Friday, December 14, 2012

The Consortium is Growing



Recently at AU we had the pleasure of not only meeting but I was happy in having a small part in getting our newest Consortium member over to the USA, Vegas and AU for his first time... Please help us welcome the two newest members of the LARUG Leadership Consortium: The aforementioned Martijn de Riet and Darren Roos.

Martijn has already penned some fantastic articles in AUGIworld, as well as being a moderator for the Revit Forum (RFO), plus he is, as he states: a "Former building engineer gone rogue. Freelance BIM & Revit consultant. Brutally honest, straightforward. Boxtel, Netherlands" http://www.mdr-advies.nl
 
Darren has now been through his first major presentation (AKA: Trial by Fire) with The Consortium's Marcello Sgambelluri, Troy Gates and Jay Zallan and he not only held his own but capped the Coordinate and Dominate class with perfectly astounding technological advances helping AECO and the processes of getting the built environment built...well, ...better!!!

Since Martijn, Darren, Joe, Brian and Jennifer could not make the annual LARUG Consortium End of Year Party in person we raised a toast to you all and not only wish you the greatest of New Years but also look forward to the future with all of your ongoing input, leadership, support and guidance!!!

I for one can say I am better for knowing and working with you all, THANK YOU!!!

The @LARUG 2013 Leadership Consortium is:

Jay B Zallan | President LARUG | Los Angeles | LARUG Consortium





Jennifer Storey | President LARUG | Ohio





Troy Gates | President LARUG | Orange County





Brian Andresen | President LARUG | San Francisco





Martijn de Riet | President LARUG | Netherlands





Marcello Sgambelluri | Vice President LARUG Consortium | Breakthroughs Division





Elisa de Dios | Vice President LARUG Consortium | Secretary





Joe Mendez | Vice President LARUG Consortium | Visualization Division





Darren Roos | Vice President LARUG Consortium | Construction Division



HAPPY NEW YEAR (AS IF IT REALLY WAS 'NEW') TO YOU, THE MEMBERS, FRIENDS, SUPPORTERS AND FAMILIES OF LARUG.


Tuesday, November 13, 2012

LARUG | November 2012 Special

We are doing a special walk-through, class presentation design, rehearsal and those 'lucky' enough to be in LA tomorrow night can swing by, watch and who knows, even help!!! With Comments that is ;-)

No recordings, no streaming, as the real class will want to be the first!!! Going to AU2012? Sign up for this class by hitting the link:  AB2965 - Coordinate and Dominate BIM Project Success




You will glean insights from: 
Troy Gates
BIM Director, early Revit adopter, respected Technology Expert.






Darren Roos
BIM Director, Construction Technology Leader and AEC influencer.







Marcello Sgambelluri
BIM Director, Process and Technology Mentor and Modeling Breakthrough Artist.









 Jay B Zallan 
BIM Director focused on Transforming AECO's Viewpoints for Success.











LARUG Consortium

       Jay B Zallan | @JayZallan
    Marcello Sgambelluri | @marcellosgamb 
          Troy Gates | @TroyGates
            Joe Mendez | @jmendez_rtkl
Jennifer Storey | @Storeyjl
 Elisa de Dios | @dedios
           Brian Andresen | @cadbimmanager

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

LARUG Presents: Essentially Revit | October 2012 | Handouts & Links


Los Angeles | San Francisco | Orange County | Inland Empire | The Rest of Earth
Handouts & Presentation Links Los Angeles Revit Users Group Presents: Essentially Revit  
Note: We will be twitterlicious during the presentations, so if you have comments or questions use @LARUG and we can interact live as well... Digital spit-wads are always appreciated! 

October 2012 | Recordings
All Live Streams begin at 5:40pm+/- and the Presentations themselves start about 6pm
All times PST -That should leave enough time to get all hooked up ;-) -Live links will be posted just before we begin each night, so refresh the page about 15-20 minutes prior to our scheduled start time and links should show up red, underlined ;-) ...refresh again if not...We use a 20 minute countdown that can be seen live...
October 2012 | Handout Links
  1. LARUG Presents | Marcello Sgambelluri | Adaptive Components & Mass Families
  2. LARUG PresentsJennifer L Storey | Phasing in Revit
  3. LARUG Presents | Joe Mendez | Visualization Alternatives
  4. LARUG Presents | Jay B Zallan | Shared Coordinates 
October 2012 | LARUG YouTube Channel
Recorded session videos will immediately after the live presentations & will continue to be added to at: LARUGsBIMconsortium Youtube Channel Videos

