Webinar: Making BIM Work For You

World renowned BIM expert, author, and lecturer Deke Smith will provide insight as to how Building Information Modeling and the APPA TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) should fit into your campus plans, and where BIM is headed in the future. This webinar will be based not only on his experience, but also on case studies of a few selected significant world-wide award-winning BIM projects for both facilities and infrastructure. Deke will also discuss where BIM education is headed in the future based on a book currently being written and due out in Winter 2020.

Learning Objectives:
1. A review of the role and benefits of Building Information Modeling (BIM) / Virtual Design and Construction (VDC).
2. Understanding of what is being done world-wide with BIM based on buildingSMART International Awards
3. Understanding of how BIM can be used for information gathering in support of asset management, Geospatial Information Systems (GIS), Facility Management, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
4. How to ask for BIM in future contracts and how to build them for existing facilities

Presenter: Dana K. Smith, FAIA Emeritus