CSI Introduces BIM AudioCast Series :  Audio briefs to address basics of Building Information Modeling

CSI launched an AudioCast series focusing on Building Information Modeling (BIM) Monday. CSI is producing the bimWits series in conjunction with the buildingSMART alliance™.

The audio briefs will draw on the knowledge and “wits” of experts working with BIM.

“BIM is an evolving technology that often is vaguely defined and little understood throughout the industry,” CSI Executive Director/CEO Walter T. Marlowe P.E., CSI, CAE, said. “CSI’s new AudioCast series will feature national and international experts who will clearly explain to average practitioners how BIM affects the way they do their jobs.”

The free series, available to the public, will be posted to http://audio.csinet.org on the first and third Mondays of every month. Each episode will address BIM best practices and will generally run between three and eight minutes.

The debut episode features an interview with Deke Smith, Executive Director of the buildingSMART Alliance. Click here to listen to this episode.

The bimWITS AudioCasts will be available online at http://audio.csinet.org, the buildingSMART alliance Web site (www.buildingsmartalliance.org) and iTunes. You don’t need an iPod to hear CSI’s AudioCast – you can listen online through your computer. You can also add the CSI AudioCast to your Web site – look for directions at http://audio.csinet.org.

CSI began offering its AudioCasts in early 2007. The online audio programs feature news, educational topics, interviews and best practices for the design and construction industries. Nearly 120,000 CSI AudioCast episodes have been downloaded.