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Mentor Announcement #1

Hey there, 

I am glad, that I have the honour to announce our very first mentor and his key learning objective 

*drum roll* 

Conor Shaw ! 

About him

Conor is a veteran RTC/BILT Europe speaker, Ljubljana to be his third appearance. As part of the panel discussion on standards in Delft 2013, he spoke about BIM implementation for small companies. Last year in Aarhus he presented work on scan-to-BIM applied to historic buildings and was rated a top 10 speaker. Trained as a construction engineer, in 2016 he received his M.Sc in Construction and Real Estate Management from the HTW Berlin. He established Shaw Architectural Solutions in 2014 which offers BIM consultancy services worldwide with clients include Engineers in Berlin, Surveyors in Belfast, Contractors in New York and Architects in Helsinki. Recently Conor has been involved in establishing a network of professionals with a shared vision of promoting ecological building practices and is currently working on a number of straw-bale housing projects. He is currently based on Ljubljana, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the BILT conference! 

His Motivation 

The BiLT Academy mentorship seems a very positive development of what the BiLT conference is about. I have been involved previously with the European Architecture Student’s Assembly, a similar non-profit organisation, and am well aware of the benefits such experiences give to a student in the construction field. The unforeseen outcomes of involvement with an event like this such as; contacts made, experiences gained and personal truths challenged, can be greatly beneficial. In my own experience, it was the ‘extra curriculars’ in which I was involved (and not necessarily university attendance), which, in hind-sight, has had the greatest impact on my professional development. Therefor I see such a program as a very positive undertaking and am delighted to be involved, especially at its inception. 

Content 

The class will be based on a talk I gave last year in Aarhus entitled See My Point (Cloud)? Attendees will gain a practical understanding of reality capture and scan-to-BIM technologies. A number of recent as-built modelling case studies from my work will be described. The challenges of using scan-to-BIM technology for both contemporary and traditional building modelling will be discussed, the limitations identified and practical advice divulged. 

Key Learning Objective 

Attendees will:  

  • Gain a practical understanding of reality capture and scan-to-BIM technologies  
  • See real cases of scan-to-BIM in use  
  • Learn about the limitations of scan-to-BIM software when applied to challenging historical buildings

 

Reality capture methods like 3D Laser Scanning are rapidly gaining acceptance as the industry standard for geometric data capture about structures and places, while the emerging technologies like Scan-to-BIM are actively disrupting the status quo for how BIMs are derived from survey data. A familiarity with these topics is of great importance to any future professional in the built environment and the mentors welcome your participation during BiLT Academy in September and can promise a fun and fascinating session!

Backstage work for the Summit

After three intense weeks of work, it’s time for another blog post to keep you updated.

#1 our poster is ready

I would like to say a really big thanks to a great graphic designer, photographer and a brother Mathias Schalk, for the support in helping me with the layout and the design. Thanks to Mathias Schalk!

 

#2 Networking with students and universities

As any new movement, one of the biggest tasks right now is getting connected with students and universities, which we are doing mostly via social media. We are reaching out to different student organizations and groups on both Facebook and LinkedIn, sharing our message and inviting them to be a part of the movement. At the same time, we are trying to get in touch with local universities in Slovenia, which are in Ljubljana and Maribor. As a next step, we will be sending out our public image packages towards all surrounding universities in Austria, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia and so on. We do so because we aim to have both Slovenian and international participants on board. During the event we will be covering students’ needs including food and beverages, and will gladly inform all international students about the local sleeping possibilities.

…But what do the students learn during the summit?

#3 Program and Mentors

As we were working on our program, we tried to include many interesting fields such as computational design, BIM methodologies and point cloud usage. However, this was only a raw idea of what three of us wanted to include. After many talks with Silvia and the BILT team about potential mentors, we researched and contacted viable leads. In the end, we reached out to relative professionals and shared out ideas and visions of our first BILT Academy Summit. Faster than expected we have received many replies from experienced specialists from all over Europe. This encourages us that we are going on the right path.

Here is our preliminary version of the program:

What are the key learning Objective 1, 2 & 3 you may ask…

#4 Key learning objectives and Structure

We found it very challenging to arrange high-quality content in the span of one day. That is the reason for splitting up the entire workshop environment into 5 or 6 smaller groups. Every group will have a mentor, specialized in a specific field that he/she will work on together with the students. This specific field is divided into three key learning objectives.

When it comes to the structure of the event itself, it will begin with a thorough introduction of the main topics for the summit, assignments and problem formulations. Following is the second and third parts, focused on collaboration and execution of the assignments.

We will keep updating you on the process of organizing and structuring of BILT Academy Summit 2018 in our next blog entries!