I have updated and revised Parts 3, 4 and the Term Report for this year.  These are all now posted on the Term Project page of this website.  Part 3 is due May 11th on Catalyst Collect-IT, Part 4 is due in class June 1st, and the Term Report is due on Catalyst Collect-IT on June 8th.

Take a moment to review the Term Report project description - You might want to get started on this early and think about your focus area and strategy as you complete the Term Project sections. 

Note - next week 4/20 - we have a special class time to accomodate our Revit trainer from Autodesk - Nancy Clark Brown.  Monday April 20th from 3:30 - 6:30 we will be doing a Revit Workshop to orientate to you the modeling side of BIM and get some hands on experience.  Nancy Clark Brown is a wonderful trainer and a great opportunity to meet with an expert. 

The Seattle BIM Forum will be meeting at the new Pacific Northwest Center for Construction Research and Education on Wednesday April 15th from 1 to 2:30 pm.  We start the meeting with a networking session, there will be a facility tour, and then a discussion of the Seattle BIM Forum upcoming activities.  All are welcome - no membership or committment needed at this time.

Thursday, April 9 @ 6:30 pm -- Architecture Hall 147 -- Dept. of Construction Management Lecture*Mortenson Lecture

"Virtual Planning in Construction"

Join us for a lecture by Greg Mortenson and Mark Baughman will present. Learn how Mortenson is using Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) on the Providence Everett Hospital project to plan project logistics and proactively identify conflicts to make early, collaborative decisions before they impact cost or schedule. The team is also using VDC to take crucial information the last 100 feet, from the model to the hands in the field. Lecture is free and open to the public.

This website contains the course content and this page will be updated periodically with course annoucements. So, check back regularly!

On your left you will find the navigation buttons that lead you though the course documents. We have weekly assignments, an ongoing term project with four parts, and a final report. On your right is a list of resources for course information and beyond. One key resource is the library eReserve, where you will find the weekly reading assignments. Inspired by these texts, writing assignments are to be completed on the blog. See the weekly blog assignment page for more details.

eReserves are in the online library for you to review. These documents are the main reading for the course and provide you valuable information for your career. This material may be used to develop your final report. Keep checking in to see what's new.

M.S. Student Matt Quijano will be available to answer questions related to modeling or Navisworks. 

Digital Commons - Gould Hall
Mon and Wednesday  9am - 12 noon

This 3D model integration software will be used in this course to explore site planning, clash detection, and 4D modeling.  Copies of this software are available in Gould Digital Commons.

In branding their new REVIT line of Parametic modeling software, Autodesk coined the term Building Information Modeling (BIM).  We will be exploring some of the Autodesk products in this course, and these tools are available in the Digital Commons.

Known for their Microstation software, Bentley has a number of software tools available for managing design, construction, operations and maintenance data throughout the lifecycle of a project.  In this course, we will pay particularly attention to Bentley Navigator.  Available in the Digital Commons.

Based on ArchiCad, Vico Software has a set of construction management tools that seek to integrate planning, estimating and cost control with 3D geometries. 

An invention of nessessity, Gehry Technology's Digital Project masters modeling challanges presented by the curvalinear forms of Frank Gehry.  The Gehry Partners' R&D team has spun off as a separate company that support robust parametric modeling.  Also available for review in the Digital Commons.