Academic Leadership and the Evolution of Construction

"Digitally preserving cultural heritage sites through collecting, archiving and providing open access to data created by laser scanning, digital modeling and other state-of-the-art technologies."...CyArk Mission Statement

Printing Office at San Jose History Park
Photo Courtesy of History San Jose

Historic Documentation

Low Resolution Laser Scan of Print Office at SJ History Park
Laser Scan by Ken Hanna, NVentum, LLC

BIM Development

Laser Scan of Printing Office w/Photo Overlay
Laser Scan w/Texture Map by Ken Hanna, NVentum, LLC.

Facility Documentation

Laser Scan by Ken Hanna, NVentum, LLC.
(Low Resolution)

As-Built Construction Documentation

Low Resolution Scan of Printing Office
Ken Hanna, NVentum, LLC.

Academic Leaders in Modern Construction
"The Center for Advance Spatial Technologies (CAST) is dedicated to research and applications in geospatial analysis and modeling, enterprise spatial databases, remote sensing, digital photogrammetry and geospatial interoperability and has been selected as a Center of Excellence by Intergraph Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Trimble Navigation LTD., Sun Microsystems, Skyline Software, Definiens Imaging Software, PCI Geomatics, Safe Software, IONIC Software and eSpatial Systems."...Mission Statement for Center for Advance Spatial Technologies at University of Arkansas.

"The CIFE mission is to be the world's premier academic research center for Virtual Design and Construction of Architecture-Engineering-Construction (AEC) industry projects...to support exceptionally reliable engineering and management practices to plan, design, construct and operate sustainable facilities."...Mission statement for the Center for Integrated Facility Engineering- CIFE at Stanford University

"a digital representation of physical and functional charateristics. A BIM is a shared knowledge resources for information about a facility forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life-cycle; defined as existing from earliest conception to demolition."...Penn State University's Computer Integrated Construction Resource Program

Notable University BIM/VDC Programs

Carnegie Mellon University  

Texas A&M- BIM at UTexas

UTexas at Austin- UTexas Field Systems and Construction Automation Laboratory (FSCAL)

Georgia Institute of Technology- Construction Information Technology Laboratory (CITL)

Virginia Tech- Real-time and Automated Monitoring and Control (RAAMAC) laboratory

 Massachusetts Institute of Technology-  Feniosky Pena-Mora Research Group
Penn State University- Computer Integrated Construction Research Program

Notable BIM Certificate Programs

http://www.cadteacher.com/cad400.htm

University of San Diego Extension Program

http://www.evc.edu/bat/bim.pdf

Evergreen Valley College BIM/VDC Program

http://www.cadmasters.com/training1.asp?title=training&gclid=CJa__tnR07ACFQhahwod51WP3Q

CAD Masters, Inc.- AutoDesk Authorized Training Centers

http://au.autodesk.com/

Autodesk University Online

http://www.scps.nyu.edu/areas-of-study/real-estate/professional-certificates/aec-certificates/building-information-modeling-using-revit.html

New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies

http://construction.org/

The Construction Institute- (University of Hartford, CT.)

http://www.turnerconstruction.com/turner-university
Turner University- Turner Construction