Technology is leading the charge on how we conceptualize, design and build a significant portion of today's buildings. Although Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools have established a foothold in design and construction over the past five years, the technology has barely scratched the surface.

However, this will change significantly over the next five years, and beyond. For starters, owners and developers have begun to grasp the significant value of using technology in both the conceptual design and operational phases of their facilities. Secondly, an unprecedented collaborative design/build environment has surfaced to both facilitate and take advantage of new technologies and processes.

Before owners and developers expend significant resources, they need to:  

• Make "go/no-go" decisions very early in the process
• Minimize the chances of being over budget, late or buried in problems
• Recognize the potential of teams and tools to help make more informed, fact-based decisions to avoid risk
• Know that they cannot rely on anecdotal tales and history... the fact that we did it that way for 20 (or 200) years does not work anymore
• Understand that the pace of change, politics and financial complexity all work to increase the opportunities for catastrophic errors of judgment

The Future of the Built Environment: Standards, Data and The Cloud -- Putting It All Together

Finally, emerging standards are being embraced, allowing critical data developed at all stages of the design/build process to be leveraged to productive use, not just for the purpose of completing and operating a successful project, but for the project's interaction with the overall built environment itself, i.e., life safety, community planning, energy usage forecasts, etc. Whatever your current comfort level with construction information technologies, the demand for more technology is about to escalate, and you're about to see why. Aided by his just published sequel to BIG BIM, little bim, renowned author and A/E/C futurist Finith Jernigan shows you in this exclusive webinar the design and construction possibilities where technology is leading society and how each of you can prepare for tomorrow.

Texas-born Finith  Jernigan deconstructs the complexity of information, showing how the convergence of today's BIM tools in a cloud environment make it possible to not only more effectively manage projects, but to create vast opportunities in both ends of the built environment… planning, forecasting, development, portfolio management, property management, operations and real estate. In this webinar, Finith Jernigan helps you understand the importance and role of the various tools, processes and systems-thinking, including:

• The ability to interact with everything in the built environment, opening two-way opportunities that benefit both the project and its relationship to its surroundings
• Networking and data, creating workflow efficiencies and reducing errors
• BIM, geographic information and other technologies (Google earth, Sketch-up, BIMstorms, etc.), helping you and your clients see the big picture and quickly test alternatives
• Distributed, multidimensional tools and processes that connect data from multiple sources, which can eliminate the back and forth activities when making decisions in silos
• Rules-based tools, saving time on decisions/tasks that can be automated
• Collaborative processes, rich data repositories and advanced graphics to show results quickly and early to achieve least-cost, best outcome solutions
• And much, much more!

Who Will Benefit?

This webinar is a must if you’re a public or private owner, construction manager, contractor, subcontractor, architect or engineer.

Meet your presenter:

Finith E. Jernigan is an internationally recognized architect, educator, author and publisher. An expert in integrated practice using information model technology and next business practices, he has received unprecedented press recognition for teaching people how to use information modeling tools, including Google Earth, in new ways that help save money...and help make money.

Finith's award winning first book, BIG BIM little bim - The Practical Approach to Building Information Modeling - Integrated Practice Done the Right Way! is recognized as a clearly written and highly beneficial guide to making money from easy-to-use information modeling software and the dramatic business processes improvements information models allow.