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. 

• The Penta Building Group timeline from its inception in 2000 to now.

Blacks and Minorities in AEC: Perspective of Diversity and Inclusion

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

Not using Bluebeam Revu? Get a 30-day trial here.

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/

• 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?

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

If you’d like to see what Bluebeam Revu and Bluebeam Studio can do for you, let us know. We can be reached at [email protected]

Michael’s LinkedIn Profile

“Specifically Speaking with Michael Wright” by Security System News

Michael explains:

• UL (Underwriters Laboratories) – What is it? Who uses it?

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

Show Notes

Greg’s Linkedin Profile

Photos of typical workstations at Villaume 

Upcoming U.S. CAD webinars https://uscad.com/events/category/webinar/

Nathan Wood’s LinkedIn Profile

BB Academy in Honolulu, Hawaii - Register Today

What is CDX? Common Data Exchange, learn more

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:

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

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

Laser Scanning Services from US CAD

Questions/ Comments to [email protected]

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

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

• Watch this link for upcoming 2020 Volterra, Italy trip registration  Volterra-detroit.org

Show Notes

• Bluebeam XCON Sessions

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.

***Approved for one AIA CES Learning Unit***

More on Adam here

Show Notes

Bluebeam Revu update 2018.6 release notes – Update now

Videos with overview of Project Atlas

Bluebeam XCON 2019

Bluebeam Blogs, YouTube Channels, and forums

https://orangeblade.com/blog/

Errors when Printing and how to fix

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