DebunkTheBIM

MARCH 28, 2020

Also a bit low-key for a ‘BIM expert’. So, if you still need to be convinced that ditching the paper is a good idea, you’ll have to go back in my writings or do your own research. And it is weekend here, so not a lot of work from home probably going on. There is some cost in printing, yes, but in the scheme of things, it is negligible.

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DebunkTheBIM

MARCH 9, 2017

Yet, I think that those prepared to analyze and understand the reality of the industry without constantly looking through rose-tinted glasses, and what variations do to all participants on a daily basis will find BIM (in almost any shape or form) useful when tackling variations, regardless of what side of the ‘variation fence’ they may be sitting.

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Construction Marketing

APRIL 11, 2023

Modern projects are incorporating building information management (BIM) software. Many industrial project managers have probably been using BIM software for a while. Sure, adding solar panels, PV windows, the best insulation for exterior walls , and water harvesting are all wonderful ideas for creating green buildings.

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Project Management Innovation Management Industrial 308

Autodesk Construction Cloud

AUGUST 15, 2023

I consider the Autodesk Tech Center as a hub for innovation, where we can share ideas and build global collaborations with manufacturers such as Howick in New Zealand, as well as experts in building software, like Twin Build and Photogram in Australia, plus other folks in Canada. Remember, new episodes of Digital Builder go live every week.

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BIM Innovation Autodesk Modeling 52

DebunkTheBIM

MARCH 2, 2018

Got a bit surprised with the two countries I targeted, my PM offerings scored much higher than the BIM skills I put on the table. In fact, any role I found that had some BIM flavor added to it, I felt was squarely focused on the technicians’ field, something that definitely was not the case a decade or so ago.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

APRIL 20, 2023

And if you’re looking for ideas on achieving this, you’ll gain a lot of insights from our latest Behind the Build interview featuring Don Juan De Guzman. As Building Information Modeling Director at Silicon Valley Mechanical , Don looks after all things BIM at the company. As for me, I specialize in BIM and HVAC detailing.

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DebunkTheBIM

AUGUST 31, 2017

Then, there is Facebook that reminds me regularly of the ‘good ideas’ I had 5+ years ago. Many based on and around BIM. Recently came up two of my (I believe) better ideas, that never made it past planning – one dreamed up 4 years ago, the other more than 10 (years). BTW the question above is a definition of ‘full BIM’ for me.

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BIM Modeling IDEA Industrial 48

DebunkTheBIM

JULY 27, 2020

The digital, 3D+ based approach to creating and managing AEC information is usually called BIM. It has numerous other names as well, the latest, favored by many is the ‘Digital Twin’, I, for the sake of consistency, like to stick to ‘BIM’. The first is the Group of Self-Contained BIM exercises, the second are the Life-Style BIMs.

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DebunkTheBIM

JULY 3, 2017

Sometimes, I find that the most useless word, when discussing BIM implementation strategies, is the word ‘useful’. People tend to over use it to justify ‘playing with BIM’. A small percentage of people on projects do activities that can be loosely called BIM and loosely qualified as ‘useful’. Easy to sell as an idea.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Designed to be a space for new ideas and discussions, the Big Room allows you to meet like-minded people, enhance your industry knowledge, and swap notes with Autodesk enthusiasts worldwide. Read more: The Future of BIM Across the Lifecycle: Overheard in the Big Room Join us in the Big Room today.

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DebunkTheBIM

JUNE 22, 2015

I couple of days ago I received a message inviting me by “Building” to a live audio webinar, titled: “What makes a good BIM client? I’ve read through the agenda a couple of times and have a bit of an idea what they are about, but really, what with the topic? A how to become good BIM client webinar? Am I a BIM client at all?

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DebunkTheBIM

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

It’s been a while since I called to arms on any particular topic or posted a summons, invitation, or appeal to undertake a particular course of action on anything, having spent the last year or so in a bit of a BIM-reflecting and re-calibrating state.

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DebunkTheBIM

AUGUST 12, 2016

Ever since BIM raised its pretty multi-dimensioned head within the AEC industry, most talk and action has been focused on its role in prevention, rather than cure of construction projects. I toyed with the concept of calling the services collectively ‘Forensic BIM’ and prepared a pretty workable strategy for getting a start-up off the ground.

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Building Information Management

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

When discussing BIM with those yet to take it up the topic of Intellectual Property invariably comes up. It is so important to them it comes across as a major reason they are not using BIM (although I suspect it is more of an excuse). IP and BIM PROCESS. In the BIM context if everyone shares everyone benefits.

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DebunkTheBIM

JUNE 2, 2017

In the past, I tried to use all sorts of parallels to explain this idea, from the ideas of visual skeletons, to coatracks fixed in space, but I still find myself meeting blank stares when I try sharing this as the ‘BIG secret’. And to do this using a description of the lifecycle of a (fairly) typical construction detail.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

And with AI being such a hot topic, there's no shortage of conversations and ideas. We've had some issues with BIM modeling at my company used by a GC to catch errors, and in our experience, it hasn't fully worked yet. Take a look at what real construction professionals are saying about artificial intelligence below.

