TRB Webinar: Delivering Bridge Projects with Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Bridge owners are interested in scaling the benefits of digital delivery across their agencies’ programs. The application of BIM to infrastructure is growing in prominence nationally and internationally. TRB hosted a webinar on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 from 2:00-3:30 PM Eastern that discussed how to use BIM to deliver infrastructure projects using digital delivery. Presenters addressed two specific challenges to digital delivery: technical requirements and specifications to manage the digital requirements, and standardizing the content and format of the digital exchanges. The presenters built upon previous efforts and ongoing industry research on multiple fronts to further implement digital delivery in bridge design, construction, fabrication, and asset management.

This webinar was organized by the TRB Standing Committees on Visualization in Transportation and General Structures.

The slides are available. Contact Reggie Gillum for a copy of the recorded webinar.

Webinar agenda and presenters

1. Industry background and BIM pilot projects: Joe Brenner, WSP and Tom Saad, FHWA
2. Technical requirements and specifications: Francesca Maier, Fair Cape Consulting
3. IFC bridge data exchanges: Tim Chipman, Constructivity
4. Key findings and recommendations: Joe Brenner, WSP
5. Question and answer session: Roger Grant, National Institute of Building Sciences

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Describe how bridge projects are currently being delivered in a BIM environment
2. Identify content of BIM technical requirements for design and construction contracts
3. Discuss the current implementation readiness of IFC data exchanges for bridges

Professional Development Hour Information

Professional engineers (PEs) who register and attend the entire webinar as an individual will be awarded 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs). TRB’s webinar program awards PDH credits only to the registered individual, and not to other members of a group that view the webinar together. To be eligible for the credits, individuals must remain signed in for the entire webinar, including for any question and answer session following the presentations.

Pre-registration is required. Once the webinar starts, you will be unable to register. Individuals that are registered for a webinar but do not receive their confirmation emails due to their organization’s internal firewalls should contact the TRB Helpdesk for assistance in signing in.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

TRB will report credits earned to the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C., 20005.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum.