In the past few days, OEC representatives attended the VDC - Virtual Design and Construction Introductory program, based on the concepts and grid of the Stanford Center for Professional Development and CIFE - Center for Integrated Facility Engineering program - a result of a partnership between SINICON (Sindicato Nacional da Indústria da Construção Pesada) and CONEXIG. The entity's initiative aims at to bring its associates closer to strategic partners, offering the opportunity to adhere to the best practices and most modern methodologies available to the infrastructure market.

Christianne Ramos (Contract Management), Daniel de Arruda (Engineering/Works), Daniel Lepikson (Engineering/Innovation), Gabriel de Oliveira (Planning), Juliana Lucas Barroso (Engineering/Projects), Matheus Nogueira (Costs/Budget), and Rafael Malfato (Engineering/Innovation) represented the OEC at the course.

"The VDC methodology is still not widespread in Brazil and represents a step beyond BIM, by optimizing processes and extending the collaborative environment beyond the boundaries of the software used for this purpose. This is an important initiative by SINICON, with the potential to provide an upgrade in the Heavy Construction market, and OEC is very pleased to have participated in this pioneering experience, something that will undoubtedly add more productivity and efficiency to our works," said Daniel Lepikson, responsible for Innovation at OEC.

The course, given for the first time in Brazil, was divided into two modules (basic and intermediate) and lasted 36 hours. Besides the theory, the participants of the associated companies could observe practical content through real cases of VDC methodology implementations in small, medium and large projects in the infrastructure sector.