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God bless Oregon…

The future is here (or there) but it is somewhere… aka the power of place plus #mobile plus #crowdsourcing plus #web20

Videos http://www.ustream.tv/channel/you-are-here-x

Event http://momentfeed.com/geo-tech/

Whitepaper http://momentfeed.com/whitepaper/

Virtual Campus http://imsc.usc.edu/about.html

Power to the people (geospatially)…
http://www.data.gov/catalog/geodata

LA Solar Potential and Tools
http://gis.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Solar-Potential-LA-County.pdf
http://solarmap.lacounty.gov/

LAR-IAC 3 – Sharing is Caring (especially with 2 million building footprints : )
http://planning.lacounty.gov/lariac/download.htm

3D on a Budget via Microsoft Photosynth
http://photosynth.net/default.aspx

LA Survey of Historic Architectural Resources
http://www.preservation.lacity.org/survey

AUDIO.. thanks KCRW & DnA blog
http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/de/de090915does_creative_archit

Bernstein complete interview from http://designandarchitectureonkcrw.vox.com/

VIDEO

http://events.uscarchitecture.com/

http://www.gsa.gov/bim

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Are you a member of a government agency overseeing building design and construction contemplating “going BIM” or the firm working with them?

Or an owner or developer considering incorporating BIM and IPD into your next project?
A principal of an architecture or construction firm? The BIM manager? Or the intern who is trying to get a grasp of the changing profession? Or even a software professional developing programs for BIM?

If so, please consider attending one of two events at USC School of Architecture this summer or forward this email to an interested colleague. These are also excellent ways to earn your AIA CEUs.

EVENT 1: Executive Education: elite, small venue, focus on dialogues with high level professionals, fee to attend. See speaker list below or visit the web site. August 2 and 3.

http://execed.uscarchitecture.com/kill-bim/

FREE: EVENT 2: BIM Analytics: 12 lectures, broad topics on BIM in architecture (day lighting, energy, structures, fire, acoustics), construction (carbon accounting, clash detection; interference checking, cost estimating / scheduling), parametrics (cool stuff), and BIM integration and standards within the firm. See speaker list below or visit the web site. August 4.

http://arch-pubs.usc.edu/bim-analytics/

Sign up soon. You must RSVP for these events, even the free one!

Thanks,
Karen
Kensek
USC, School of Architecture

FIRST EVENT
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EXECUTIVE EDUCATION: August 2nd and 3rd
This year, we have launched five course offerings centered on the theme of Los Angeles as a 21st century model of critical urbanism, creativity, and culture. These courses will explore a set of strategically themed topics, connecting over a dozen of the most forward thinking global practitioners, politicians, and urban theorists today with our own faculty. One of the two-day sessions is themed around building information modeling (BIM). This is a unique opportunity to interact in a small group (25 maximum attendees) with leaders in the profession, in a session focusing on dialogue and debate. David Gerber (dgerber@usc.edu) and Karen Kensek (kensek@usc.edu) are hosting this event. Please visit the website for further information about this unique event, its distinguished speakers, and registration information.

http://execed.uscarchitecture.com/kill-bim/

http://execed.uscarchitecture.com/

This site lists ALL five of the special Executive Education sessions being offered by the School of Architecture.

Current list of speakers:

Keynote speakers:

PHIL BERNSTEIN, Vic President, Industry Strategy and Relations, Autodesk AEC Solutions
“Vision isn’t enough”

KEN SANDERS, CIO of Gensler
“Beyond IPD: Portfolios vs. Projects”

Session leaders:

LARRY EISENBERG, Executive Director, Facilities Planning and Development, Los Angeles Community College District
“The Holistic View: BIM as a sustainable project delivery tool”

CARL GALIOTO FAIA, Senior Principal, Managing Principal HOK/New York
“BIM: Direction or Distraction?”

STEVEN R. HAGAN FAIA, U.S. General Services Administration
“Beyond BIM, a perspective on the future of owner driven industry transformation”

ATUL KHANZODE, Director of Virtual Building at DPR Construction, Inc.
“Integrated Project Delivery: A Flashing Red Light or Beacon of Hope”

DAVID TODD, Executive Vice President National Technical Services
Bovis Lend Lease, formerly Walt Disney Imagineering for 33 years
“BIM/IPD – Producing Predictable Outcomes Through Collaborative Teamwork”

invited instigators:
Jordan Brandt, Horizontall LLC
Marty Doscher, Morphosis
Calvin Kam, CIFE, Stanford University; Optima
Dennis Selden, Gehry Technologies

SECOND EVENT
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BIM ANALYTICS: August 4th: FREE
BIM isn’t BIM without Information. BIM is a promising technology to encourage improved integration of design analysis into the building model. For the Fourth Annual BIM + Symposium, we will explore the nature of analytical modeling in architecture, engineering, and construction. We will seek opportunities for a more responsive integration of the evidence/simulation based design decision-making. We will have speakers who have integrated simulation and BIM in their design process, a forward looking section on BIM parametrics, and informative presentations on interoperability and standards. More information including a list of speakers and registration information will be available on the web site. Please reserve your spot soon; BIM CON!FAB filled up last year.

http://arch-pubs.usc.edu/bim-analytics/

Current list of confirmed speakers:

* Architecture and Engineering *
Jenna Knudsen and Alex Korter, CO Architects, “BIM Analytics for Exterior Envelope Design”
Brian McLaughlin, Nick Antonio and Alexej Goehring, ARUP,
Mitch Dec, David Summers and Tianxin Xing, Glumac, “Rapid Energy Modeling”

* Construction *
Jim Bedrick, Webcor
Viktor Bullain, Turner Construction, “BIM Execution Plan for Successful Model-based Analysis”
Jonathan Widney, Solibri and Darren Roos, Suffolk Construction Company, “Mining the Model – Analysis of the Model Information, not just the Geometry”

* Parametrics / Performance Based or Algorithmic Design *
Nathan Miller, NBBJ, “Feedback Cloud: Tactics for Toolset Integration and Design Optimization”
Kurt Komraus, Buro Happold, “ZERO-E: Automated ExoSkeletal Performance Simulation”

* Integration, Standards, the Big Picture *
Richard Nowicki, NTD Architecture and Lance Lareau, San Diego CCD
Michael Rendler, LACCD, “BIM /GIS The WHOLE Picture. LACCD e7 System”
Chuck Good-Man, Irwin Partners Architects
Jeffrey W. Ouellette, Assoc. AIA, BIM Specialist, Nemetschek North America, “openBIM: Interoperability and the State of the Art of BIM”
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If you wish to contact us, please do NOT hit reply to this message — use one of the email addresses listed below.

If either of the websites don’t work, please contact Gennaro Avolio-Toly at avolioto@usc.edu .

For more information about the Executive Education sessions, please contact Eric Moore at ericjmoo@usc.edu .

For more information about BIM Analytics, please contact Eve Lin (Karen’s assistant) at shihhsil@usc.edu .

If you really want to get a hold of me, email kensek@usc.edu . Thanks!

This email list is used to contact people who have an interest in BIM events at USC or related events. To unsubscribe from this email list, please contact Eve Lin at shihhsil@usc.edu . Sorry, this does not guarantee that you won’t receive email from us as others might have forwarded mail to you, but your name will be individually taken off from the list that we keep.

Mobile Counter-IED Interactive Trainer (MCIT) Behind the Scenes

http://ict.usc.edu/projects/mobile_counter_ied_interactive_trainer_mcit/