Construction Industry: Going Digital in the Field

Course details

The digital revolution has transformed how the construction industry handles drawings. Gone are piles of paper printouts; now professionals are pairing mobile devices with digital drawings. In this course, you can learn about some of the many ways digital drawings are taking over the construction industry and the most popular tools for creating, editing, and managing these drawings in the field. Instructor Jim Rogers demos software such as BIM 360, Procore, PlanGrid, Bluebeam Revu, and Acrobat, and cover key digital workflows, from planning revisions to collaborating with clients and colleagues outside your team.

Topics include:
BIM 360 digital docs
Managing drawings with Procore
Doing takeoffs with Bluebeam Revu
Planning revisions with Procore
Handling RFIs with PlanGrid
Collaborating digitally

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Adopting digital works
02 - How to go digital

1. Digital Construction Drawings

03 - BIM 360 digital docs, part 1
04 - BIM 360 digital docs, part 2
05 - Using Procore to manage drawings, part 1
06 - Using Procore to manage drawings, part 2
07 - PlanGrid - Digital drawings in the palm of your hand
08 - Using Bluebeam Revu to do takeoffs, part 1
09 - Using Bluebeam Revu to do takeoffs, part 2
10 - Using Fieldwire for plans in the field
11 - Using Adobe Acrobat to mark up drawings, part 1
12 - Using Adobe Acrobat to mark up drawings, part 2

2. Digital Workflow

13 - Introducing digital management
14 - Considerations for going digital
15 - Planning revisions in a digital environment with Procore
16 - Improving the punch list process with Procore
17 - Changing the way RFIs are handled with PlanGrid
18 - Collaborating outside your team

Conclusion

19 - Next steps