BIM in Small & Medium Sized Enterprises

Lunchtime CPD

1pm - 2pm, 14th October 2016

The Printhouse, 21-23 North Church Street,

Sheffield, S1 2DH

CPD by - Kris Barry, SIX Architecture + Design 

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Presented by Kris Barry, Director of SIX Architecture + Design, a Sheffield based practice that has recently merged with Byrom Clark Roberts who have offices in Manchester, Chester and Leeds, this session looks to describe the challenges faced and the potential opportunities that the implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) can afford in terms of quality control, efficiency and collaboration in a small or medium sized practice.

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The event is kindly being sponsored by Graitec with an introductory talk regarding their services. Graitec cover a multitude of disciplines and market sectors including the Architectural, Engineering & Construction (AEC), Manufacturing (MFG), Infrastructure (ENI) and Media & Entertainment (M&E) industries, whilst retaining their specialist and pivotal role as an Autodesk Platinum reseller and pioneering applications and software developers.

 

Following this, using the case study of SIX AD which was founded in 2009, Kris will describe how Autodesk Revit has contributed to the development of the business and how it is used on a day to day basis. Please note that the focus of the presentation will be on Autodesk Revit, other BIM software is available.

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RIBA Core Curriculum:
- Compliance: Legal, regulatory and statutory frameworks

- Procurement and contracts

- Designing and building it: Design, construction, technology and engineering

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Knowledge level:

General Awareness