INSTRUCTOR: Dan Russell - Sundt Construction
BIM Technology - 16 AIA Learning Units/16 GBCI CE Hours
BIM Technology is a two-day course designed specifically for construction professionals who want to establish a solid process for selecting BIM tools and investigate the significant impact models have for improving estimating, scheduling, and coordinating. The goal of the BIM Technology course is to help participants become BIM champions within their organizations.
Participants will benefit in the following ways:
Find out who the major market players are.
Determine the best products to support particular project phases.
Explore how BIM processes for QTO, shop drawing and fabrication, and construction scheduling can help bring projects in on time and on budget.
Track how models are maintained, the implications of team member roles, file format requirements, interoperability, and technology limitations.
Determine how visualizing construction sequencing of a project at any time can improve efficiency.
Gain an understanding of the power of digital visualization for effectively coordinating onsite activities.
Session/Day 1—BIM Technology, Capabilities, Process, and Tools
Module 1: Technology
• Identity five BIM benefits
• Explain what parametric modeling means
• Distinguish between a traditional and BIM approach
• Associate tool classes and phases
• Match BIM tools and functions
• Determine if tools support the BIM process
Module 2: Capabilities
• Define the federated model process and describe the characteristics
• Differentiate at least five BIM tools by function and file format
• Identify at least one developer source for preliminary design and authoring tools
Module 3: Process
• Describe two functions of BIM analysis tools
• Explain goals, needs, how to's, & results for five analysis tools
• Explain a process for creating and using a shop drawing and fabrication model
• Outline a process for estimating and scheduling using a QTO tool
• Contrast two approaches for construction scheduling
Module 4: Tools
• Develop questions for selecting file sharing tools
• Describe strategies for specifying with BIM
• Explain a process for selecting BIM software
• Create a checklist for selecting BIM hardware
Session/Day 2—Estimating/QTO, Scheduling, and Coordination
Module 1: Conceptual Estimating and QTO
• Identify the cost drivers and major characteristics of a good model
• Describe what should and should not be modeled
• Identify five coordination points of a modeling process
• Outline processes for exporting and importing quantity information
Module 2: Scheduling
• Differentiate construction planning and scheduling activities
• Map out how 4D models analyze and evaluate schedules
• Explain how to Identify what project components should be modeled
• List six uses of 4D Technology
• Define bi-directional linking and identify tools with this functionality
• Define how 3D models are maintained with current information
Module 3: Coordination and Interoperability
• Map a sequence for coordinating the creation of models
• Explain a five step coordinating process
• List three characteristics of best practice coordination that account for the status of model information
• Develop the basis for a BIM Execution Plan for design and shop drawing levels of coordination that include:
o BIM application tools
o Interoperability and file formats
o Model content responsibility
o Time schedule
o Naming conventions for files and attributes in models
o Methods of file sharing, collaboration and coordination
o Technical considerations
BIM 101 is recommended for this course but not required: INCLUDES ALL MATERIALS.