Field Management TechnologyField Management Technology

ProgramProgram

Part OnePart One Winds of Change:New Tools/New PracticesWinds of Change:New Tools/New Practices

Part TwoPart Two A Superintendent’s Approach (Recorded A Superintendent’s Approach (Recorded

Live)Live) Part ThreePart Three

Bluebeam/Vela/CMiC – Bill CropfBluebeam/Vela/CMiC – Bill Cropf Q & A, suggestions, ideasQ & A, suggestions, ideas

Some thoughts on changeSome thoughts on change

US Economy->our industry->our companyUS Economy->our industry->our company Let’s get educatedLet’s get educated It’s not too lateIt’s not too late

Everybody go through it togetherEverybody go through it together In a few years it may be too lateIn a few years it may be too late

Some tools are becoming ubiquitousSome tools are becoming ubiquitous You will wonder how you ever did withoutYou will wonder how you ever did without Bike analogyBike analogy

“I go to where the puck is going, not where it’s been been”

-Wayne Gretzky

So what are the new tools?So what are the new tools?

BIM hardware and softwareBIM hardware and software Web meetingsWeb meetings Online file storage/collaboration Online file storage/collaboration

sitessites Larger and multiple monitorsLarger and multiple monitors Mobile computersMobile computers Online Education/webinarsOnline Education/webinars PDF markup toolsPDF markup tools

BIM toolsBIM tools

Revit/Bentley (modeling)Revit/Bentley (modeling) Navisworks/Navigator Navisworks/Navigator

(clash det/view)(clash det/view) Smartboards (meetings)Smartboards (meetings) CollaborationCollaboration Resolve issues nowResolve issues now

Modeling the EnvelopeModeling the Envelope

ViewpointsViewpoints

(Issues to resolve)(Issues to resolve)

BIM – 4DBIM – 4D

NavisworksNavisworks TimelinerTimeliner

Lessons LearnedLessons LearnedModeling the SkinModeling the Skin

Buy it clearlyBuy it clearly Buy AmericanBuy American Start EarlyStart Early Understand upfront Understand upfront

manhoursmanhours

Screen sharing/Web Screen sharing/Web meetingsmeetings

Web conferencingWeb conferencing

Gotomeeting $49/moGotomeeting $49/mo Skype free, 1/1 onlySkype free, 1/1 only Bluebeam SessionBluebeam Session Adobe ConnectnowAdobe Connectnow ShowdocumentShowdocument

Online storage and Online storage and collaborationcollaboration

Google docs Google docs video video sitesite Zoho docsZoho docs Digital Exchange ServerDigital Exchange Server DropboxDropbox Box.netBox.net

Is Google docs Is Google docs ready for construction?ready for construction?

PDF Markup toolsPDF Markup tools

PDF X-change viewer (free, <$100)PDF X-change viewer (free, <$100) (why use Reader?)(why use Reader?)

Bluebeam ($150)Bluebeam ($150) Adobe Pro ($450)Adobe Pro ($450)

Misc. toolsMisc. tools

Buildsite.com (Product Data/LEED Buildsite.com (Product Data/LEED Info)Info)

Snapshot (screen shots) Snapshot (screen shots) Screenr (screen videos)Screenr (screen videos) Yousendit (send large files)Yousendit (send large files) Multi-monitor (improves efficiency)Multi-monitor (improves efficiency)

Multi-monitorsMulti-monitors

““Adding a second monitor can Adding a second monitor can seriously boost your productivity, seriously boost your productivity, especially if you work with large especially if you work with large images or spreadsheets.”images or spreadsheets.”

-PC Mag-PC Mag

EducationEducation

BIMBIM Vico.comVico.com AGC.orgAGC.org BooksBooks Autodesk.comAutodesk.com

Education cont’dEducation cont’d

General - technologyGeneral - technology Linkedin discussionsLinkedin discussions Aecbytes.comAecbytes.com Constructech magazineConstructech magazine Extranetevolution.comExtranetevolution.com Bluebeam vidsBluebeam vids Others?Others?

A Superintendent’sA Superintendent’suse of a new tooluse of a new tool

By Al SampsonBy Al Sampson