b'Estimating Practices for Profitable ContractingImplementing and Managing the BIM Process in your Organization This course will cover aspects of both estimating and business practices forContractors who have successfully utilized BIM see it as a primary function of contractors as we look at the risk factors associated with different project types.Project Management, and have found that it is a major change in the way they Topics include: establishing estimating goals; organizing the take-off for futureconduct business. As such it is necessary to create a comprehensive plan for project use; identifying common mistakes; re-checking the estimate; ensuringdetermining how BIM is to be integrated into their companys workflow. Closely overhead & profit; cost recovery and risk analysis as well as: project start-up,related to that concept is the fact that one of the hardest parts of implementing business failures, cost control, work breakdown structure, labour reporting, changeBIM into your company is finding and training qualified CAD detailers to not only orders and earned value analysis. (One Day)create Building Information Models but to negotiate coordination on behalf of your Instructor: Richard Worrcompany and to work closely with Project Management and Field Supervision to Attendees: Principals, Senior Management, Middle Management,develop effective strategies for utilizing BIM to more effectively build their projects. Project Managers, Accounting, Estimators Highlights of this course include creating a reliable repeatable linear process from start to finish for Implementing BIM in your company, which includes: preplanning Construction Estimating NEW the process, creating a plan for building the project; identifying opportunities Participants will learn skills and knowledge to estimate construction projectsand strategies for executing more efficiently; determining and scheduling those and prepare a successful bid. At the end of the course participants will be able to:BIM items needed by the field to build the project; staying on track, establishing Analyze projects and decide on which ones to bid, understand risk analysis and howweekly means and methods to ensure your plan is followed while immediately to price this into a bid, do competitor analysis and understand how this impactsidentifying any negative trends that may have an impact on schedule and budget; the bid, do client risk analysis and how to price this into bids, record material andintegrating BIM into the field, creating buy in and building teams; measuring other prices and maintain contact lists, formulate a bid strategy, understand how toperformance, creating metrics, history and accountability; understanding the duties prepare an estimate and the estimating process, use Construction Division Codes,and responsibilities of BIM detailers; hiring and staffing both from within your understand how to present a bid, be familiar with how to use the bid depository,organization and externally; means and methods for creating a comprehensive understand the requirements for bonding and insurance, understand the post- ongoing training program for your BIM staff. (One Day) bidding process, and work with project managers to pass on knowledge of the bid.Instructor: Brett Endres Instructor: Tim WilliamsAttendees: Principals, Senior Management, Middle Management, Attendees: Estimators or interest in Estimating Project Managers, Accounting, Estimators, Supervisors, Foremen, Sales, MarketingBUILDING INFORMATION MODELING (BIM) How to Use BIM to Improve Productivity Industrialization of the construction industry is happening everywhere. BIM, ONE DAY SEMINARS simulation and CAD requirements are becoming daily requirements in the Kick Starting BIM Because You Must, a Primer for Starting BIMconstruction industry. Managing jobs and prefabrication have increased demands This course is primarily designed for those contractors at a crossroads tryingon modeling. This course will: Introduce how to use BIM, what recourses are to decide if they should get into BIM or not. Although primarily for beginners,needed to staff for BIM, how to use BIM to improve the prefabrication process, established users of BIM have attended the session and have told us they felt ithow to design a feedback to BIM, and how to build as-builts into BIM. On hand provided a comprehensive overview of the process, which helped fill holes in theirof actual examples the participants will be able to build a strategy to use the BIM, knowledge of BIM and aided in developing or refining strategies for utilizing BIMProduct Life Cycle Management (PLM) and 3D experience with virtual construction in their companys workflow. The highlights of this course are: an overview of theenvironment. This course will teach the principles of VE (Virtual Environment) BIM process, what BIM is all about, how it is being used, and how is it impactingManagement. It will focus on: Owner, Architect, Engineering & GCs BIM, the Mechanical Contracting Industry; opportunities that BIM and 3D modelingCreating the Work Breakdown Schedule (WBS), Total Job modeling and planning: technology afford Mechanical and Plumbing Contractors, including use of totalintegrating total and trade specific models, integrating the project progress plan and scheduling for: Labour, Material & Equipment, Tools, Schedule of Value;station technology; what does it take to start up BIM in terms of infrastructure,Short Interval Scheduling (SIS); scheduling feedback and optimizationsoftware, hardware, personnel and training. This includes specifics and costs;of tasks. (One Day) options for starting BIM, including outsourcing; strategies for using BIM to executeInstructor: Dr. Perry DaneshgariNATIONAL SEMINAR PROGRAM CATALOGUEmore efficiently; and developing an initial BIM plan. (One Day)Attendees: Principals, Senior Management, Middle Management, Instructor: Brett EndresProject Managers, Accounting, Estimators, Supervisors, Foremen, Attendees: Principals, Senior Management, Middle Management,Sales, MarketingProject Managers, Accounting, Estimators, Sales, MarketingGetting the Most from BIM Project Execution PlansBIMManaging the Process, Controlling the Cost This course examines closely BIM Project Execution Plans which are the writtenThis course is for those who are interested in learning new strategies for creating specifications and requirements that typically govern the use of the BIM process onand managing the BIM process and budgets. Skilled BIM organizations as well specific construction projects. Many contractors enter into the BIM Process withoutas beginners will benefit from this presentation and the discussions. We will a full understanding of just what they have signed up for. This course covers howdiscuss approaches to budget and schedule creation and staff planning that allow to evaluate a BIM Project Execution Plan and the resources and skills needed toorganizations to be better prepared for BIM execution. This course is mainly participate in a BIM project. It is an excellent follow-up to the Kick Starting BIMfocused on the activities around the BIM process. Topics include: Creating real session as it emphasizes and builds on the topics and strategies introduced in thebudgets for BIM (Plan and Spec / IPD / Design Assist), developing BIM Schedules first course. The highlights of this course include exploring the typical goals of athat support project execution, BIM Execution planswhy should my organization BIM Project Execution Plan; the benefits of using a BIM Project Execution Plan;have one?, identifying red flags in the coordination process, using BIM to support what is in a well written BIM Project Execution Plan; what are the impacts of ajob cost tracking, among many others. (Half to One Day) BIM Execution Plan on the Mechanical and Plumbing Contractor; identifying andInstructor: Brett Endres mitigating red flags (those requirements that can have a negative impact on yourAttendees: Owners, Principals, Senior Management, Middle budget and schedule); taking the lead; facilitating and leading the process for theManagement, Operations Managers, Project Managers, Estimators, entire project team. (One Day)BIM ManagersInstructor: Brett Endres Attendees: Principals, Senior Management, Middle Management, Project Managers, Accounting, Estimators, Supervisors, Sales, and Marketing2019 INFORMATION GUIDE 45'