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  • 1.  USC BIM Conference, July 22, 2016

    Posted 06-17-2016 05:32 PM

    The Tenth Annual BIM Conference: Efficient, Productive, and Profitable Workflows is being held at the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles, on Friday, July 22nd, from 8 am – 5 pm. Over 25 experts will be speaking.   

     

    This symposium is absolutely a must for those firms and individuals staying on the leading edge of building information modeling.

     

    Early registration before July 7th is only $35 (the best BIM bargain anywhere!).  After that it is $95. Go to usc.edu/esvp (code: bim2016) to register. Lunch is provided.

     

    The full schedule pdf is also available at http://arch.usc.edu/bim2016

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      The Tenth Annual USC BIM Conference   Friday, July 22, 2016, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm USC, School of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA, USA    ► Full Details & Schedule   BIM 2016 is our most ambitious conference so far with a double track of presentations and expert speakers in architecture, engineering, and construction. When registering, please indicate your preference for which track you will be attending. 

     

    Thanks!

    Karen Kensek

    kensek@usc.edu

    USC, School of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA

     

    PS  Confirmed speakers:

     

    Track 1, Taper Hall 101

    •     Michael Ramsay, HDR

    •     Anthony Laney, LANEY LA, Inc.

    •     Brandon Wlosinski, BNIM

    •     Justin Owens, CO Architects; Marcello Sgambelluri, John A Martin Associates; Paul Chong, Schoeder Iron   

    •     Steven Knudsen, Gensler and Chad Speas, Corgan

    •     Jon Starr, AC Martin

    •     Jonathan Bartling, HGA          

    •     Roderick Villafranca, SmithGroup

    •     Jeff Miller, SOM

     

    Track 2, Taper Hall 202

    •     Randy Deutsch, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign      

    •     Ed Paul, ARUP

    •     Claire Mao and Dusan Selezan, Balfour Beatty

    •     Josh DeStefano, DPR Construction

    •     Jason Groshart and Garry Iaconelli, Skanska

    •     Rocio Carroll, Pablo Medina, and Daniel Sistrunk, Turner Construction Company

    •     Steve Lewis, Walter P Moore  

    •     Jim Brain, Webcor

    •     Jon Anunson, AECOM

     

    Wrap-Up (both tracks)

    The Efficient Use of BIM in the Design, Engineering, Fabrication and Erection of the Petersen Automotive Museum Façade

    •     Tony Birchler, A Zahner Company

    •     Tom Bouquet, Saiful Bouquet

    •     Harlan Prather, MATT Construction

    •     Trent Tesch, Kohn Pedersen Fox

     

     

    Sponsors

    HGA; Graphisoft ArchiCAD; Skanska

     

    Archway Systems - Bentley; Clark Construction; DPR; Fuzor; HOK; MVE + Partners; Turner Construction; Vectorworks; Walter P Moore

     

    Bernards; Hagan Technologies LLC; HDR; MATT Construction; Mollenhauer; Perkins + Will; Steinberg; Synchro; TITAN AEC; FORM; RICS

     

    Karen M. Kensek, LEED AP BD+C, Assoc. AIA

    USC School of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA  USA



  • 2.  RE: USC BIM Conference, July 22, 2016

    Posted 06-20-2016 05:48 PM

    I do hope someone is showing Plusspec for Sketchup.   Bim needs to be simple and affordable.  Revit isn't the only BIM software available.