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°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â of America to Launch BIM 101 Course

Coming in February 2009, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â of America will release a full-day introductory curriculum on the industry’s hottest topic, Building Information Modeling (BIM). BIM 101: An Introduction to Building Information Modeling will give participants a broad overview and introduce important concepts of BIM.  By participating in this course, attendees will recognize the importance of BIM, understand common terminology, recognize BIM as a communication and collaboration tool, learn about examples of successful BIM usage and discuss issues associated with initiating the BIM process.  Designed for construction professionals at all experience levels, this full-day course will feature sessions on:      • The What and Why of BIM      • Technology and Process Integration I      • Technology and Process Integration II      • Getting Started with BIM BIM 101 is the first of six courses to be developed as part of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â’s BIM °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â Program.  This program will be comprised of six levels of courses, administered at multiple levels and organized by degree of difficulty to provide in-depth training on BIM. BIM 101 will be offered at many of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â’s 96 nationwide chapters, and can be brought in-house to construction firms or educational institutions.  Contact Amy Fields, Senior Director of Curriculum, and Program Development or Stephanie Mullins, Program Coordinator, at curriculum@agc.org or (703) 837-5360 to receive more information on this exciting new resource as it becomes available.