Image below links to LARUG Presents: Essentially Revit | October Agenda & Location posting!!!
Cheers, -J


Wednesday, October 10, 2012

LARUG Presents: Essentially Revit | October 2012


Los Angeles | San Francisco | Orange County | Inland Empire | The Rest of Earth
You are all invited!!! Los Angeles Revit Users Group Presents: Essentially Revit
October 2012 Agenda 
  • Family Creation Techniques | Marcello Sgambelluri | 30 min | LA & Recording Only
  • Phases, Phase Filters, Demo | Jennifer L Storey | 30 min
  • Shared Coordinates | Jay B Zallan | 30 min
  • 3rd Party Addons | Joe Mendez | 30 min
    October 2012 Locations
    Los Angeles | RTKL
    Wednesday, October 17th | 6:00 pm
    333 South Hope Street
    Suite C200  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071

    Orange County | OCE OC
    Thursday, October 18th | 6:00 pm 
    3210 El Camino Real 
    #100
    Irvine, CA 92602


    Inland Empire | WLC Architects IE
    Wednesday, October 24th | 6:00 pm 
    8163 Rochester Avenue
    #100
    Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730


    San Francisco | WLC Architects SF
    Thursday, October 25th | 6:00 pm 
    2600 Tenth Street
    #500
    Berkeley, CA 94710


    The Rest of The World
    Note: The presentations themselves will begin at 6:30 pm PST... If you are not able to make it to one of the meetings listed above, we will be sharing these digitally, both live streaming, as well as via recordings... we will be tweeting (and posting more in this blog) about that in the days to come, as mentioned above :-) -so if you haven't already please do follow LARUG & The Leadership Consortium: LARUG | @LARUG

    LARUG Consortium

           Jay B Zallan | @JayZallan
        Marcello Sgambelluri | @marcellosgamb 
              Troy Gates | @TroyGates
                Joe Mendez | @jmendez_rtkl
    Jennifer Storey | @Storeyjl
     Elisa de Dios | @dedios
               Brian Andresen | @cadbimmanager

    LARUG Thanks You!!! And...

    A Special Thanks to our sponsors for supporting LARUG: 
    Los Angeles & Inland Empire

    Orange County
    OCE USA
     San Francisco, Bay Area

    More special thanks also go out to our host firms, as well as my personal thanks to The Consortium for all of their hard work, The Consortium IS truly one of the BIM Dream Teams!!! 
    -J

    Wednesday, September 19, 2012

    LARUG Presents: Essentially Revit | September 2012 Handouts & Links


    Los Angeles | San Francisco | Orange County | Inland Empire | The Rest of Earth
    Handouts & Presentation Links Los Angeles Revit Users Group Presents: Essentially Revit  
    Note: We will be twitterlicious during the presentations, so if you have comments or questions use @LARUG and we can interact live as well... Digital spit-wads are always appreciated! 

    September | 2012 | Recordings

    All Live Streams begin at 5:40pm+/- and the Presentations themselves start about 6pm
    All times PST -That should leave enough time to get all hooked up ;-) -Live links will be posted just before we begin each night, so refresh the page about 15-20 minutes prior to our scheduled start time and links should show up...refresh again if not...We use a 20 minute countdown that can be seen live...

    SEPTEMBER RECORDED PRESENTATION OC

    SEPTEMBER RECORDED PRESENTATION SF Note that the audio comes in at about 5:16...we are editing the off portion out, so it shall be fixed/edited... Jay's presentation begins at 15:57...

