RTC Europe 2016 - Vision 20/20 Competition!

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RTC Europe 2016 Vision 20/20 Competition! Alfandega Centro de Congressos, Porto, Portugal Thursday 20 - Saturday 22 October 2016 Dear Patrick, Less than a month to go for RTC Europe 2016! This also means there's less than a month to get submitting for the Vision 20/20 competition, proudly sponsored by CADLearning. What is the Vision 20/20 competition, you may ask? Last year we ran this competition under the name PechaKucha style compeititon. This competition is where the submitter puts together a PowerPoint presentation consisting of 20 slides that display for 20 seconds each that gives insight into where our industry is heading or where it should go. This year's topic is "Big Data". This is a hot topic, but how can we make the data available to us, useful in the AECO industry? FOCUS OF YOUR SUBMISSION What do you need to think about? If you're keen on submitting an entry, you should think of this as an abstract proposal, or more so a live abstract proposal. The reason being, the winner of this competition gets to present this as a class at RTC Europe 2017 and the prize package includes your registration and 5 nights' accommodation. JUDGING PANEL There are two parts to the judging process for this competition. Once all the submissions are in, the European Committee will review these in order to determine the top three finalists. Look out for a gold star on your badge, this gold star indicates you are one of our top 3 finalists. If you're a finalist, you'll then get your chance to present your submission live to your fellow delegates on the 22nd of October, starting at 4:15pm. After all three finalists have presented, the delegates will vote. The winner will be announced later that evening during the Gala Dinner, each finalist wins a prize 2nd prize is a HTC Vive Virtual Reality Headset and 3rd is €300 visa pre-paid card. FORMAT OF YOUR SUBMISSION If you plan on submitting an entry towards this competition, you need to keep the following format in mind: File format: PowerPoint (PPT or PPTX) Resolution: Landscape 1920x1080 Slides: 20 images Time: 20 seconds (6 minutes and 40 seconds in total) Audio: Please record an audio of your presentation for the first round of submissions. This can either be included in your PowerPoint file or as a separate .wav file. This audio is to assist the RTC Europe committee in reviewing your submission. Once reviewed, the audio file will be removed as you'll have the chance to present your submission, if you're a finalist. Please note: no identifying information within the presentation is allowed. WHO CAN SUBMIT? The Vision 20/20 competition is open to all RTC Europe 2016 delegates excluding sponsors, exhibitors and re-sellers. Whether you've been a speaker in the past or have presented at any of the RTC conferences in recent times, this is a great opportunity for you to get involved and submit a 'live abstract' on Big Data. It's time to step out of your comfort zone and get involved, you never know you might end up being a speaker for RTC Europe 2017.   SUBMIT NOW The RTC Europe committee and I look forward to reviewing your submissions and welcoming you to Porto in just a few weeks' time! Kind Regards, Wesley Benn Event Chairman, RTC Europe Connect with us Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn secretary@rtcevents.com (+31) 158-898-635 rtcevents.com/rtceur Add Event to Calendar RTC Europe Foundation Kromstraat 10 NL - 2611 ER Delft, Netherlands 2016 © RTC Events Management

BIMForum, Systematic Model Review for Effective Coordination

Early Registration Deadline: September 6, 2016 View in Browser 2016 Fall BIMForum Theme: "What is the New Standard for Professional Coordination?"Examining the changing standard of care for designers, builders, and owners REGISTER TODAY & SAVE: Early Registration Deadline - September 6, 2016 SESSION HIGHLIGHT: Systematic Model Review for Effective Coordination Speaker: Brendan Nichols Senior Virtual Building EngineerThe Beck Group Even though designers may never admit it, building information models can differ from construction documents. Documents represent design intent and the models used to create them are rarely suitable for construction coordination. Coordination issues found in models may not exist in drawings, and even worse, coordination issues that appear in drawings may not appear in your standard 3D coordination workflows. Even at The Beck Group, a construction company that grossed a billion dollar revenue in 2015, our expert coordinators struggled with these issues. Our solution was to review all models for accuracy and consistency with contract documents before coordination. This session will present The Beck Group’s standard model review for coordination workflow. Real projects will be presented where this workflow was used to prevent some common pitfalls of coordination. This workflow is fast, detailed, and targets the most critical areas for construction coordination. Performing these tests and sharing these standardized documents with all parties has, in the past, resulted in dramatic model quality improvements from one design milestone to the next. As well, it has helped our coordinators know what to trust and what to avoid in each design model. About the Speaker:Brendan Nichols is a senior virtual building engineer at The Beck Group. Beck’s integrated design-build model enables him to tackle difficult challenges across both architecture and construction. At Beck, Nichols performs laser scanning and Building Information Modeling (BIM), and he supports these processes and workflows throughout the company. After experiencing Beck’s cross-disciplinary challenges, Nichols has written multiple internal Revit software plug-ins to eliminate difficult or repetitive day-to-day tasks. He also enjoys writing scripts and Dynamo definitions to solve some of Beck’s unique problems. Held in Conjunction with BuildCon 2016 Your BIMForum registration gives you full access to all BuildCon sessions and events. Click here to see the agenda. BIM & Lean Education Courses BIM & Lean courses along with the CM-BIM and CM-Lean exams are being held prior to the BIMForum CLICK HERE for more information and to register. 2300 Wilson Blvd. Suite 300 Arlington, VA 22201 703-548-3118 • bimforum@agc.org BIMForum.org If you would prefer not to receive emails from us, unsubscribe here.

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Early Registration Ends September 15 - Register Now and Save

Register By September 15, 2016 & Save View in Browser 2016 Fall BIMForum Theme: "What is the New Standard for Professional Coordination?"Examining the changing standard of care for designers, builders, and owners REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 & SAVE! SESSION HIGHLIGHT: Finding the Formula for the Perfect Coordination Process Speaker: Jim FitzgeraldPlumbing Coordination ManagerJC Cannistraro, LLC Since the widespread adoption of BIM across the AEC industry, the growth in demand for prefabricated assemblies and modular building systems has been on the rise. In Boston, where new construction and development is at an all-time high, project teams that are being formed early and embracing prefab and other lean methods are delivering floors faster and rethinking how work is done both on and off the jobsite. Using real project case study examples (both good and bad) Cannistraro, Boston’s largest mechanical construction firm, will outline the steps and/or rules for achieving an ideal project that maximizes collaboration, prefabrication and other benefits of lean construction. View the Full Agenda Held in Conjunction with BuildCon 2016 Your BIMForum registration gives you full access to all BuildCon sessions and events. Click here to see the agenda. BIM & Lean Education Courses BIM & Lean courses along with the CM-BIM and CM-Lean exams are being held prior to the BIMForum CLICK HERE for more information and to register. 2300 Wilson Blvd. Suite 300 Arlington, VA 22201 703-548-3118 • bimforum@agc.org BIMForum.org If you would prefer not to receive emails from us, unsubscribe here.