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BIM Course

 The Building Information Modeling (BIM) Course will be held August 13-15, 2008 in the Civil & Environmental Engineering department at Carnegie Mellon University. The course will include several short classes on building information modeling, data capture technologies, and data management approaches. 

  • Participants must register online in order to attend. Registration costs will include: breaks, meals, reception and textbook. Please check this site frequently for the launch of registration.
    • Registration fees: $2500 per person (early bird discount through June 30), $3000 per person (July 1-July 30); group discount is also available, please contact Andrea Francioni Rooney for more information.
    • Participants will receive a certificate of participation upon course end. 
  • Course information for background on BIM and the course instructors.
  • Information on local travel and maps
  • Participants (traveling from longer distances) are advised to stay in one of the following local hotels:
  • For more information, please contact the BIM course organizer, Dr. Burcu Akinci at 412-268-2959.

 

Course details:

Wed., August 13   
8:30-12:00
Background on BIM
12:00-1:30
Lunch break and student demos
1:30-5:00
BIM in practice
7:00-9:00
Icebreaker reception
Thurs., August 14
 
8:30-12:00
Data Capture Technologies for Construction
12:00-1:30
Lunch break and student demos
1:30-5:00 
Sensing during facility management
7:00-9:00
Dinner
Fri., August 15
 
8:30-12:00
Data Management and Mining
1:30-5:00
Participant report out; experiences and plans of participants in incorporating BIM, sensing and database management technologies within their companies.