Offered By: WPL Publishing Company
Professional Development Hours: 1.5
Course Number: AEP8017/BIM-4-03/19/08

A Roadmap to BIM 2008
Contractors on the Forefront: Three Contractors Reveal Their BIM Successes and Failures
Part 4 of a 5-part series

Archived CD-Rom and Presentation Materials Now Available.

A 90-minute interactive teleconference moderated by leading experts of Building Information Modeling (BIM). Three major construction firms join together to discuss their BIM initiatives. Learn why BIM has become a way of life for these companies, how they manage and use the technology, their cost experiences and the effect on the final product.  To get more information, visit: www.bimroadmap.com.

Course Outline

Presented by Dean Reed, DPR Construction Inc; Mike Kenig, Holder Construction Company; and Jan Reinhardt, Turner Construction Company

There’s no substitute for experience. This trio of major construction firms has dozens of BIM projects under their belts. They understand the direct benefits of BIM, but more importantly, can relate the value that BIM brings to project delivery, teamwork and collaboration. You’ll learn why BIM has become a way of life for these companies, how they manage and use the technology, their cost experiences and the effect on the final product. You’ll learn why BIM is increasingly used and funded by contractors even when BIM is not a requirement of the owner, including:

• Reduces coordination time among subcontractors,
• Reduces or eliminates field discrepancies,
• Cost and schedule risks are reduced since mistakes are found earlier,
• Engineering solutions can be found for potential problems discovered at the model stage instead of experiencing costly field workarounds,
• Use for quantity takeoff and cost estimating,
• Enables more prefabrication, and
• Improves the role of visualization in helping the owner and entire building team understand complex geometry, enhance construction processes and tweak project scope when necessary.

Topic Areas and Industries

• Architecture
• Claims & Dispute Resolution
• Construction
• Contract Management
• Cost Engineering
• Cost/Schedule Control
• Decision & Risk Management
• Engineering
• Facilities Management
• Information Technology
• Legal Claims
• Planning & Scheduling
• Project Control
• Program & Project Management
• Value Engineering & Constructability