Luncheon - Building Information Modeling (BIM): “Looking through Paper – into a Digital Wonderland”

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Presented by Geraldine Rayner, Architect AIBC BA DipArch RIBA LEED® AP

BIM is the 'in' word but what does it actually mean and how does a BIM process impact the deliverable from design to build and from build to operate?

This session aims to be thought-provoking, challenging currently accepted processes, encouraging consideration of alternative electronic means of communication and pondering the benefit to be gained from being able to see through the paper, to read the data.

• What are you and your staff actually doing when they work with a BIM enabled piece of software? 
• What are the standards, BIM PEP’s (Project Execution Plan) and LOD / MPS’s (Level of Development / Model Progression Specification) and why do we need them? 
• What are Owners / Operators hearing and starting to ask for? 
• What are the risks in moving, or not moving, in this new direction?

We communicate increasingly via email, instant messenger, texts and tweets as well as over the phone. Books and magazines are going digital and posting letters is becoming a thing of the past. We listen to digital music and watch digital TV; yet, in the AEC industry, we continue to communicate design intent on paper. Deliverables at the end of a project are typically 2D black & white paper drawings and binders full of paper, none of which is searchable, editable or even available immediately at handover. How can we look beyond paper; through into the world of data?

Geraldine Rayner is a Director of Summit BIM Consulting. With over 30 years of experience, she leads an innovative team focused on leveraging digital technology for the AECO Industry. She is committed to showing designers, contractors, developers and owner-operators the huge benefits, both short and long term, of working in a BIM environment and to ensuring that the data embedded in the models is structured to support the operation of a facility throughout its entire life cycle.

LOCATION
Sandman Hotel, 180 West Georgia Street, Vancouver 
Enter Moxie’s Classic Grill escalator entrance. The ballroom is located straight through the restaurant at the back of Moxie’s.

AGENDA
11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Luncheon (full course self-serve buffet style)
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm - Chapter Business
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - Guest Speaker Presentation

COST
$32.00 plus GST for pre-registered CSC members / Association Executive Directors
$48.00 plus GST for non-members

PARKING
Sandman Hotel Parking: Enter off Cambie Street, pass the Sandman Hotel Breezeway, underground parking to the left, press buzzer to access parkade and take elevator to restaurant level. Cost is $1.25 per 15 minutes.
Easy Park: Across the street on the corner of Georgia and Cambie Streets. Cost is $1.50 per 30 minutes.

SKYTRAIN
Exit at Stadium-Chinatown Station. Walk 2 minutes.

REGISTER ONLINE
Online at Karelo by VISA, MasterCard, or Interac Online.

REGISTER BY FAX
The registration form available at vancouver.csc-dcc.ca. Payment can be made at the door by cash, cheque, or VISA only.

PRE-REGISTRATION
Pre-registration ends at 2:00 pm on the Wednesday before the meeting.

WALK-INS WELCOME
Missed the deadline? Did not pre-register? You may still attend at $50.40 per person, space permitting, BUT please call 604-868-8406 beforehand.  If you pre-register and do not attend, we may invoice you for the cost of the meeting. If you have special dietary (meal) requirements, please notify us at least 24 hours before the event.

CSC Vancouver is a Registered AIBC Provider.
AIBC Members will receive 1 core LU (Learning Unit) for attending this event.