2017_CommitteesAnnualReport_Final

2017 YEAR IN REVIEW CONT’D

BLAST Focus Area | Standards ■ ■ Autodesk Autocad and Revit – Update cover and border sheets to use and support the available BL Branding guideline.

BLAST Focus Area | Training ■ ■ SiteOps – 3 Day training.

BLAST | Sub-Committee Accomplishments

■ ■ Architecture

○○ Restructuring Committee.

Goals for 2018: ○○ To reevaluate the Revit Guide developed in 2014 to determine how much is still applicable. ○○ To start the process of setting up Revit graphic standards so that text, title blocks and drawing labels are consistent across Architecture, MEP and Structural drawings. ○○ To set up standard locations on the F drive for libraries, templates, and BL details. ○○ To set up some type of on-demand Revit help within the office. For example, set up one email address such as RevitExpert@blcompanies. com and have those emails go to a specific set of BL employees that can assist when Revit questions come up. ■ ■ GIS ○○ Completed Department-specific Project Sheets to inform Project Managers how GIS can be utilized during a project. ○○ Added three members to the Committee. ○○ Recommended the purchase of ESRI Online licenses. Due to our work with Williams on the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline, licenses were purchased to help manage the Environmental Construction Inspections. ○○ Presented “Intro to GIS”, “GIS-CAD Interoperability”, and “Environmental Impacts” training sessions. Goals for 2018: ○○ Continue to make project managers aware of GIS functionality for project usage. ○○ Review ESRI Online practicality as it applies to different disciplines and the Company. ○○ Evaluate how we can incorporate the new drone program into our GIS field work. ○○ Host additional, more advanced GIS Training sessions.

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