yard grammar and making it flow; and to production editor Becca Anderson for putting all the pieces together and getting it ready for print. Thanks also to Pete Gaughan for watching the schedule and allowing us to use you as an excuse not to visit family on weekends during “Book Season.” A thank-you to David Light, technical editor, who has given a careful and detailed eye to all of our Revit workflows, and to our excellent support team at Sybex, who helped us develop this foxy content. And always, a big thank-you to Willem Knibbe because of the stories he has about us that he’s promised not to share publicly.

The building image on the cover was provided by The Beck Group of the SaRang Church in Seoul, Korea. A huge thanks to Kelly Cone for providing the rendering. The Beck Group, Founded in 1912, The Beck Group offers a full spectrum of real estate services including development, planning, architecture, interior design, construction and sustainability consulting. The company, headquartered in Dallas, maintains a team of over 500 employees, working among offices in Atlanta, Austin, Denver, Fort Worth, Houston, Mexico City, San Antonio, and Tampa.

The SaRang Church itself is comprised of two curvilinear glass towers that each provide 150,000 SF of space. The 6500-seat worship center auditorium is part of an additional 400,000 SF located underground. In the event that church attendance exceeds the capacity of the main auditorium, there are multiple large, multi-purpose overflow worship areas located throughout the facility. The church also offers youth and small group ministry spaces, 600-seat chapel, bookstore/cafe, roof gardens, and a global ministry plaza.

For more information, visit http://www.beckgroup.com.