H. DeMayta is a BIM expert and architectural designer with over 15 years of professional experience. Her background in construction combined with education in business administration and architecture has given her a wide range of experience across the AEC industry. This cross-discipline experience has led to an intimate knowledge of building design and construction that has proven to be invaluable in her more recent years as a BIM implementation strategist and manager. In these roles she enjoys helping a wide variety of firms and project teams with BIM integration, training, and best practices as well as coordinating their projects with engineering and design counterparts to ensure that the full potential of varying BIM technologies are utilized in their projects. She is fully versed in construction techniques, industry standards, and applicable local and national building codes and how to incorporate these in to BIM models to ensure that compliance and construct-ability is achieved.

B. Mitran has a B.Sc. in Architecture from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines. Mr Mitran is a BIM specialist, and also provides BIM training. 

P. Daner is a Structural CAD and BIM modeller, a role he has performed since 2003. Mr. Daner has extensive experience in Residential and Commercial projects in leading multinational companies, where he focused on Revit Structure, BIM, Naviswork, AutoCAD and CADS RC detailing. Mr. Daner has also been involved in the implementation of BIM and CAD standards, preparation and review of 2D or 3D structural consultant and shop drawings with respect to BS codes. 

Zahran is proficient in BIM modeling.

A. Mondal has over 9 years experience in BIM and CAD Services. He specializes in Revit, Microstation, AutoCad, Nevis and QuickPen.

B. Barkman is an independent CAD/BIM Application Specialist. Since the beginning of his career, he has invested time in the manufacturing, construction, and architectural industries as a drafter, designer, programmer, customizer, and all-around help desk guru. He has worked as an instructor for a technical college, an interior design college, and presently teaches an online class for Revit Architecture and has been training people to use AutoCAD since 2003. Since 2006, Barkman has been helping companies implement Revit and become familiar with BIM methodologies. Throughout his career, he has always served as the answer-man for many software and hardware tools.

M. Robinson is currently an independent CAD consultant, a role he has performed since 2005. Mr. Robinson was previously the head of CAD Manager and IT Support at Brownworth Engineering Associates, a leading MEP design company based in the United States, from 1980 to 2008. Mr. Robinson managed a team of 2D and 3D designers (focusing on Revit, BIM and AutoCAD). His leadership and support resulted in over $500 million in annual revenue for Brownworth Engineering. Mr. Robinson started his career as a CAD Draftsman at Brownworth Engineering, and worked there from 1991 to 2008. He was responsible for implementing the use of CAD tools in the company. Mr. Robinson also worked directly with the companys customers, including architects and engineers.

S. Sebastian is currently an independent CAD consultant, a role she has performed since 2011. Ms. Sebastian was previously the CAD Manager at System Electric Co., an electrical design/build construction company based out of Palm Springs, CA with offices throughout the United States. Ms. Sebastian has worked in the construction field for more than 10 years, and has managed the BIM Coordination on hospitals, universities, data centers, and more. She has also been deeply involved in the design & construction of several high rise condo/hotel buildings. Additionally, she has coordinated with the prefabrication department of System Electric to create layouts, wiring diagrams, build sheets, and more to assist in streamlining the pre-fabrication process. She has experience in converting old drawings in hard copy, TIF, PDF to ACAD.

T. Mifsud is a CAD consultant providing services to architects, engineers, builders , construction managers, and facility managers. He provides a range of CAD services, including implementation, standards and best practices development, training, project support, CADDBIM management and 3D BIM modeling services. He has extensive experience with Revit Architecture, Revit MEP, Navisworks and AutoCAD. He is based in Southern NH which allows him to provide daily on-site services for clients in all 6 New England states. He has extensive real world experience in AEC-FM and CADDBIM management.

Comments

All project are challenging in different ways but the two main challenges are: unrealistic schedules and trying to meet our clients’ expectations

I use AutoDesk Suite and Revit. Pros and cons are too much detail to go into.

Training is ongoing. I have a program for our staff called “sharpen the saw” days, i.e. for 4 days a year (scheduled as work permits for the individual) each person or group selects a specific topic, researches/studies and develops a presentation for the benefit of the entire staff.

We don’t outsource anything in our skill set but do outsource to IT and web content/development consultants

Interview with Mr. T. Mifsud

1. 1. What kinds of clients do you serve?

   We serve architects, construction managers, facilities manager for CAD, REVIT and BIM and our particular areas of expertise are training, implementing software, support services, library development, standards development.

2. What was the most interesting CAD project that you ever worked on? What made it interesting?
   What challenges did you face?

   I work with and support many clients on their projects so there isnt one stand-out that I could describe as the most interesting.

3. Of the software tools that you use, which is your favorite and why?

   REVIT Architecture is my favorite software and I teach classes in it It makes everything easier than 2D AutoCad.

4. What trends are you observing in the market for CAD services? How have these trends affected you, and how are you responding to them?

   Over the last 5 years the trend in New England has moved totally away from drafting in 2D AutoCad. We anticipated this trend, moved ahead of our clients and now work primarily in 3D BIM.

5. What do you like about working as an interim CAD draftsman or external CAD consultant working on a time-bound project?

   I like not being tied to one desk and the challenge of constantly changing projects.

6. Have you ever provided CAD consulting services remotely, either via phone, the Web or email?
   Do you use any screen sharing tools (like Webex, Skype, or GoToMeeting), and are they effective?
   What kinds of questions and problems could you tackle remotely?
   Are there any issues that you feel are better handled face-to-face?

   Ive been using remote software for 6-7 years. The one I prefer now is TeamViewer because it is good for remote support, training, teamwork whereas others we have tried are not as quick or flexible. Working remotely with clients is good for handling all types of questions. For comprehensive introductory training of 2 hours or more its preferred to have a face-to-face meeting.

D. Stockton is provides 2D drafting services to clients in the fields of architecture, civil engineering, and environmental engineering. He also provides BIM services utilizing Autodesk Revit Architecture as well as vectorization with Autodesk Raster Design. He started using AutoCAD in 1991 as a leader in the effort to bring CAD into the engineering department of his employer at the time. He works with a variety of clients, primarily using Autodesk software.