Getting Started and Winning with BIM

Description:

The AEC industry is undergoing a major transition from 2D linear processes to a collaborative digital approach with Building Information Modeling (BIM). BIM is not just a tool but a process that supports Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) methodologies, pulling all stakeholders together throughout the entire design and construction process and beyond to the operations and maintenance of the building. This session will explore various construction concepts to allow you to benefit from BIM and VDC to help you win more business, understand how to get started and save time on your construction projects. We will also explore an in-depth case study to better understand some of the benefits others are seeing using some of these technologies.

Speaker: Jason Dodds

Jason Dodds, coauthor of "Mastering Navisworks 2012 and 2013", is President/Owner of DFourInc located in Denver, CO. Jason has been actively involved in the construction and technology community for over 15 years. During his career, Jason's focus and experience has been with construction, construction administration, MEP, architecture, structures, technology, sales, marketing, and business development. He has been involved in all facets of construction processes and understands what it takes to complete projects on time and under budget. Jason has experience with estimating, coordination, fabrication, scheduling, and project management. Jason is also considered the expert on Autodesk Quantity Takeoff (QTO) and helped pioneer many advancements with the technology. Jason also used Navisworks for over 10 years on active construction projects around the world. Jason is also a recognized speaker at national events such as the Associated General Contractors (AGC), American Society of Professional Estimators (ASPE), Autodesk University and BIM Forum, among others.

BIM Collaboration in the Real World

Description:

Everyone says you need to have a BIM Implementation Plan to start off your project, but how does that work in the real world? This presentation will discuss RNL's development and implementation of a BIM Collaboration Plan and its use on projects, with perspective from one of our engineering consultants.

Attendees of this course will learn:

1. How to develop a BIM Implementation Plan for your firm
2. Methods to approach internal and external project communication in a new light
3. How to hold a project BIM kickoff meeting
4. Ways to streamline sharing of digital project information

Speaker: Ian Roth and Dan Vencill

Ian is the BIM Manager at RNL with over 14 years of experience in the AEC industry. Currently he is responsible for developing firmwide BIM standards and supporting project-specific BIM goals.

Dan has been active in the AEC community for 20 years. Currently he is a CAD/BIM Manger with M.E. Group, a MEP consulting engineering firm focusing on high performance building design and sustainability.

Collaborate REALLY Collaborate

Description:

Every project team collaborates, so what is meant by the lean community phrase "Collaborate REALLY Collaborate?" Participants of this session will gain a new appreciation for collaboration in ways that are different than we see on typical projects both in design and construction phases. Examples will be shared of the aggreesive goals teams that REALLY collaborate achieve and the methods and approaches they implement to achieve them. Every participant should walk away with new approaches they can implement immediately.

Speaker: Kristin Hill

"Collaboration changes everything" My entire 25 year career has been focused on continuously improving the delivery of design and construction services. My passion has been collaboration for the purpose of producing increased value for my clients and delivering projects that meet their highest goals."As President of InsideOut Consulting, Kristin Hill brings 7 years of lean consulting expertise to the design and construction industry. Prior to being a lean consultant, Kristin founded, grew and subsequently sold an Architectural firm in the Boston area. Her firm was recognized by Architectural Record as the Best Managed Small Firm. Currently Kristin provides coaching to teams for projects being delivered using lean/IPD approaches. She also consults to firms looking to transform their company to be more effective and focused on delivering the highest value.

3d Printing: Build Plates and Filament

Description:

News stories appear everyday about 3d printing. While these are fascinating and exciting they are just the beginning of a radical change in how we make things. 3d printing is additive manufacturing which is quickly becoming an affordable way to make prototypes and small runs of items. Every day new uses for 3d printing are realized and that will continue. We see the pent up demand for an approachable way that people can express their creativity in 3 dimensions. We see prototypes, models, knobs, new shapes and old ones that aren't made anymore. We see artists, plumbers, jewelers, musicians, educators and executives. We can print many things, but not everything. We are limited by the size of the build envelope and the materials and quantity of prints. We are not limited by gravity or complicated objects. We have FDM (fused depositional material) printers with the final products printed in ABS or PLA plastic. Each type of printer typically prints with one material using one technology. Stereo lithography and 3DP are other types of printer technology. Each has strengths and limitations and all will become part of the way we make things.

Speaker: Debra Wilcox

Debra Wilcox, is a co-Founder of The 3d Printing Store. Her activities include: NREL Energy Executive Leadership Program, the Department Head for Advanced Transportation Technologies for The Colorado Cleantech Industry Association Fellows Institute, the Colorado Aeronautical Board overseeing the 76 airports in the State of Colorado, Colorado Space Business Roundtable board and Citizens Advisory Committee for FasTracks. She practiced law in Denver and worked for the Colorado Legislative Council. Ms. Wilcox graduated from the University of Northern Colorado and received a law degree from the Sturm College of Law and a certificate in Leadership in Sustainability from DU.

