The Canada BIM Council (CanBIM) is taking its show on the road, hosting a regional session on building information modeling in Edmonton Sept. 15. The theme of the event, the second in a series, is collaboration and communication in BIM.
The Canada BIM Council (CanBIM) is taking its show on the road, hosting a regional session in Edmonton Sept. 15. The theme of the event, the second in a series, is collaboration and communication in BIM.
“The regional sessions provide our members with learning opportunities and best practices for BIM in a Canadian context while encouraging connectivity with the national and international BIM community,” said CanBIM vice-president Allan Partridge.
The council’s plan is to hold seminars in the spring and fall of each year, alternating between eastern and western Canada.
The inaugural session was held in Toronto in May.
Partridge, executive director of integrated practice at Group2 Architecture Engineering Ltd., said members were polled earlier this year on what they would like to see in the form of seminars, sessions and conferences.
“The majority were not interested in a single, costly annual conference,” said Partridge, who has been practising architecture for more than 25 years.
“Members said they would prefer more cost-effective regional sessions with smaller audiences of 50 to 100 where participation and discourse on BIM-related issues could take place openly.”
The council now has more than 50 members, representing a mix of architecture, engineering and construction companies as well as some associations and government agencies.
Partridge said regional sessions allow the board to engage directly with the council’s membership.
On the agenda for the Edmonton session, to be held at the Delta Edmonton South Hotel and Conference Centre, are an address by Partridge, an update by council president Paul Loreto and an open board meeting.
Partridge said members will be briefed in part on various initiatives that are currently underway such as development of Version 2 of the National BIM Standard-United States (NBIMS).
That standard is being drafted under the auspices of the buildingSMART alliance.
The council last year signed a memorandum of understanding with the Washington-based alliance to support North American efforts to develop BIM standards and guidelines.
CanBIM members have been providing input into development of Version 2 of NBIMS.
Also on the agenda are presentations on the virtual “big room” and BIM, opportunities for digital collaboration between structural steel fabricators and designers and BIM challenges for small and medium-sized contractors.
The session will conclude with a roundtable discussion entitled “Beyond BIM: what could our industry look like and how do we get there?”
The registration fee is $95 for members, $160 for non-members and $35 for students.
“Our primary audience is individuals from member firms,” Partridge said.
“However, we encourage non-members and students to attend and engage in the discussion with their peers and help direct the board on where CanBIM resources and effort should be spent.”
Additional information on the session is available on the council’s website at www.canbim.com.
Next year, the council hopes to hold sessions in Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax as well as Calgary, Vancouver and Winnipeg.
“We hope to get back to each community approximately every two years,” Partridge said.
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