Fridays with Vico

 

The Fridays with Vico webinars are a free, educational series geared at general contractors and owners.  Our topics range from BIM trends, to case studies and best practices, to new concepts for the industry.

 

Join us on Friday, June 26, 2009 at 12 Noon Eastern

 

Vico presents Connecting the Conceptual Estimate to the MPS

 

As we learned at the last AGC BIMForum, Owners want more transparency into the building process.  They need to know how the design matches up to the budget and how proposed changes will effect both the budget and the schedule.  To help GCs better communicate with Owners, we’ve put together this special Fridays with Vico webinar.
 

Who:     Connecting the Conceptual Estimate to the MPS

What:    A free online webinar
When:   June 26, 2009 12 Noon – 2:00 PM Eastern Time
How:     Register today at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/274132600

 

We know the situation all too well.  There are three weeks from the time you receive the 2D drawings to the time the bid is due.  A conceptual estimate would be a great advantage, but a model-based conceptual estimate with 4D would prove more powerful.  It would help the Owner better understand the project and ask what-if questions.  And your answers to those what-if questions would really highlight your firm's expertise.

First things first, let's develop a massing model and get the ball rolling.

In this episode of Fridays with Vico, we'll explore the estimate as a dynamic and ever-evolving part of pursuit, preconstruction, and construction.  We'll examine the evolution of the estimate in terms of the model progression specification which illustrates the refinement of the estimate according to the latest drawing set or latest model.

We'll demonstrate this process with the latest release of Vico Office as we highlight Takeoff Manager, Cost Planner, and Cost Explorer.  With Takeoff Manager, we derive construction-caliber quantities based on the 3D model geometry.  With Cost Planner, we dive into the "bill of materials" for the project and apply in-house costing knowledge to roll up the estimate.  And with Cost Explorer we illustrate the delta between our original assumptions and the real-word actuals.  The result is a "whole model" or 5D BIM which encourages a lively dialogue between the GC, Subcontractors, and Owner, promoting trust and partnership.

And as with all our Fridays with Vico sessions, we'll include case studies, ROI, and plenty of time for Q&A.

 

Who:     Connecting the Conceptual Estimate to the MPS

What:    A free online webinar
When:   June 26, 2009 12 Noon – 2:00 PM Eastern Time
How:     Register today at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/274132600

 

Learn from your peers with your peers at Fridays with Vico.

 

System Requirements PC-based attendees: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista

Macintosh®-based attendees: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer

 

 

Select Recorded Webinars

BIM 501: Model-Based Estimating May 15, 2009

BIM 401: Model-Based Scheduling May 1, 2009

BIM 301 Webinar: New Contract Language April 17, 2009

BIM 201 Webinar: 3D/4D Coordination April 3, 2009

BIM 101 Webinar March 20, 2009

Swinerton Builders February 27, 2009

Introducing Vico Office February 20, 2009

The McGraw-Hill BIM SmartMarket Report February 13, 2009

Suffolk Construction and the Torrey Pines Project January 30, 2009

Hensel Phelps and the Denver Justice Center January 23, 2009

Trimble and Vico - Bringing BIM to the Field January 16, 2009

Webcor Builders and the Model Progression Specification December 19, 2008

An Introduction to Change Manager 2009 November 21, 2008

St. Joseph's Mission Hospital Virtual Mock-Up Case Study November 14, 2008

Vico's Win the Deal Bundle. November 7, 2008

Vico for Concrete: Lift Drawings and More Oct 17, 2008

Vico 101: An Introductory Webinar for Virtual Construction. Oct 13, 2008

Virtual Construction with the PCL Family of Companies. Sept 25, 2008

Orchestrating BIM the Vico Way August 15, 2008

Conceptual Estimating with the VC 2008 Product Suite July 25, 2008