Training Day Midwest

Join us in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday, July 25 for a one-day Bluebeam training event. This exclusive event brings together the AEC community from across the Midwest region for a day of workflow and product education sessions led by Bluebeam experts, as well as presentations from key community leaders.

Who should attend?
Bluebeam Training Day Midwest is geared toward new users or users who want to grow more confident using the core functionality of Bluebeam® Revu® and discover how Revu can be used throughout the entire project lifecycle.

Requirements
A Windows laptop is required in order to participate in the hands-on training sessions. All training day sessions will be given in Bluebeam® Revu® 2018, so please make sure to install or download a trial of our latest release onto your device in order to maximize your participation.

SCHEDULE*

8:00AM–8:30AM | Registration

8:30AM–8:35AM | Welcome

8:35AM–9:30M | Revu Basics
Greg Mosley, Bluebeam, Inc.
Discover Revu’s most commonly used features and how they enhance your existing workflows. Get an in-depth overview of Bluebeam® Revu® 2018 and learn how the streamlined interface and simplified navigation puts the tools you need right where you need them.

9:30AM–10:30AM | Bluebeam Studio & Design Review
Katie Briggs, Bluebeam, Inc.
Discover how the built-in collaboration solution in Revu, Bluebeam Studio, connects project partners worldwide in real-time on the same set of centralized documents, improves communication, and speeds up the design review process.

10:30AM–10:45AM | Break

10:45AM–11:45AM | Creating & Managing Digital Drawing Sets
Amanda Wieting, Bluebeam, Inc.
Create smart, dynamic PDFs to help manage drawings throughout the lifecycle of a project. Connect project files using a variety of the automation tools in Revu and help make important information within drawings more easily and quickly accessible by using digital dashboards.

11:45AM–12:15PM | Professional, Branded Documents Using Only Bluebeam Revu
Micah Vainikka, Knutson Construction
See how Knutson’s construction teams use standard templates, toolsets, and stamps to make professional looking documents with no help needed from the marketing department. Learn how to paste your signature into any document with one click, edit and improve images, and create standard workflows to provide clear communication across your projects.

12:15PM–12:55PM | Lunch

12:55PM–2:25PM | Hands-On Session (Select one below)

Punch (Training)
Erik Schonsett, Bluebeam, Inc.
Streamline your punch process by going paperless with Revu. Track deficiencies in real time using the suite of customizable Punchkey symbols in Revu in conjunction with Studio Sessions to improve communication and increase accountability.

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Takeoffs & Estimates (Training)
Amanda Wieting, Bluebeam, Inc.
Leverage the built-in measurement tools in Revu to quickly perform accurate takeoffs. Develop long-term best practices by saving and sharing customized tools, tracking markups, and creating custom reports that show quantities, costs and totals.

2:25PM–2:40PM | Break

2:40PM–3:10PM | Revu Tips & Tricks
Greg Mosley, Bluebeam, Inc.
Discover easy ways to customize the Revu interact to better suit your specific workflows. Learn keyboard shortcuts and modifier keys to improve overall efficiency, as well as some easy mouse and navigation tricks to get around faster.

3:10PM–3:40PM | Developing Bluebeam Internal Training: Tips & Tricks
Morgan Traynor and Trevor Haden, Ryan Companies
Being your company's "Bluebeam Person" often comes with an endless supply coworkers asking you for a quick lesson or how-to. It also can lead to the bigger ask of developing a sustainable internal training program or training content that can be shared or taught by others. Morgan and Trevor will share tips and tricks for starting small with training and how this can build into a repeatable session or live as content in online learning environments.

3:40PM–4:00PM | Implementing Revu Within Your Team & Wrap-Up
Amanda Wieting & Erik Schonsett, Bluebeam, Inc.
Discuss best practices for implementing Revu on your next project and creating workflow standards that minimize project downtime and improve project efficiency.

*Schedule is subject to change.