Dean Whisennant
Batesburg
Summary
Accomplished Senior VDC Plumbing Specialist with over 9 years experience in showcasing expertise in Revit, Navisworks, Revizto, Fabparts, Evolve, Procore, and Bluebeam. Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale construction projects to success through exceptional planning, coordination, and a strong passion for BIM coordination. Renowned for critical thinking and teamwork, significantly enhancing project efficiency and accuracy. Journeyman Licensed Plumber with a few years of commercial plumbing field experience as well.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
VDC Plumbing Specialist III
Harris Company
02.2024 - Current
- Plumbing VDC project lead for some of the largest construction projects in the nation and managed several other detailers on the project.
- Created schedules, fabrication drawings, BOM's, spool maps, spool sheets, sleeve drawings, hanger drawings, exported hanger points to Trimble.
- Proficient with Revit, Navisworks, Revizto, Evolve, Fabparts, Bluebeam, Procore, and Autodesk Construction Cloud.
- Proficient in reading construction drawings, submittals, and specs and implementing this information into the models.
- Created RFI's from a multitude of different coordination issues to resolve conflicts with installation.
- Coordinated with PM's, foreman, general contractors, and other subcontractors. Attended coordination meetings and resolved many different types of clashes and coordination issues with other trades.
- Able to bring in an engineers plumbing design model and make the routing of the plumbing more efficient and up to code and perform some design-assist on the projects.
Senior VDC Plumbing Specialist
Ferguson Enterprises Inc
05.2022 - 02.2024
- Modeled and coordinated plumbing on large scale construction projects for some of the largest mechanical contractors in the nation.
- Analyzed 3D Revit models provided by design team and engineers and set up the Revit models from scratch to start the modeling and coordination process and produce fabricatable LOD 400 models.
- Proficient in Revit, Navisworks, Fabparts, Revizto, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Procore, and Bluebeam.
- Able to implement all submittal information and equipment Revit models into the model for more accurate models.
- Produced hangers and hanger drawings for all systems and coordinated all hangers within the models.
- Modeled sleeves for plumbing and then produced sleeve drawings to send out to the field for installation.
- Able to correct any flaws with the routing of plumbing in design models from engineers to bring the plumbing up to code and provide a working plumbing system.
- Proficient in reading construction documents such as contract drawings (Arch, Struct, Mech, Civil, Plumbing, Kitchen), submittals, specifications, and details and then implementing these into the models to produce a more accurate model that is ready for fabrication.
- Produced Plumbing shop drawings, spools, spool sheets, spool maps for installation in the field.
- Ran Clash reports in Navisworks and cleared up any clashes with the plumbing vs. other trades
- Proficient in recognizing constructability issues and producing RFI's to get answers to the critical questions we need for coordination purposes
- Attended coordination meetings between the General contractors, Project Managers, and other subcontractors to discuss a wide range of coordination issues
- Coordinated many different plumbing projects including multi-story commercial projects, K-12 Schools, Colleges and Universities, Stadiums, Hospitals, Medical Buildings, Warehouses, Arenas, Plants, and high rise commercial and office buildings.
VDC Plumbing Specialist
WB Guimarin
12.2015 - 03.2022
- Developed primary Revit models to showcase final product designs and produce fabricatable models for installation.
- Used Revit, Navisworks, Sysque, & BIM360 to coordinate all the plumbing on large scale commercial projects.
- Attended coordination meetings with General contractors and multiple subcontractors to coordinate trades within the models utilizing Navisworks for clash detection.
- Communicated with project Managers, foreman, general contractors, other trades and estimators to coordinate jobs more efficiently.
- Experience with Trimble Total Stations and Leica GPS rovers for layout of hanger points.
- Proficient in reading construction drawings, specifications, submittals, and details. Implemented all construction documents into the models to ensure they were as accurate as possible and ready for fabrication
- Produced coordination drawings for field installation
- Produced hangers and coordinated hangers within the models. Also produced sleeve drawings for all penetrations for all systems.
- Trained other modelers on how to use Revit, Sysque, and Navisworks more efficiently.
- Produced As-built drawings for owners, engineers, and architects.
- Took Engineer's models and turned them into accurate models for prefabrication
- Certified Journeyman Plumber
- As a commercial plumber, I installed waste lines, vent lines, domestic water lines, storm drains, water heaters, and many different plumbing fixtures. Operated excavator for underground plumbing installation.
- Attended many courses with Virtual Design and Construction Institute on Sysque, Revit, Navisworks, and AutoCAD.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Retail Management
University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC05.2014
Skills
- Planning and Coordination
- Strong Eagerness to Learn
- Very dependable
- Strong Passion for BIM Coordination
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Critical Thinking
- Training and Development
- Decision Making
- Flexible and Adaptable
- Great Work Ethic
- Plumbing Knowledge
- Proficient at reading Construction drawings, Submittals, and Specs
Certification
Licensed Journeyman Plumber
Multiple Revit and AutoCAD courses completed from the Virtual Design and Construction Institute
Timeline
VDC Plumbing Specialist III
Harris Company
02.2024 - Current
Senior VDC Plumbing Specialist
Ferguson Enterprises Inc
05.2022 - 02.2024
VDC Plumbing Specialist
WB Guimarin
12.2015 - 03.2022
Bachelor of Science - Retail Management
University of South Carolina - Columbia
Licensed Journeyman Plumber
Multiple Revit and AutoCAD courses completed from the Virtual Design and Construction Institute
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