    September | 2012 | Handout Links

    1) LARUG Presents_Jay B Zallan_Bootlegging Keynotes for Good not Evil II.pdf
    1a) 2013 JBZ_LARUG_Custom _Keynotes.txt

    2) LARUG Presents_Troy R Gates_Formula Driven Families & Noteblocks.pptx

    -Note: One of the following 'Comments' families will need the main letter field made to be associated with the proper "visibility" parameter. -A good way to see how it's made!!!
    2a) Revit Formulas for Everyday Usage_Revit Forum.pdf
    2b) Family: Comments.rfa
    2c) Family: Keyplan.rfa
    2d) Family: Project Comments.rfa

    3) LARUG Presents_Brian Andresen_Worksharing.pdf

    September | 2012 | LARUG YouTube Channel

    Recorded session videos will post shortly after the live presentations & will continue to be added to at:
    LARUGsBIMconsortium Youtube Channel Videos

    Image below links to LARUG Presents: Essentially Revit | September Agenda & Location(s) posting!!!
    Cheers, -J



    Tuesday, September 11, 2012

    LARUG Presents: Essentially Revit | September


    Los Angeles | San Francisco | Orange County | Inland Empire | The Rest of Earth
    You are all invited!!! Los Angeles Revit Users Group Presents: Essentially Revit

    September 2012 Agenda 
    Los Angeles | Oce North America
    Wednesday, September 19th | 6pm Sharp | 2 ½ hours+/-
    • Host Presentation | a Few Minutes
    • LARUG’s Maniac Moment | with Marcello Sgambelluri | Live Only, 15 minutes +/-
    • Bootlegging Keynotes | Jay B Zallan | 45 minutes
    • Formula based Parameters / Note Blocks | Troy Gates | 45 minutes
    • Worksharing & Worksets | Brian Andresen | 30 minutes

    Orange County | Brookfield Homes
    Thursday, September 20th | 6pm Sharp | 2 ½ hours+/-
    • Host Presentation | 20 Minutes
    • Bootlegging Keynotes | Jay B Zallan | 45 minutes
    • Formula based Parameters / Note Blocks | Troy Gates | 45 minutes
    • Worksharing & Worksets | Brian Andresen | 30 minutes

    Inland Empire | NTD Architecture
    Tuesday, September 25th | 6pm Sharp | 2 ½ hours+/-
    • Host Presentation | 20 Minutes
    • LARUG’s Maniac Moment | with Marcello Sgambelluri | Live Only, 15 minutes +/-
    • Bootlegging Keynotes | Jay B Zallan | 45 minutes
    • Formula based Parameters / Note Blocks | Troy Gates | Remote, 45 minutes
    • Worksharing & Worksets Brian Andresen | Remote, 30 minutes

    San Francisco | SOM
    Wednesday, September 26th | 6pm Sharp | 2 ½ hours+/-
    • Host Presentation | a Few Minutes
    • Bootlegging Keynotes | Jay B Zallan | Remote, 45 minutes
    • Formula based Parameters / Note Blocks | Troy Gates | 45 minutes
    • Worksharing & Worksets | Brian Andresen | 30 minutes
    September 2012 Locations

    Los Angeles
    Oce North America
    Los Angeles, CA 90017

    Orange County
    Brookfield Homes
    3090 Bristol Street, Suite 200
    Costa Mesa, CA 92626
    Brookfield parking Instructions:
    When you pull in “Hotel Way” park on the parking structure located behind the buildings (see link). Do NOT park in the Hilton’s parking structure, which is located south (right hand side) as you drive in on Hotel Way. Parking after hours is free of charge.

    Inland Empire (or thereabouts :-)
    NTD Architecture
    955 Overland Courte, Suite 100
    San Dimas, CA 91773

    San Francisco
    SOM
    One Front Street
    San Francisco, CA 94111 

    The Rest of The World
    If you are not able to make it to one of the meetings listed above, we will be sharing these digitally, both live streaming, as well as via recordings... we will be tweeting (and posting more in this blog) about that in the days to come, as mentioned above :-) -so if you haven't already please do follow LARUG & The Leadership Consortium: LARUG | @LARUG

    The Consortium

    Jay B Zallan | @JayZallan
    Marcello Sgambelluri | @marcellosgamb 
    Troy Gates | @TroyGates
    Joe Mendez | @jmendez_rtkl
    Jennifer Storey | @Storeyjl
    Elisa de Dios | @dedios
    Brian Andresen | @cadbimmanager

    Thank You!!!

    Thanks to our sponsors for supporting LARUG: 
    Los Angeles
    OCE USA
     
    Orange County & Inland Empire Sponsors: 

    San Francisco Sponsors:

    Special thanks also goes out to all of our host firms, as well as my personal thanks to The Consortium for all of their hard work, The Consortium IS truly one of the BIM Dream Teams!!! 
    -J