In the Blue - a Podcast about all things Bluebeam

Get to know Cliff Cole of Penta Building Group (Las Vegas, NV)

Show Notes: Cliff made his way from growing up in Baltimore, MD to earning his degree in Architectural Engineering at North Carolina A&T, to becoming the Director of Virtual Design and Construction with the Penta Building Group. Cliff is in his 16th year at Penta.

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is an HBCU and ranked #7 in the country by HBCU Lifestyle. Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community.

Learn more about North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and the college’s Architectural Engineering program.

Learn what it’s like to apply, get accepted, and begin studies at a University without ever visiting campus. Cliff’s first visit to campus was when he arrived to begin his studies (sight unseen). And it worked out well.

Cliff offers advice to high school students considering Construction Management as a career.

What a comfort zone and the mindset to leave that comfort zone can do for a career.

About the Penta Building Group:

The Penta Building Group timeline from its inception in 2000 to now.
The company employees approximately 350 (Salary and Hourly Employees)
Approximately 50% of Penta’s interns are female
Check for available internships and jobs - https://www.pentabldggroup.com/recruit.php

Autodesk articles on Cliff:

Blacks and Minorities in AEC: Perspective of Diversity and Inclusion

“We’ve definitely progressed. I wouldn’t have the opportunity to sit here and be able to tell my story and engage in these conversations 50, 60 years ago. We need to continue that progress. Ultimately, if we as an industry can make each other better, it will also make the world better. This is a marathon, a journey.” – Cliff Cole

Redshift by Autodesk The Importance of Diversity and Inclusion in Construction Is Paramount

Autodesk Construction Blog – “40 under 40”

Lean Construction - https://www.leanconstruction.org/

Meet our co-host and in-house Bluebeam Support expert Natalie Delacruz

ACC Digital Builder - Top 50 Construction Influencers

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Show Notes: Episode 9

James Gammon is an Iraq War Veteran who found his way to Cook and Boardman. The Cook & Boardman family of companies is the largest distributor of commercial doors, frames & hardware, electronic access control equipment and specialty (Division 10) products in the U.S. They also provides full systems integration services through its A3 Communications division - including physical security, access control, wireless networking, low voltage cabling, audio/visual and managed information technology products.

James’ LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-gammon-3829258b/
Learn more about Cook and Boardman at https://www.cookandboardman.com/
Open Positions at the company https://jobs.jobvite.com/cookandboardman
Learn how James ended up as the Corporate Technology manager.
In addition to Bluebeam Revu, the company uses Comsense – Software for Architectural Opening Distribution https://www.comsenseinc.com/
Entire branches going paperless. The branches were Incentivized with 55” monitors for their workstations.
Find out more about Division 8 (Door frames and hardware) , Division 10 (bathroom accessories) touchless systems, as well as Division 27 and 29 (Access controls)
James talks about how Covid changed their product offerings.
They’ve taken “one stop shop” to the extreme by covering everything in their bids.

James answers some questions about the immediate future. * What tech is going to exist in commercial establishment in 3 years that may not exist now? What’s going away due to technology advances and Covid concerns? * How will working from home affect Tenant Improvement opportunities for construction professionals? * The number of employees working from home has tripled demand for the Bluebeam Revu inside the Company.

Given that we recorded this episode right at lunch time, we discuss the finer points of Memphis vs Carolina Style BBQ.

We wrap up this episode with Natalie’s Tech Corner as Natalie Delacruz gives us her take on Bluebeam Revu 20. New Features, enhancement, fixes, and more.

If you’d like to see what Bluebeam Revu and Bluebeam Studio can do for you, let us know. We can be reached at podcast@uscad.com

Do you have a compelling story to tell about Bluebeam Revu? Let us know.

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Michael’s LinkedIn Profile

“Specifically Speaking with Michael Wright” by Security System News

Michael explains:

UL (Underwriters Laboratories) – What is it? Who uses it?
Bluebeam Revu and why Michael asked himself “Where has this been all my life?”
How do Hollywood A-Listers and Tech Venture Capitalists approach Security?
How COVID has affected the way he operates.
Retina Scanners, why aren’t they everywhere?
Discussion on security vs privacy. Can we have it both ways?
His use of Bluebeam Studio Projects
Retrofitting century old Brownstones with today’s security cameras.

Natalie Delacruz shows how to embed images (even live video feeds) into PDF Files with Bluebeam Revu.

U.S. CAD Online University – Online Training on AutoCAD, Civil 3Dm BIM 360 ,and Revit.

30-day Trial of Bluebeam Revu

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Greg sits with us to discuss the story of Villaume. He tells us about the longevity of the family owned company (Villaume has been around since 1882), the longevity of his own tenure with the company, and the timely adoption of Bluebeam Revu, Mitek, and Microsoft Teams.

