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Shane Edgell

Founder & CEOEdgellBIM

Roanoke, Virginia Area

Member Since October 2021

Skills

Building Information Modeling
Revit
Navisworks

About

Shane Edgell is the Founder & CEO of EdgellBIM, a BIM+VDC Solution Company. He started the firm in 2015, and has grown the company from the ground up with no funding and in an organic fashion. He now employs a team of eight people, with continued growth on the horizon. EdgellBIM specializes in creating 3D virtual models of buildings, and all their interior mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection systems. It is a new and innovative way in the building design and construction industry to perform a highly detailed quality control of the Architect’s and Engineer’s designs prior to the start of construction. The firm has worked on very high-scale projects such as the NASA-MSL Laboratory at Ft Langley in Virginia, the Zeus Laser Facility at the University of Michigan, and many others across the country. In the Summer of 2021, EdgellBIM was named ‘Top 10 BIM+VDC Firm 2021’ by Construction Tech Magazine. https://building-information-modeling.constructiontechreview.com/vendor/edgellbim-the-onestopshop-for-bim-services-cid-488-mid-47.html

Published content

Need to Recharge During a Busy Workday? Try These 11 Tricks

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No matter how busy your workday seems, you can always carve out a few minutes to take a breather. On a busy workday, you may begin to feel burned out and yearn for a restful break. But you likely won’t need to take a full-on vacation to reset your mind and feel refreshed enough to tackle your remaining tasks. With the right strategies, you may be able to recharge right in the middle of the workday, no plane ticket or PTO necessary. To help you do this, a panel of Young Entrepreneur Council members provided a list of strategies they recommend you try if you need to take a few minutes to unplug and recharge during your day.

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Every business project is unique and will likely require a customized approach to manage it. No matter the size or scope of the project, though, all team members must work together to ensure each moving part is in place. Being on the same page is crucial to the overall success of a project, and it's up to the leader or project manager to keep their team moving forward toward their shared goal. To help you do this, nine members of Young Entrepreneur Council explained the most important elements that you’ll need for the successful completion of your project.

11 Ways Leaders Can Show Their Employees Gratitude

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Members of Young Entrepreneur Council suggest ways leaders can thank their teams for all their hard work. Workplace happiness is a major topic of discussion in today’s employment landscape. Employees now more than ever are discovering that their happiness is a priority when it comes to where and when they work, and many are no longer willing to compromise in favor of anything else. In order to keep current (and future) employees happy, then, employers will need to approach retention differently than they may have in the past. Luckily, the strategy behind this effort doesn’t need to be complicated, as there’s no better way to ensure your team is happy and fulfilled than by showing your gratitude for all the hard work they do. Consider the following steps recommended by Young Entrepreneur Council leaders to help get you started.

Want to Be More Driven at Work and in Life? Use These Self-Motivation Techniques

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Sometimes, all you need is a little boost to get yourself and your goals on the right track. While some people are naturally driven to accomplish their goals, not everybody is as motivated. Although it isn’t always easy, getting motivated can push you forward and help you advance in the world. That’s why it helps to have some go-to strategies for giving yourself a boost of confidence and energy. As successful business leaders, the members of Young Entrepreneur Council have learned and developed some effective self-motivation techniques to kickstart their drive and passion. Below, they share these techniques and describe how they can help you excel in your career and life. Q. How can someone become a more driven person? What's one unique technique they can use to self-motivate and find the drive to excel in their career and life?

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With so many work stressors, it can often feel difficult to feel grateful for your professional life. Long days and difficult co-workers can be hard to handle, and these factors may sometimes overshadow your job’s positive benefits in your mind. However, intentionally looking for the good can help you feel more gratitude for the opportunity you’ve been given and improve your overall mental state. Below, 14 Young Entrepreneur Council members offered some ways to practice thankfulness in your everyday professional life and explained why it’s so important to do this.

Company details

EdgellBIM

Company bio

EdgellBIM is a BIM+VDC Solution Company. EdgellBIM has experience in Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing & Fire Protection (LOD-500) modeling using Revit & Navisworks. Attention to detail and knowledge of how all systems work make our models highly accurate to what will actually be installed in the field. These highly detailed models can be clash and clearance checked in Navisworks. So, that spacing and sizing constraints can be detected immediately. Clash Detection will help detect and resolve problems on the construction site long before the project begins.

Industry

Construction

Area of focus

BIM Coordination
BIM Modeling
VDC

Company size

2 - 10

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