The Human Side of Lean

Description:

This session will introduce the Harada Method, and what the possibilities are for the building design & construction industry. The audience will leave with an understanding of two of the 14 tools available to apply to the methodology. Ray will share with the audience some of his experiences on his own Lean journey as he discusses the importance of these principles and how the Harada method is helping him along the way. The Harada Method, a guide to a highly successful life, a guide to winning at sports - brought to the construction industry and workplace. This work philosophy, considered one of the best process to develop people to their fullest capability. This session will also address the Plan-Do-Check-Adjust from Toyota Way.

Speaker: Raymond Couzens

Raymond is a member of the Lean Construction Institute and the application of lean principles to the construction industry is something he is very passionate about. Presently in his third year as president of CC2BL, Raymond is active in the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, the AGC, the Hispanic Contractors of Colorado, the Denver Revit User Group, The Boulder Denver Architectects Group. His wealth of design experience in three countries on two continents uniquely qualifies him in providing constructability solutions for preconstruction in this market.

Intro to the 2012 Int'l Green Construction Code

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What do you need to know about the International Green Construction Code (IgCC)? As a model code, the IgCC has the potential to shape building code adoptions throughout the country and internationally. In this one hour session we will look at the origins of the IgCC and review chapters 1-12. We will cover administration, definitions, and jurisdictional requirements in chapters 1-3 and outline technical chapters 4-12 in detail for proper implementation including land use, material resource conservation and energy conservation, efficiency & CO2 emission reduction. Q&A with the presenter will be held at the conclusion of the presentation.

Speaker: Scott Beckman, LEED AP

With over 15 years of experience in the A/E Industry, Scott Beckman has served as a Director, Project Manager, Project Consultant on multiple Sustainable Design Teams providing leadership and having firm-wide management responsibilities. He helps building owners understand sustainable design strategies for their projects while assisting the design team in prioritizing strategies that achieve the owner's goals. This included quantifying the economic costs and benefits of sustainable design, and achieving LEED certification for the project.

Taking BIM to the Field with Mobile Technologies

Description:

Have you ever been working on a project and wanted greater access to information, or thought you could improve how you coordinate and collaborate with others? If you answered YES to either of those questions, then this is the session for you!
Now is the time to embrace change in the construction industry. With the increasing need to have greater access to information, mobile technology is becoming a vital tool in how we complete our projects today. Having better access to up to date information at our finger tips can help give us a leg on construction projects, reduce errors and improve the construction process. In this session we will examine many of the tools available today to use in the field along with exploring the workflows behind the tools. This session will help you to get a glimpse into tools such as BIM 360, BIM 360 Glue, BIM 360 Field and Buzzsaw Mobile as well as tools not created by Autodesk, like GoodReader. This presentation will be facilitated as a round table type discussion with the addition of live software to visually explore the workflows and help extend your information to the Field.

Speaker: Jason Dodds

Jason Dodds, coauthor of "Mastering Navisworks 2012 and 2013", is President/Owner of DFourInc located in Denver, CO. Jason has been actively involved in the construction and technology community for over 15 years. During his career, Jason's focus and experience has been with construction, construction administration, MEP, architecture, structures, technology, sales, marketing, and business development. He has been involved in all facets of construction processes and understands what it takes to complete projects on time and under budget. Jason has experience with estimating, coordination, fabrication, scheduling, and project management. Jason is also considered the expert on Autodesk Quantity Takeoff (QTO) and helped pioneer many advancements with the technology. Jason also used Navisworks for over 10 years on active construction projects around the world. Jason is also a recognized speaker at national events such as the Associated General Contractors (AGC), American Society of Professional Estimators (ASPE), Autodesk University and BIM Forum, among others.

From Rooms to Maps - True BIM to GIS Coordinate Integration

Description:

There is a fast growing demand in the AEC industry to be able to accurately integrate building information models with GIS coordinate systems and other engineering drawings and data. Up until very recently there have been large gaps in the data structure of the disciplines that has made this integration nearly impossible to accomplish. This integration has been a bit of a "holy grail" in the industry. The advent of some new data bridging technologies along with some revised thinking now make this integration possible. Participants in this class will get an excellent overview of the processes and technologies used to make the BIM / GIS integration fully possible. Students will receive several tips that they can take "back to work" with them after the class.

Speaker: Justin Clark and Warren Geissler

Mr. Clark worked as the BIM Manager for 3 regional engineering firms before founding BIMShift in 2009. The firm specializes in BIM data management and project verification services. BIMShift also creates custom BIM, GIS and engineering data management tools. Clients include several major hospitals, universities in several States, major contractors and engineering firms.

