Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Revit Technology Conference - AUS 2012

This post playing time traveler, dropping back in time to Monday (May 22). I was on a United 747-400 heading to Sydney when Monday happened at home in the USA. A curious side effect of travel west to Australia is you lose a day. Sydney is 17 hours ahead of the west coast of the USA. So when I boarded my flight on Sunday night at 9:45 PM it was already 2:45 PM in Sydney, but tomorrow (Monday). By the time I landed in Sydney Monday already turned into Tuesday morning. This means I lost Monday, missed my son Jake's birthday and didn't post anything here. I could have set something up to post while I was traveling but that would mean I was better prepared, I wasn't. I digress...

It's that time of year again, RTC is here. First up is the conference in Wollongong (aka The Gong and 90 minutes SE of Sydney). VisDay is a new event focused on visualization technology. The Chairman is Dan Jurgens and he's worked hard to assemble a quality group of presentations. The RTC conference begins on Thursday May 24th and VisDay is the "warm up" act, to use a concert metaphor. VisDay gathers (gathered) on Wednesday May 23rd. Writing about what will happen when it just happened is a bit odd...

Tonight I'm polishing my presentation about What's New in Revit Architecture 2013. Each year I feel like there isn't enough new stuff to make me happy. Then I write up this presentation and I find it takes a lot of effort to scratch the surface in a modest way. This year is no different. There are some big ticket items that attract attention but there a numerous other and more subtle features that contribute to a fairly long list of things to speak about. That will happen just after lunch on Thursday May 24th (tomorrow as I write this).

The event in Australia is upon us. You can still attend technically, assuming you can (a) get here, (b) make the time and (c) act fast!! Join the 400 or so others revving up for three days of Revit and BIM technical sessions and discussions.

There is just over a month until the RTCUSA starts in Stone Mountain, GA on June 28-30, 2012. Don't miss it!

Mechanical Revit Designer - WSP Flack + Kurtz - Seattle

WSP Flack + Kurtz is offering this Revit position in their Seattle, Washington office.


They are a consulting engineering firm for the built environment. They are looking for individuals with Revit experience using Revit MEP on large retail, commercial, and residential projects (50,000 sf+).

Description:
Mechanical Revit Designer: 2+ years experience in Revit MEP focused on mechanical design; 5+ years experience in AutoCAD focused on mechanical design and drafting; 2 or 4-year college degree a plus. This individual will spend the majority of their time perform mechanical design in large, complex Revit models, but will also be asked to perform CAD Operator functions in AutoCAD. We expect that as Revit grows in the Architect/Engineer community that this position will eventually be working solely in Revit.

Local candidates are preferred (IE: Puget Sound region). WSP Flack + Kurtz uses E-verify by the USCIS to verify that new hires are authorized to work in the United States.

If you would like to be considered, please send your resume to Joe Plumb via EMAIL as a single Word or PDF document, specify in the message title that you are applying for the "Mechnical Revit Designer Position".

They also want to know if you heard about this position from this blog.

Electrical Revit Designer - WSP Flack + Kurtz - Seattle

WSP Flack + Kurtz has this Revit position in their Seattle, Washington office.


They are a consulting engineering firm for the built environment. They are looking for individuals with Revit experience using Revit MEP on large retail, commercial, and residential projects (50,000 sf+).

Description:
Electrical Revit Designer: 2+ years experience in Revit MEP focused on electrical design; 5+ years experience in AutoCAD focused on electrical design and drafting; 2 or 4-year college degree a plus. This individual will spend the majority of their time perform electrical design in large, complex Revit models, but will also be asked to perform CAD Operator functions in AutoCAD. We expect that as Revit grows in the Architect/Engineer community that this position will eventually be working solely in Revit.

Local candidates are preferred (IE: Puget Sound region). WSP Flack + Kurtz uses E-verify by the USCIS to verify that new hires are authorized to work in the United States.

If you would like to be considered, please send your resume to Joe Plumb via EMAIL as a single Word or PDF document, specify in the message title that you are applying for the "Electrical Revit Designer Position".

They also want to know if you heard about this position from this blog.

Friday, May 18, 2012

BIM Facility Services Coordinator - TME - Arkansas

The BIM Facility Services Coordinator will be responsible for furthering the development and implementation of Building Information Modeling/Facility Management (BIM+FM) technologies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
  • Provides technical support to project managers, engineers, designers, and Revit technicians and clients in utilization of BIM+FM software applications.
  • Provide Revit/BIM Modeling as required for coordination services and BIM+FM Services.
  • Provides training to new users in utilization of BIM+FM software, as well as, conducts internal continuing training sessions in order to keep users updated on new features, etc.
  • Creates and maintains standard operating procedures/workflow process standards/template files/ families/content, etc., regarding the use of Revit and CAD software applications to assure company standardization for Facility Management implementation are being met.
  • Researches BIM+FM best practices and technological advances; Evaluates and tests new BIM+FM software applications.
  • Manages BIM+FM software products including but not limited to incorporating new version releases and customization of the project.
  • Creates upgrade and deployment strategies for BIM+FM Software implementation.
  • Assists in enforcing BIM+FM standard operating procedures and workflow process standards.
  • Acts as a liaison with national vendors, corporate technology support staff, and software developer support staff in order to acquire knowledge and facilitate development and utilization of BIM+FM software.
  • Attends conferences, seminars, and workshops for BIM+FM Software; Bringing back knowledge learned and disseminating the information to appropriate parties.
  • Upholds TME’s owner advocacy philosophy and organizational core values.
  • Other duties as assigned.
  • Assists the BIM Technology Manager when required.
General Education and Experience:
  • Associate or Technical degree in Engineering, Information Technology, or related area.
  • 5+ years’ experience in the Architectural/Engineering/Consulting Industry.
  • Demonstrated expertise in utilization and development of BIM/Revit technology.
  • Experience in the construction of buildings and how they operate.
  • Pass company background check.
About TME:
TME is a full service mechanical, electrical, structural, commissioning, and energy engineering firm. We have a staff of experienced engineers who have dedicated their careers to engineering innovation and energy conservation. Throughout our history, TME has provided engineering and energy services for more than 2500 projects at more than 1000 facilities across the nation. We attribute our long term relationships with our clients to our core beliefs of progressive engineering design, customer advocacy, and service above and beyond the expected.

TME offers challenging and innovative work assignments, competitive salary, and an outstanding benefits package. Please forward resumes to the attention of Mark Mergenschroer at mergenschroer@tmecorp.com.