Course overview

Design-build projects generate a constant flow of drawings, models, schedules, RFIs, submittals, and field updates. Without effective information management, communication gaps can lead to costly errors, delays, rework, and reduced profitability.

This practical course explores how digital delivery, data management, and AI-enabled workflows can improve project coordination, strengthen collaboration, streamline communication, and support faster, better-informed decisions. Participants will learn proven strategies and real-world workflows that can be applied immediately to active projects.

Focused on practical implementation rather than software-specific training, the course provides valuable insights for project managers, coordinators, estimators, superintendents, and other design-build professionals seeking to reduce risk, improve efficiency, minimize rework, and achieve better project outcomes.

Measurable learning objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to execute the following on their current projects:

• Deploy a "Minimal Digital" Standard: Implement a streamlined information management workflow that applies the 80/20 rule—focusing on the exact 20% of digital coordination that eliminates 80% of costly site errors.
• Translate ISO 19650 into Field Reality: Establish practical naming conventions, clear common data environments, and actionable responsibility matrices that improve trade communication without creating extra administrative work.
• Audit & Select High-ROI Tools: Evaluate and select BIM, VDC, and AI workflows (such as automated issue tracking and 4D sequencing) that provide immediate, tangible value to the project team.
• • Diagnose & Resolve Data Bottlenecks: Identify the root causes of incomplete models and late information, applying proven strategies to close the gap between digital design intent and actual construction execution.

Target audience & prerequisites

• Intended Audience: This course is engineered for pragmatic construction professionals - Project Managers, Site Superintendents, Estimators, and Design-Build Coordinators - who are responsible for project delivery, risk mitigation, and the bottom line.
• Prerequisites: Zero software modeling experience is required. The only prerequisite is real-world experience managing design-build projects and a desire to stop losing margins to poor data management.

Delivery format & duration

• Format: Live, interactive webinar. This is a fast-paced "live teardown" format featuring real-world case studies, over-the-shoulder screen shares of digital workflows in action, and interactive field scenarios.
• Duration: 3 Hours. Structured as a high-velocity sprint with scheduled hard breaks to eliminate screen fatigue and maximize retention.

Core modules

Module 01: The Digital Delivery Journey: From Chaos to Control Identifying exactly why project information derails and how poor data flow leads to physical site rework.

Module 02: Setting Standards: ISO 19650 & Communication Translating complex information management standards into highly reliable, easy-to-adopt workflows for your trades.

Module 03: Tools and Workflows That Actually Work A walkthrough of practical BIM/VDC workflows and AI-enhanced automation that support teams rather than creating extra admin work.

Module 04: Real-World Challenges and How to Navigate Them Solving the problems you actually face: incomplete models, poor software adoption, fragmented platforms, and late information.

Course duration

3 hours including Q&A.

Gold Seal Credits: 1