The Philadelpha BIMForum Meeting will be held October 8-9 at the Phildelphia Marriott Downtown, 1202 Market Street, Philadelpha, PA 19107. The theme of this meeting is “BIM AS THE EVOLVING STANDARD OF CARE: Driving process transformation for designers, contractors, and owners. This meeting will focus on such pressing questions as:
- Is BIM driving a change in the standard of care?
- Who should deliver a building model that provides true value to owners for building operations and management?
- How will the use of BIM impact project contingencies? What will be accepted as appropriate contingency items, and what wil be expected from a “guaranteed” maximum price?
AGC’s BIMForum “is considered the best place for collaboration and collective action to relieve the aches and achieve the potential gains of the paradigm shift to BIM-enabled design and construction.” Engineering News Record, Nov. 2008
Meeting Registration and Hotel Information:
The registration fee is $275.00 per person. This fee is waived if you are employed by an academic institution. If you qualify, or would like more information about registration, please contract Rockkie Dunton at outlawr@agc.org or (703) 837-5304.
Click here to register online for the 2009 Fall BIMForum.
Click here for a schedule of events.
Before registering for the meeting, please read the instructions.
To make reservations at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, please click here. A block of rooms can be reserved at a rate of $229 per night, plus taxes. All reservations must be made by Tuesday, September 1, 2009 to reserve this rate.
BIM Education Program Couses – October 7
Co-hosted with the General Building Contractors Association
Join us a day before the BIMForum for breakout sessions of AGC’s Building Information Modeling Education Program.
Whether you are looking to ground yourself in the basics of BIM or interested in exploring more advanced applications and best practices with other experience professionals, you won’t want to miss this unique opportunity (programs will run concurrently at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown).
- *Course 1 – BIM 101: An Introduction to Building Information Modeling
- *Course 2 – Introduction to BIM Technology
Course 1 – BIM 101: Introduction to Building Information Modeling
Following this full-day course, participants will have the ability to:
*Recognize the importance of BIM
*Define common BIM terminology
*Discuss how BIM is a communication and collaboration tool
*Explain the benefits of BIM
*Discuss issues associated with implementing BIM
*Create a BIM action plan
Co-facilitated by Dan Russell, Simulated Construction Manager, Sundt Construction, and Dan Klancnik, Virtual Construction Manager, The Walsh Group. Registration is $375 for Members, $475 for Non-members.
Course 2 – Unit 2: Introduction to BIM Technology
Following this full-day course, 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
Co-facilitated by course developers Jan Reinhardt, Principal, ADEPT Project Delivery, and Jonathan Widney, CEO, Solibri. Registration is $375 for Members, $475 for Non-members.