Construction Webinars and Events

Webinars

(all webinars are free of charge unless otherwise noted)

• Balfour Beatty: Deploying Vela Systems, iPads and Cloud Computing as a Company Standard

  

  
  Description:
  After a multi-year pilot process, Balfour Beatty Construction made a company-wide commitment to deploy Vela Systems field management software on iPads. In this webinar, Balfour Beatty Operations and IT executives discuss their decision to make field management software, iPads and cloud computing a company standard. Specific pilot project results are presented, including benefits seen to project schedules, people hours saved, and avoided rework. Advantages to cross-project quality and safety management are also discussed. A Q&A session with the speakers follows the main presentation.
  
  Presenters:
  Sean DeMartino, Division President, Balfour Beatty Construction
  Jason Bentley, Director of IS, Balfour Beatty Construction
  
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• Standardizing on iPads with Vela Systems: Shiel Sexton Implements Quality and Safety Programs at the Project and Company Level

  

  
  Description:
  In this webinar, you'll hear from CM firm Shiel Sexton (ENR #79, CM at risk firm) and owner Dow AgroSciences on how they have implemented construction quality and safety management programs using Vela Systems field management software on iPads. Additionally, executives from Shiel Sexton present how they have standardized companywide on this process and technology.
  
  Featured Speakers:
  Tim Isle, GM - Science & Technology, Shiel Sexton
  Joe Brown, Safety & Quality Director, Shiel Sexton
  Tom Lingafelter, Program Manager, Dow AgroSciences
  
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• From Wind Farms to Airports: An Executive Briefing on how Rosendin Electric Uses Vela Systems for its Quality Program

  

  
  Description:
  Rosendin Electric CIO, Sam Lamonica, and Project Executive, Steve Braverman, discuss the importance of a company-wide and project-specific quality program using Vela Systems. Specific use cases on a wind farm and airport project are presented. On both projects, mobile computers were used to access electronic drawings, complete quality control checklists, and log work-to-complete issues in the field, creating measurable collaboration efficiencies for the project and visibility to quality and risk for the company as a whole. The presenters discuss the decision making behind the quality program, the Vela Systems technology used, key metrics, reporting and results. This is followed by a live Q&A session with the presenters.
  
  Featured Speakers:
  Sam Lamonica, CIO, Rosendin Electric
  Steve Braverman, Rosendin Electric Project Executive on McCarran International Airport Terminal 3
  
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• Linking BIM to the Field to Facilities Management: A Hospital Case Study with Barton Malow

  

  This on-demand webinar features a case study on how BIM and Field Software (including Tablet PCs) were linked to Facilities Management on the Maryland General Hospital Central Care Expansion project in Baltimore, Maryland. This multi-phase addition and renovation project included over 75,000sf of newly fit-out spaces and over 5,000sf of renovated facilities. Speakers from Barton Malow, Maryland General Hospital, Tekla, Motion Computing and Vela Systems present an overview of the project, describe the connection of BIM to Commissioning to Handover to Facilities Management, present photos of the technology in action and report on the business benefits to the contractor and owner.
  
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• DPR Construction on the Benefits of BIM and Field Software for Project Controls

  

  This webinar will focus on the experiences of DPR Construction, Inc. in using an integrated combination of Tekla Structures Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Vela Systems field software in their door, frame and hardware (DFH) construction business.
  
  During the webinar, the implementation of this "Field BIM^®" system will be discussed, with a focus on the results of research by the Stanford University Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE). Detailed CIFE research on the benefits of the integrated system will be presented, along with a question-and-answer period with the presenters.
  
  The webinar will feature presenters from DPR Construction, Tekla Structures, and Vela Systems.
  
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• Hill International - Vela Systems as an Enterprise-wide Field Technology Platform

  

  After years of pioneering in the areas of scheduling and construction management technology, Hill International (Hill) is deploying an enterprise field software platform.
  
  Hill has teamed with Vela Systems to automate field processes in construction. By equipping field personnel with Vela's construction field software, and the latest advances in Tablet PC technology, Hill is anticipating immediate return in the field and at the enterprise level.
  
  In this on-demand webinar, Shawn Pressley, vice president of project management, systems & development for Hill International, discusses the enterprise deployment of Vela Systems field software, including the benefits to overall corporate management of quality, productivity, and supply chain. Additionally, Mr. Pressley talks about how Vela Systems integrates into the Oracle-based construction technology platforms currently in use at Hill.
  
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• Field Mobility for Healthcare Construction - A Case Study featuring Customer Robins & Morton

  

  Overview: In this interactive webinar, Robins & Morton Senior Project Manager Angel (AC) Colon will discuss the implementation of Vela Systems field software on the Florida Hospital Ormond Memorial project -- a 12-story, 718,000 square feet, 245-bed facility with a new central energy plant. Users on this project included the contractor, architect, engineer, and subcontractors.
  
  Topics to be explored include:
  
  1) Why they chose field software as an area in which to innovate
  2) The selection criteria used for choosing Vela Systems
  3) The key benefits and challenges of the implementation
  4) The advice AC will give others considering this technology
  5) AC will answer questions live from the audience during the session.
  
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• BIM for Construction! Connecting the model to the jobsite and back with Tablet PCs and field software

  

  Featured Speakers:
  Erin Hoffer, CSI, AIA, LEED AP, Industry Programs Manager, Autodesk
  Laura E. Handler, LEED AP, Virtual Construction Manager, Tocci Building Companies
  Sarah Vekasy, AIA, KlingStubbins
  Josh Kanner, Vela Systems, Inc.
  
  Overview: How can BIM be "linked" to the field so that it can be used during the construction phase? This connection, called "Field BIM", will be explored through case studies such as the Autodesk Trapelo Road project, the New Meadowlands Stadium Project, and others.

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  (Discount pricing available for CSI members)

• Field Mobility as a Key Productivity Tool for Contractors - Measuring Real Results

  

  Featured Speaker: Frank Conversano, Superintendent, Skanska USA Building, North Carolina Cancer Hospital Project

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• Green Construction and the Paperless Jobsite

  

  Featured Speaker: Brian Watson, Senior Project Manager, Cianbro, Destiny USA

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• BIM Beyond Design: Using Building Information Models for Costing, Construction and More

  
  

  Featured Speaker: Arol Wolford, President of the Construction Market Data Group, Reed Construction Data

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• Field Mobility and Safety Tracking - Measuring and Managing Safety

  

  Featured Speaker: Peter Campot, CEO, William A. Berry and Son: Liberty Mutual Safety Gold Award Winner, ENR top 100 CM-at-risk firms

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• Standardizing on Vela Systems as an Owner:  Harvard University (Allston Development Group)

  

  Featured Speaker: Gary Younger, Project Controls Manager, Harvard University (Allston Development Group)

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• Charleville Development and Suffolk Construction

  

  

  Featured Speaker: Justin Murphy, Senior Project Manager, Charleville Development
  Featured Speaker: John Gillis, Jobsite Superintendent, Suffolk Construction

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• Arquitectonica

  

  Guest Speaker: Sherri Gutierrez, Office Manager, Arquitectonica

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• How Construction Field Software on Tablet PCs Saved Gensler 95+ Person-Days During Construction of Gaylord National

  

  Featured Speaker: Don Ghent, Principal, Gensler

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• How Construction Safety Field Software on Tablet PCs Saves Time, Standardizes Processes, and Reduces Risk

  

  Featured Speaker: Ralph DiNapoli, Safety Director, William A. Berry & Son, Inc.

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