Show Notes

Greg’s Linkedin ProfileLearn more about Villaume Industries Online University (US CAD’s online Training platform) Link to 30-day trial of Revu

“Real” Blueprints from the Villaume archives. Why are blueprints no longer blue?

Photos of typical workstations at Villaume 4-monitor workstations including 43" Vizio Display

Upcoming U.S. CAD webinars https://uscad.com/events/category/webinar/ Natalie Delacruz shows us the Bluebeam Stapler

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Show Notes:

Nathan Wood Nathan Wood’s LinkedIn Profile Spectrum AEC - http://www.spectrumaec.com/ Construction Progress Coalition

BB Academy in Kansas City, Missouri - Register Today

BB Academy in Honolulu, Hawaii - Register Today

CDX What is CDX? Common Data Exchange, learn more Scholarship for CDX Scholarship Fund by Bluebeam ($20k) – Stay tuned for more information PDF Guidelines 1.0 - https://www.constructionprogress.org/pdf.html Hyperlinks in Revit in PDF Documents Batch Hyperlinking - Bluebeam Revu - AutoMark & Batch Hyperlink Podcast - Construction Shared Pains (Twitter Hashtag #Sharedpains)

Apps mentioned in this episode: Bluebeam Studio Prime - https://orangeblade.com/product/bluebeam-studio-prime/

ePermit Hub - http://epermithub.com/

Accela - https://www.accela.com/

Tyler - https://www.tylertech.com/

Where to find Nathan in the coming months early 2020:

Hanson Wade Conferences - Feb 3& 4 in Dallas - https://www.advancing-prefabrication.com/

MCAA Conference -San Diego - Jan 29-31 - https://www.mcaa.org/events/calendar/construction-technology-conference-2-3/

Other notable terms from our discussion:

AGC workflow documents - https://www.agc.org/

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_project_delivery

Building Information Modeling (BIM) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_information_modeling

Natalie’s Tech corner: If you are experiencing a Fatal Error when opening Revu and a corrupt Roboto font. Here is where to get the Roboto Font

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David Rekker of Bluebeam Canada David joins us to talk about a career path that took him from construction to engineering to software and the role that Bluebeam played.

David Rekker’s LinkedIn Profile
David Rekker’s Bluebeam eXtreme Conference (now known as XCON) 2013 Slide Deck for his presentation titled “Using Revu to Manage LEED Projects”
Bluebeam XCON 2020 Call for Presenters and Conference Info - https://www.bluebeamextreme.com/
MMM Group acquired by WSP
30-day trial of Bluebeam Revu

The Orange Blade Consultants - a U.S. CAD Company's Bluebeam Store * Bluebeam Training Options

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Ted Moberg of U.S. CAD - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tedmoberg/

Laser Scanning Services from US CAD

Questions/ Comments to Podcast@uscad.com

How Bluebeam Revu fits into Laser Scan workflows

Leica Scanners: BLK360 andRTC360

Roboto font from Google fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto

Bluebeam Academy 2019 in Minneapolis, MN on October 24, 2019 – Register today

Scanning tools video

In 30 Minutes, Everything You Need to Know About the Leica BLK360

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Watch this link for upcoming 2020 Volterra, Italy trip registration Volterra-detroit.org
Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) Website
Rob Sinclair LinkedIn
CEC 2019 Volterra
Etruscan Arch - Oldest in Italy
If you’re interested in earning your drone pilots license contact U.S. CAD for our FAA Part 107 practice course
Drone Deploy with Bluebeam
Bluebeam Atlas
Autodesk Expert Elite Program
Bluebeam Drawings
Bluebeam Pricing and 30-day Trial

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Show Notes

Bluebeam XCON Sessions
Allucent.io
Adam Everts' Linkedin profile
When I try to highlight something on my drawing it highlights the entire sheet! Highlighting in Revu blogpost in regard to Natalie's Tech Corner
XCON class by Adam Evarts - Realize the Full Potential of PDF Forms in any Workflow

OVERVIEW of Session: QA/QC punchlists, city inspections, RFIs, submittals, safety reports, bid forms, time cards and on…and on. Is your firm really taking full advantage of what PDF forms have to offer? This session will provide tips and tricks on making the form creation and data extraction process easier. Features discussed will include how to automate form creation, conglomerate form data, and how to create efficient workflows. In addition, there will be a deep dive portion of the presentation that shows how to use JavaScript and Excel® VBA to tie Excel spreadsheets to PDF forms for auto-generation and maintenance of dropdown lists.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

In this session, you will learn:

The basic elements of PDF forms.
How to create PDF forms, using Excel.
How to auto-name form fields using JavaScript.
How to link a spreadsheet to a PDF form for populating and maintaining dropdowns and list boxes.

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