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Call for Presenters

Submission Deadline: July 29, 2011

Do you have a great story to tell?

Submit an entry to speak at the 2011 TSI User Group Meeting. Primary speakers selected will receive a complimentary registration to attend the full conference as well as 3 complimentary hotel nights at Planet Hollywood Casino & Resort during the conference.

The TSI CAD CAM and EST User Community are most interested in hearing from other users.  We are calling for customers to participate by giving a 30-minute presentation at the 2011 User Group Meeting.  TSI would like to promote peer-to-peer discussions on topics that would be educational for others in the industry.  The topics of most interest are ones in which a business process has been improved with the implementation of TSI software tools and procedures.  Suggested topics include:

Suggested topics include:

CAM
Spool duct fabrication
Cost tracking via special reports
Implementation of Track-It bar coding
Remote entry ordering

CAD
User of the EST during the detailing process
User FAB product during the coordination process
Case example of using Engineered Autodesk MEP product (AutoCAD MEP or Revit MEP)
User of 3D models after detailing (Hyperlinks, 4D, 5D)
Revit interface to FAB-MEP products

EST
Case examples of using 3D estimates to win project in an interview process
Re-estimating CAD drawing from CAD-Duct/CAD-Mech and comparing to the bid estimate
Takeoff methods
New ways for Estimator to communicate the intended estimate through the use of 3D Estimates

General Topics
Measurement of productivity gains through the use of TSI products
   Coordination topics, for example:
   Use of AGC 3D coordination contact
   How to lead a 3D coordination meeting with 3D tools
Use of Building Data
Simple job-specific BIM execution/implementation plans

DEADLINES
Please note the following deadlines for external speakers at the TSI User Group Meeting

August 12th

Speaker Agreement due
Presentation Outline due
Register as a Conference Speaker on TSI UGM Website
Reserve Hotel Room on TSI UGM Website

August 19th

Draft PowerPoint presentation slides due

August 29th - September 1st

Presentation Content Review by TSI

September 2nd

Confirmation, Feedback & Modifications sent to Speakers

September 9th

Final PowerPoint presentation due

Click here to download a copy of the Call for Presenters submission form requirements to work on offline. Once you are ready to submit, all data must be entered into the online submission form.

Click here to submit your presentation online


For any questions that are not answered on the TSI User Group Meeting website, please contact our event management company, Next Level Marketing Partners.  Erin Lynch 916.996.3138 or erin.lynch@nlmp.com.