DebunkTheBIM

JANUARY 16, 2013

So let’s talk BIM, the rosy, and pink, and lemon-yellow and forest-green… For a long time I’ve been a strong advocate of proactively using colours in construction information management, often provoking condescending comments from ‘architects that wear only black’.

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ArchiCAD BIM Green Drawings 48

DebunkTheBIM

APRIL 10, 2012

I am a manager of construction information, tools and people. Design managers working in the AEC: specify what ‘type’ are you! Are you primarily concerned with managing the people on the project or managing the project information? DebunkTheBIM. refer to one of my previous posts on ‘shouting’).

Management 48

Management Design BIM Drawings 48

Revit Beginners

MARCH 23, 2007

The Data Manager. Some people refer to these individuals as Data Managers or Data Leaders. In an Architectural Record article " Getting on Board with Building Information Modeling " Larry Flynn describes a Data Manager as someone "responsible for coordinating the various computer files and models that are integrated into a BIM."

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Revit Management CAD BIM 40

Building Information Management

JUNE 6, 2013

Traditionally, a value that was represented on a drawing may not correctly corresponded with the value within the specification simply due to a ‘typo’ An example being where a ’60 minute fire door’ has been recorded on the drawing but has been recorded as ’90 minutes fire rating’ within the specification.

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BIM nemetschek Vectorworks Life Cycle Estimating 51

DebunkTheBIM

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

Even if I consider the vastly superior ArchiCAD and the Bentley/Microstation range, all the more so Tekla and everything Trimble had collected over the last year or two - these tools, all together are still ‘so last century’. I had my first training in Revit in 2004 and get around it OK. Although, it is.

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Autodesk AutoCAD CAD Revit 62

Building Information Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated. The topics include the use of BIM in: student projects, interdisciplinary collaboration in studios, scheduling and estimating classes, IPD projects and facilities management. buildingSMART alliance Conference.

BIM 45

BIM Conference Education CAD 45

Building Information Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated. The topics include the use of BIM in: student projects, interdisciplinary collaboration in studios, scheduling and estimating classes, IPD projects and facilities management. buildingSMART alliance Conference.

BIM 40

BIM Conference Education CAD 40