UBM Built Environment's Building Webinar Series Educates Construction and Architecture Professionals on Generating and Managing Building Data During its Life Cycle

CHICAGO, Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Built Environment's Building presented the third webinar in the Collaborative BIM Series entitled "Compatibility and Collaboration" on February 1, 2012.  Targeted to contractors, architects, designers, structural engineers, building services engineers, cost consultants and project managers, the webinar offered practical advice and guidance on incorporating Building Information Modelling (BIM) into daily work as well as the benefits of BIM and other collaborative technologies.  The webinar was presented in UBM Studios' Webcast Theater.  UBM Studios is the global leader in digital events, environments and communities. 

The webinar series drew over 4,100 registrants.  Eight hundred attendees watched the webinar live and on average spent 2 hours and 14 minutes in the event.  Additionally, the webinar hosted a Social Media Chair to moderate chat and questions on Twitter which encouraged over 320 tweets on the hashtag #BIMSeries during the hour long webinar expanding the event reach to over 20,000 Twitter followers.

The webinar focused on the technical issues around hosting the BIM model and integrating different software packages. With insight into: the communication between different models; how it is hosted argument for single/joint models; dissecting information within model; and impact and navigating Cloud Computing.

The webinar chair was Tom Lane, Assistant Editor (Technical), Building. Panel participants included Duncan Reed, Design Manager, Balfour Beatty Construction; James Middling, Associate Director, Mott MacDonald; and Nathan Doughty, Chief Operating Officer, Asite.

The first two webinars in the series, which attracted more than 700 attendees to each webinar, are available for on-demand here:

• What is BIM – The Business Imperatives?
  Panellists: Mervyn Richards, MR1 Consulting Limited; Robert Klaschka, Studio Klaschka Architecture and Design; Kamran Moazami, WSP Group; Nathan Doughty, Asite
• 'BIMing Up' Practicalities integrating BIM
  Panellists: Mark Thompson, Ryder Architecture; Chris Gilmour, BAM Construct UK Ltd; Martin Bailey, NG Bailey; Tony Ryan, Asite

The event was sponsored by Asite.

The complete on demand event can be viewed here.

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UBM Built Environment
UBM Built Environment is UBM's specialist media division focusing on the Property, Interiors, Architecture, Construction, and Infrastructure markets in the UK and internationally. UBM Built Environment is widely acknowledged as having some of the most iconic brands in the market including Building, Property Week, BD, Barbour Health & Safety, ABI and Interiors. UBM Built Environment is recognised as the leading provider of targeted information across the UK construction and property industry with magazines, events, awards and online information services.  UBM Built Environment has also developed a client solutions business dedicated to bespoke marketing campaigns using a variety of channels including virtual.  For more information, go to www.ubmbuiltenvironment.com/

About UBM Studios (www.ubmstudios.com)

UBM Studios, a UBM company, is the global leader in digital events, environments and communities.  UBM Studios creates powerful and intuitive digital communities that help organizations connect, educate and engage with audiences to capitalize on growth opportunities.  UBM Studios provides marketing as a service for digital interactions and delivers the right content to the right audience with the right user interface.  For additional information on UBM Studios, visit www.ubmstudios.com.

About UBM plc

UBM plc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provide them with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 6,000 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.  For more information, go to www.ubm.com

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