UNIT 2: BIM TECHNOLOGY Pilot Course Available

UNIT 2: BIM TECHNOLOGY Pilot Course SESSION 1: BIM Technology, Process, Capabilities and Tools - September 24, 2009 SESSION 2: BIM Interoperability - October 13, 2009 Building Information Modeling (BIM) is one of the most exciting developments in the construction industry and is changing the way projects are built.  Join your peers for this two-part course, providing construction industry stakeholders relevant tools and information necessary to implement BIM software and processes. Unit 2 is the second course in AGC's BIM Education Program. Registrants must participate in both sessions on September 24 and October 13. Registration Fees | $425 member/$525 non Session 1: BIM Technology, Process, Capabilities, and Tools - Sept 24, 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM Following this session, participants will have the ability to: • Identify at least five benefits of the BIM approach • Explain what is meant by parametric modeling and why this benefits the BIM process • Distinguish between a traditional "silo-building approach and a BIM collaborative open-ended approach • Associate each class of BIM tools with the appropriate project lifecycle phase • Match specific BIM tools with their function • Determine which tools support your project phases and decide if each tool supports the process Session 2: BIM Interoperability - Oct 13, 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM Following this session, participants will have the ability to: • Recognize the process of integration of a single BIM application with multiple others • Differentiate ways to model and describe why coordination is important • Identify several benefits of using scheduling in the model-based construction environment • Differentiate between estimating for the purposes of determining if a project is viable/feasible, and the estimation process during the course of a ‘live’ project • Identify the benefits, either direct or indirect, that are realized as a result of a well structured collaborative project environment (working as a team member on a BIM project)   Co-facilitated by course developers Jan Reinhardt, Principal, ADEPT Project Delivery and Jonathan Widney, CEO, Solibri. NOTE: Following this course, participants will be provided a listing of resources for contact for hands-on software training through software firms to achieve the next level of competency in BIM technology. This offering is the pilot of Unit 2: BIM Technology and participants will have the ability to provide detailed feedback about the course material before it is officially published in December 2009.  Register now at | www.agcofdc.org For questions contact Cherie Pleasant at pleasant@agcofdc.org