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Michael McGuire
Disrupting Education in Digital Construction, ft. Michael McGuire
Lecturer at New College Lanarkshire. An Autodesk Certified Instructor with 21 years CAD experience and over 12 years of structural steelwork and fabrication experience, my main responsibilities lie in developing and teaching the HNC and HND Computer Aided Architectural Design and Technology courses. I am also…
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- Lecturer
- Qualification
- Chartered
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2022
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Episode 0121 · Architecture Social
Disrupting Education in Digital Construction, ft. Michael McGuire
Did you know that there is a WORLD EVENT for Digital Construction Skills every year and a team from the UK competes against other global countries on different challenges against the clock such as modelling a project in BIM against the clock?!

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- 05:00 · WorldSkills and digital construction competitions · Audio only
- 10:00 · BIM challenges and modelling against the clock · Audio only
- 15:00 · Michael McGuire and New College Lanarkshire · Audio only
- 20:00 · Making students employable in construction · Audio only
- 25:00 · Training Manager work and WorldSkills preparation · Audio only
- 30:00 · Digital construction skills and industry expectations · Audio only
About
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The person behind the work.
Lecturer at New College Lanarkshire. An Autodesk Certified Instructor with 21 years CAD experience and over 12 years of structural steelwork and fabrication experience, my main responsibilities lie in developing and teaching the HNC and HND Computer Aided Architectural Design and Technology courses. I am also responsible for the writing and delivery of the new National Curriculum BIM qualifications awarded by the SQA. I am the Training Manager for the WorldSkills UK BIM team training to compete in Shanghai 2022.
I have a comprehensive and detailed knowledge of AutoCAD, Revit, Digital collaboration, Building Information Modelling and 3ds Max Design.
I am also responsible for Revit training from Introduction through to professional Autodesk certification.
Watch or listen to the full conversation in the Architecture Social CPD: Digital Construction Education and Employability: A CPD with Michael McGuire.
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- Current role
- Lecturer
- Qualification
- Chartered
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2022
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