Lam Nguyen Graduate Engineer | BIM Technician

L joined Structures as a Building Information Modeling Technician with eight years of experience as a structural drafter utilizing Autodesk CADD, Revit, and Navisworks.  Lam has a unique understanding of structural systems provided by his bachelor and master in civil and structural engineering.  This background enables him to proactively coordinate models with architects and other consultants and provide initial framing layouts and sizing.  Lam specializes in identifying potential clashes during modeling and through the use of Navisworks.

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EDUCATION

  • University of Texas at San Antonio, Master of Science in Structural Engineering, 2009
  • Austin Community College, Associate of Applied Science in Architectural and Engineering CAD, 2006
  • Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, 1997

GET TO KNOW LAM

If you played hooky for a day, where would we find you?

I would probably be at a park, swimming pool, or movie theater with my wife and three kids.

If you had no fear, what would you do?

Drive a Formula 1 car in a race!

Where would you live, if it couldn’t be Austin?

I love Texas, so if I couldn’t live in Austin then I’d live in either Houston or Dallas.

How did you get to Austin?

I flew to Austin to see my fiancee! It’s the first city I visited when I came to the US.

What is on your bucket list?

Travel to Hawaii and Rome and take the kids on a Disney cruise.