The masonry industry initiative, Building Information Modeling for Masonry (BIM-M), announces the 2017 BIM-M Symposium will be held May 4-5. It will be hosted by the International Masonry Institute at the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers’ District Council Training Center in Addison, Ill.
The symposium is intended for architects, engineers, contractors, BIM users, and owners who design and construct with masonry. Presenters will highlight the state-of-the-art in BIM technology to simplify masonry design and detailing and improve project collaboration. The BIM-M initiative is sponsored by 30 masonry industry partners in the U.S. and Canada. The Executive Committee includes:
- International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
- International Masonry Institute
- Mason Contractors Association of America
- National Concrete Masonry Association
- The Masonry Society
- Brick Industry Association
- Western States Clay Products
Sponsors are:
Adams/ an Oldcastle Company – Robert Carmody (Robert.Carmody@oldcastle.com)
Biggs Consulting Engineering – David Biggs (biggsconsulting@att.net)
bsYOUNG & associates (SMART|dynamics of masonry) – Betty Young (publisher@bsyoung.com) Cast Stone Institute – Jan Boyer (jboyer@caststone.org)
Charles Pankow Foundation – Mark Perniconi (mperniconi@pankowfoundation.org) Collaborative Consulting Group – Art Theusch (art.theusch@collaborativecg.com)
Concrete Masonry Association of California and Nevada – Kurt Siggard (kurt@cmacn.org) Oneonta Block-Duke Concrete Products – Bob Harlem (rharlem@oneontablock.com)
Georgia Institute of Technology – Russell Gentry (russell.gentry@coa.gatech.edu)
Hanley-Wood LLC – Willian Palmer (wpalmer@hanleywood.com)
Interstate Brick – Jeff Elder (jeff.elder@interstatebrick.com)
Mason Contractors’ Association (Michigan) – Kevin Ryan masonrydevelopers@gmail.com
Mason Contractors Association of St Louis – Dave Gillick (dave.mca@sbcglobal.net)
Masonry Association of Florida – Pat McLaughlin (pat@masonryeducation.org)
Masonry Institute of America – John Chrysler (jc@masonryinstitute.org)
Masonry Institute of Michigan – Dan Zechmeister (dan@masonryinfo.org)
Masonry Institute of St. Louis – Darrell McMillian (misldarrell@masonrystl.org)
Michigan Mason Contractors’ Association – Jerry Snyder (jsnyder@bestblock.net)
New York State Concrete Masonry Association – Nick Carparelli (nfcconcretemasonry@gmail.com) New York State Structural Masonry Coalition – Nick Carparelli (nfcconcretemasonry@gmail.com) North Carolina Mason Contractors Association – Lynn Nash (LNash@ncmca.com)
Northwest Concrete Masonry Association – Tom Young (tcyoung@nwcma.org)
Spec-Mix – Brian Carney (briancarney@specmix.com
Further details and registration information will be forth coming on the BIM-M website. Be sure to save the date and join us at the symposium!
