On Nov. 2, 2011, the AGC BIM Forum held, for the first time, a major panel discussion of leading federal agency representatives to hear about the utilization of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the federal government. AGC, through its strong partnerships with the federal agencies, organized the session.
Representatives from the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, the General Services Administration, the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, the Air Force and the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations of the Department of State met to share their current usage of BIM. Participants discussing how and when they mandate the usage of BIM on construction contracts, how it is used to promote efficiencies in federal construction, how it can improve communication between the owner, contractor and subcontractors and help reduce costly claims.
The panelists all found the session valuable and agreed to meet again next year during the 2012 AGC Federal Contractors Conference, which will be held April 16-19, 2012, at The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.
For more information, please contact Marco Giamberardino at (703) 837-5325 or giamberm@agc.org
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