Location:

Desert Willow Conference Center
4340 E. Cotton Center Blvd., Phoenix, AZ 85040

Course Description:

BIM TECHNICAL SEMINAR

Attention all architects, engineers, contractors, trade contractors and owners! Come and learn from industry experts, owners and your peers and enhance your knowledge of Building Information Modeling (BIM) within an organization and on a project. The seminar will target mid-level and upper management professionals who not only need to manage projects, but need to understand the BIM requirements within a project. Explore the “Virtually Undeniable Real World Benefits” of BIM in real work environments by attending this seminar.

You will learn about visualization, coordination of multiple systems, analysis tools (energy, acoustics, structural, lighting, etc.) filtering and display of various design information, expedient client acceptance, virtual mock-ups, construction sequencing, program validation, facilities management and more.

The day will include:

• Keynote Speaker: Dana Kennish “Deke” Smith, FAIA Program Manager, Building Seismic Safety
  Council/buildingSMART alliance
  National Institute of Building Sciences
• Presentations from teams of Architects, Engineers, General Contractors, CMAR's and Subcontractors to include Arrington Watkins Architects, Ayers Saint Gross, Dibble Engineering, HDR Inc., DPR Construction, Gilbane, Inc., McCarthy Building Companies, PCL Construction, Midstate Mechanical, Corbins Electric and Precision 3D,  that will focus on "BIM Processes - What's Right and What's Wrong"
   
• Case Studies from four teams will present from start to finish successful projects.
  
  DPR Construction – Phoenix Biomedical Health Science Education Building
  Gilbane Building Co – Southern California Projects
  PCL Construction – Tempe Town Lake Pedestrian Bridge
  Penta Building Group - Harmon Corner, Las Vegas, NV
   
• Hands-on “Test Drive” Laser Scanning and Model Software Application – come away with real world, tested techniques that work.
• Q&A session with panelists

Keynote Bio:

Deke Smith is the Executive Director for the Building Seismic Safety Council and the buildingSMART alliance™ at the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS). Deke was instrumental in the beginnings of the NIBS Construction Criteria Base, now the Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG). He initiated both the National CAD Standard and the National BIM Standard. He retired December 2006 after 30 years as a Designer and Director with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Deputy CIO at the Army Research Laboratory, and Chief Architect for the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment in supporting DoD’s 540,000 facilities. After 22 years as a volunteer, he joined the staff of the Institute as an employee in early 2007. He was a winner of the 1996 Federal 100 award, 1997 NIBS Member Award the 2006 CAD Society Leadership award in 2010 he was selected as one of the InfoComm 100. Deke is a 1973 graduate of Virginia Tech and holds a BArch, he has done post graduate work at the National Defense University. He is a registered architect in the state of Virginia and a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects. He is co-author of “Building Information Modeling: A Strategic Implementation Guide” published in 2009 by Wiley.

Seminar Information Fees:

Seminar Times: April 11 – 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Check in begins at 7:00 a.m.

Seminar Location: DWCC, 4340 E. Cotton Center Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85040

Call (480) 965-4246 to reserve your seat today!