User:Van.Woods

Contact Information 

Van Woods
Corps of Engineers CAD, BIM, & ProjectWise Manager
Northwest Regional BIM Coordinator
van.woods@usace.army.mil

Professional Information

• http://www.linkedin.com/in/vanwoods

Awards

• Honor Award & USACE Design Team of the Year Award
  • Jackson Avenue 300 Person Barracks (FY-06)
  • Fort Lewis, Washington
  • Interactive Capability Maturity Model rating

Publications

“Case Studies: Evaluating BIM Impact on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction” by Suermann P. and Issa, R. Proceedings of 25th International Conference on Information Technology in Construction (CIB-W78). July 15-17, 2008, Santiago, Chile. http://www.bimwiki.com/@api/deki/files/269/=20080602_-_CIB-W78-Chile_-_Suermann_-_Issa_(2).doc

Suermann, Maj. Patrick C. "Army BIM Pioneers." The Military Engineer. Vol. 100, No. 652, March/April 2008, pgs. 57-58. http://themilitaryengineer.com/issues/March-April_2008/tme_0308.html

Evaluating the Impact of Building Information Modeling (BIM) on Construction" By Suermann, P. and Issa, R. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality. October 22-23, 2007, State College, Pennsylvania. http://www.engr.psu.edu/convr/proceedings/papers/22_Suermann_submission_47.pdf

Graesser, Patricia. "Fort Lewis Whole Barracks Renewal Project Designed with BIM." Public Works Digest Volume XIX, No. 4, July/Aug 2007, pg 34. http://www.imcom.army.mil/site/pw/digest/pwd_julaug07.pdf

"Design - The Next Generation: Building Information Modeling (BIM) Use Expanding in NWS." NWD Regional Business Center It's Your Business, Volume 5, No. 4, April 2007. https://w3.nwd.usace.army.mil/pm/rbc/newsletter/pdf/2007%20issues/2007-04.pdf

Tom Hodgini and Jerry Harbison. "New Processes Will Automate, Assist Army Business Transformation." Public Works Digest Volume XIX, No. 1, Jan/Feb 2007. http://www.imcom.army.mil/site/pw/digest/PWD_JanFeb07.pdf

Presentations

"BIM and CorpsMap: A Concept for Integration in USACE Business Processes." by Woods, V. Presentation at the Technical Exchange Meeting for the USACE Enterprise Geospatial Data and Systems (eGD&S) group, Jan 13, 2009. http://bimwiki.com/@api/deki/files/757/=WoodsV_BIM_and_CorpsMap.eGD%2526S.final.pdf

"Delivering a Bentley BIM Model to the US Army Corps of Engineers." by Woods, V. Mid-Continent MicroStation Community Conference, August 25, 2009. http://bimwiki.com/@api/deki/files/755/=WoodsV_USACE_BIM_HowToDeliver_(1).pdf

"BIM and CorpsMap: A Concept for Integration in USACE Business Processes." by Woods, V. US Army Corps of Engineers 2009 Infrastructure Systems Conference, Cleveland, OH, July 20-24, 2009. http://bimwiki.com/@api/deki/files/752/=WoodsV_BIM_and_CorpsMap.pdf

"BIM From the Owner's Perspective." by Woods, V. Invitational guest presentation to University of Washington CM-515 Advanced Project Management Concepts graduate class, Seattle, WA, May 18, 2009. http://bimwiki.com/@api/deki/files/754/=UW-presentation.2009-05-18.pdf

"BIM Champions in the Federal Government." by Suermann, P. Keynote Speaker - Blast Off with BIM, Autodesk/DLT Solutions Government Event, Cocoa Beach, FL, November 12, 2008. http://bimwiki.com/@api/deki/files/273/=20081112_BIM_Champs_in_Fed_Govt_Suermann.ppt

"BIM & COBIE." by Woods, V. AGC Federal Facilities Committee Meeting, November 6, 2007. http://www.agcwa.com/client/assets/files/districts/Army_Corp_BIM_Powerpoint.pdf

Additional Accomplishments

• Founder: http://bimwiki.com
• Founder: http://cadhub.com
• Founder: LinkedIn BIM Experts Group http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=98421

Contributions

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/VanWoods