Mr. Geissler has 20 years of industry, instructing and consulting experience in the Geospatial, Civil Engineering and Surveying sectors. He is a nationally noted expert and speaker on GIS coordinate systems integration, CAD to GIS and BIM to GIS integration and ESRI – Autodesk integration. Clients include DIA, RTD, Denver Water, the Air Force and the US Forest Service.

Making the Total Cost of Ownership Case: BIM to FM & GIS

Description:

In today's world, with shrinking budgets and challenging global economic conditions managing capital facility and asset data streams have become a priority. Valuable data is generated through planning, design, construction, commissioning and facilities management processes. Too often this data is generated and stored in unrelated purpose built tools. Regardless of whether it is BIM, CAD, Point Clouds or GIS, it is inherently geospatial information. While these tools are perfect for their singular tasks, they traditionally segregate this data, forcing costly and time consuming manual processes to ensure data migration integrity. With the advances of technology we are able to define Total Cost of Ownership and Enterprise Risk and Asset Management in ways never before possible.

This presentation will cover the current BIM to FM & GIS initiative at the Denver International Airport (DIA), Denver Colorado, USA. As a case study, we explore the full capital lifecycle data management processes and technology that not only captures, collects, but also normalizes both existing and new building & asset information from multiple platforms and data sources, as well as effective enterprise-level collaboration amongst many designers, contractors and most importantly, the Owner. All of this occurring throughout the planning, design, construction, commissioning and handover phases to provide true as-built data and model delivery to DIA as an industry first BIM to FM& GIS solution.

Speaker: Daniel Stonecipher and Dennis Rodriguez

Daniel Stonecipher is the CEO and founding principal of IMMERSIVx, a consulting technology and software development firm specializing in enterprise BIM, FM and GIS services and capital lifecycle data management solutions. Daniel is a process development professional with over 20 years professional experience in the AEC+O industry. Since 2009, Daniel has consulted with the Denver International Airport as both their AEC/O technology leading partner and BIM consultant defining and delivering their enterprise BIM-based asset and data management processes and solutions that integrate design, construction, commissioning and owner's facilities/asset data into one BIM/FM/GIS deliverable for the entire airport. This process is further developed into an ongoing Total Cost of Ownership and Enterprise Risk Management strategy/solution. Daniel provides industry thought leadership presenting nationally several times a year.

Based in Denver, Colo., Dennis Rodriguez is a highly accomplished architectural design/project management and process development professional with more than 20 years of experience. He has been spearheading an enterprise-wide BIM implementation for Denver International Airport using Autodesk Revit®, Civil3D® and Navisworks®. Since joining the airport in 2009, he has worked to integrate design, construction and commissioning together with facility management into all aspects of DIA operations. He holds a master's of architecture degree and B.D. in architecture from Arizona State University. He has presented on BIM at the Airport's Council International, ESRI International User Conference and the Colorado BIM Expo.

Collaboration Workshop Education Sessions 1, 2 and 3

This three hour session will be run as a hands-on workshop, where attendees participate in mock scenarios which must be addressed, managed and resolved using collaborative practices desribed and presented by James Salmon, Esq.


Collaboration Workshop Education Session 1:

What is BIM and Why Should I Care?

Presented by James L. Salmon, Esq.

Mock RFP No. 1, Response Exercise 1

Participants respond to Mock RFP No. 1 which contains a simple BIM mandate

Mock Interview with Owner who issued RFP No. 1

Participants respond to questions posed by Owner's representatives related to RFP No. 1

Collaboration Workshop Education Session 2:

Federated v. Integrated BIM - The Story of Katy's Castle

Presentation by James L. Salmon, Esq.

Mock RFP No. 2, response exercise 2

Participants respond to RFP No. 2 which requires integrated BIM for the project

Mock Interview with Owner who issued RFP No. 2

Participants respond to questions posed by GC's representatives related RFP No. 2

Collaboration Workshop Education Session 3:

(BUILT)^X BIM to FM - What, Why, How? Goldilock's Fear Porridge

Presentation by James L. Salmon, Esq.

Mock RFP No. 3, response exercise 3

Participants respond to Mock RFP No. 3 which calls for F&I (BUILT)^X BIM to FM

Mock Interview with Owner who issued RFP No. 3

Participants respond to questions posed by Owner's representatives related RFP No. 3

Speaker: James L. Salmon, Esq.
James L. Salmon is the President of Collaborative Construction and the founder of the linked in group Collaborative BIM Advocates, a network of like-minded professionals interested in achieving integrated project delivery (IPD). Collaborative Construction empowers stakeholders in the U.S Construction Industry to utilize collaborative agreements, Building Information Modeling (BIM) and lean construction methods to deliver integrated construction services more efficiently and more productively. As a construction lawyer James spent 15 years defending and pursuing construction claims on behalf of owners, architects, engineers and contractors.