TRB Webinar: Delivering Bridge Projects with Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Bridge owners are interested in scaling the benefits of digital delivery across their agencies programs. The application of BIM to infrastructure is growing in prominence nationally and internationally. TRB will host a webinar on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 from 2:00-3:30 PM Eastern that will discuss how to use BIM to deliver infrastructure projects using digital delivery. Presenters will addresses two specific challenges to digital delivery: contract language to manage the digital requirements, and standardizing the content and format of the digital exchanges. The presenters will also build upon previous efforts and ongoing industry research on multiple fronts to further implement digital delivery in bridge design, construction, fabrication, and asset management. This webinar was organized by the TRB Standing Committee on Visualization in Transportation. Some registrants will need to pay $95 to attend this webinar. Sign into MyTRB.org to view registration information.
Webinar agenda and presenters Background: Roger Grant, National Institute of Building Sciences Case studies: Thomas Saad,U.S. Federal Highway Administration Reference standards for BIM: Joe Brenner, WSP BIM technical specifications for bridges: Tim Chipman, Constructivity Key findings and recommendations: Francesca Maier, Fair Cape Consulting Question and answer session: Roger Grant, National Institute of Building Sciences Learning Objectives At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to: Describe how bridge projects are currently being delivered in a BIM environment Define the technical specifications for BIM project delivery Discuss key findings of digital delivery Professional Development Hour Information
Professional engineers (PEs) who register and attend the entire webinar as an individual will be awarded 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs). TRBs webinar program awards PDH credits only to the registered individual, and not to other members of a group that view the webinar together. To be eligible for the credits, individuals must remain signed in for the entire webinar, including for any question and answer session following the presentations. Pre-registration is required. Once the webinar starts, you will be unable to register. Individuals that are registered for a webinar but do not receive their confirmation emails due to their organizations internal firewalls should contact the TRB Helpdesk for assistance in signing in.
Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.
TRB will report credits earned to the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C., 20005. Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum. |
