14 Week Program Will Identify Untapped Talent to Learn Applicable Skills in a High-Demand Growing Career Field

 Louisville, KY — Evon Smith, President and CEO at OneWest, announced today that a new Business Information Modeling (BIM) training program will be added to The Plan Room, a business accelerator launched earlier this year designed to support Black and brown business owners in the construction industry. BIM is how modern constructions projects get done. BIM professionals use intelligent software to create 3D construction documents that communicate how to build a building. Architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) professionals can more efficiently plan, design, construct, and manage buildings and infrastructure because of these documents. Most anyone with an interest in design and a basic understanding of computers, and a curious disposition can learn this software and become a key part of the construction process. This highly interactive program provides 14 weeks of instruction to scale up those talented candidates into more meaningful, higher paying careers. Applications are now being accepted for the first training session beginning in July, with a prerequisite technology training course starting in May.

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The Louisville Central Community Center (LCCC), will seek out qualified candidates for this program, and will administer a 4 week computer literacy course to lay the foundation for the 10-week BIM curriculum. LCCC President Kevin Fields explains, “Our goal is to advance equity and promote inclusion on behalf of marginalized groups, such as African Americans and women, who have been
historically under-represented in AEC industries. I believe it to be vitally important that we grow knowledge and skills necessary to design and build communities with local talent of the black community.”To learn more about BIM Training and The Plan Room, visit theplanroom.org.