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Happy 40th Graphisoft!

DebunkTheBIM

When I started with ArchiCAD some 27 years ago, I did not think we’d grow old together. At the time, paid the price of half a new Audi car for the software/hardware package – come to think of it, it was about half of my annual salary. Where is the Archicad equivalent of their time? picture of an old Archicad project)

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Digital Deals: AECOM, Arrow foster digital transformation, InEight acquires AI scheduler

Construction Dive

Plus, ArchiCAD paired with Solibri's Model Checker and Viewpoint added Prophix' corporate performance management software to its Strategic Partner program.

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DebunkTheBIM: Now, these are nice! (Archicad at its best)

DebunkTheBIM

I am a manager of construction information, tools and people. Archicad at its best). You are either too young and take every modelling feature offered by whatever software as a given, or too old and don’t really care about the challenges people trying to smartly model construction elements still face. DebunkTheBIM.

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Post pandemic AEC: BIM to the rescue? Don’t get your hopes up!

DebunkTheBIM

So successful was Mr Sutherland in selling the concept of BIM (or VC as it was still better known then) to the architects of NZ that even after many years had passed I was repeatedly told by the director of the competing software distributer (AutoDesk) that these seminars were the turning point for many of his clients to step up from 2D to 3D.

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The chicken and the egg.Are software developers supposed to lead an industry or just serve it?

DebunkTheBIM

I observed a phenomena: over the years the number of users of 3D (model) based software in AEC has raised dramatically while their average skill level dropped tragically. And project managers turned up too. Clients generally became less aware of the real-realities of the industry. Expectations and budgets got scarily out of synch.

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Forget “BIM”, and Get on Board with BLM – Building / Built Environment Life-cycle Management

Building Information Management

BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. That said, BIM has been preoccupied with 3D visualization to the extent that many/most feel that Revit, Archicad, et al are all that’s needed to implement BIM. RSMeans Strategic Partner.

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BIM – FACT or FICTION?

Building Information Management

BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Does it exist today? BIM require s the integration of previously d ispara te compet enci es, processes, and technologies. rob ust ontolog y, metrics, and be nchmarks are arguably ALL requirements for ini tial and ongoing suc cess.

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