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Construction BIM Leases Management 72

DebunkTheBIM

MAY 20, 2016

Must be right – the moment bidding farewell to a lovely team of HLG BIM-mers, almost fully coincided with the time when I lost all my belief in anything BIM. I just stopped believing BIM functioning on any meaningful scale beyond the involvement of a couple of people on a project.

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Building Information Management

JULY 30, 2012

3D visualization is not BIM. BIM is the process of efficient life-cycle management supported by digital technology. BIM requires a more robust linkage (as is the case with JOC) between construction delivery and life-cycle management process and technology, to achieve a similar gain in momentum. ” (para 6.45, p.

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DebunkTheBIM

JUNE 23, 2014

What a ‘revolutionary idea’, one might say! Here is a bit of a market research I’m doing for now, but no need to do any surveys, cast votes, phone in or SMS your preferences; Instead, I offer a couple of hints what this book (if it eventuates) will be about and invite anyone interested to comment on the idea.

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DebunkTheBIM

JUNE 27, 2012

I consider myself to be a model-based construction information practitioner (shortened to a ‘BIM- meddler’) rather than an ‘expert’ or even ‘specialist’ Wednesday, June 27, 2012. A BIM traitor or the Devil’s BIM advocate? We see BIM. Apples for apples? A fruit salad, maybe.

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DebunkTheBIM

APRIL 17, 2015

I kind of hung up my official BIM – boots some 18 months ago, though I still respond to the occasional BIM head-hunter enquiring about the status of my employment. Just to get a reality check, that the global BIM lobbyist and their foot soldiers have not come to see the real light while I was asleep and missed it. (no

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DebunkTheBIM

JANUARY 1, 2017

From the point of big BIM success stories, this was meant to be the big year, the one delivering the UK-spearheaded, Government Mandated ‘solve-it-all’ BIM. So, here we are: For numerous years Governments internationally have been targeted as the possible biggest beneficiaries of the ‘mainstream’ BIM pushed by the shiny-suits.

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DebunkTheBIM

MAY 7, 2013

I’ve been publicly criticizing various governments and large AEC-clients on their attempts to encourage wider use of BIM on their projects. There is one thing to comment unfavourably on a particular BIM software-package or even a service provider. How dare I say anything, when finally…FINALLY… they are ASKING FOR BIM?

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Help Everybody Everyday

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

There is something going on behind the scenes with BIM that I believe will change everything. While this might seem like wild speculation, read on and you’ll see that everything is in place for a huge evolution in the BIM world that will make the software more advanced, more collaborative, and much more accessible.

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DebunkTheBIM

OCTOBER 22, 2013

How much does it cost to be a platinum sponsor for the next HK Institute of Building BIM Conference? ref 1) I have no idea, but it generally tends to be a nice chunk of money needed to become the major sponsor for such events. Can’t do real BIM? Do a Conference on one! I can''t wait to attend it actually!”

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DebunkTheBIM

JULY 15, 2016

Not even a crafty-title designed to entice into reading the post those that are currently feverishly looking for a new position in BIM field in Dubai or around the region. So, at any time – a number of people I know, both BIM-mish and not, are looking for work here in the UAE. And this is the interesting part of the story.

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DebunkTheBIM

JULY 16, 2013

Ever since the UK Government had announced its ambitious plan to become fully ‘Level 2 – BIM’ by 2016 I’ve been uneasy about the idea and voiced my opinion on it, here-and-there. The horizontal axis I read as the ‘tools’ the vertical measures BIM ‘maturity level’. or thereabout.

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DebunkTheBIM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

She loses interest in the masses of school originated notices following the job-ads and leaves, not risking hanging around long enough for me to explain, that the type of BIM jobs I’m after rarely exist let alone get advertised. years ago as their BIM Manager. So, I applied for the job and duly got interviewed for it.

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DebunkTheBIM

MAY 23, 2012

I consider myself to be a model-based construction information practitioner (shortened to a ‘BIM- meddler’) rather than an ‘expert’ or even ‘specialist’ Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Who needs BIM flowcharts? Who needs BIM flowcharts? Have you got any idea how silly you look and sound.

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DebunkTheBIM

JUNE 13, 2015

Should I stay as a ‘pretend Project/Design manager’ for another year or should I jump back onto the BIM bandwagon and continue my interrupted career of a ‘pretend strategic BIM manager’? They urge me to do this within the area of BIM-enablement of the masses involved in BIM mandated giga projects spread all over the world.

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DebunkTheBIM

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Many clever heads before me had put their ideas and efforts into explaining why and where the ‘generation thing’ is letting BIM down, I tend to look at it as a see-saw too hard to get into a balanced state. Consider those in their early twenties entering the profession and you can see they aren’t getting the opportunities they should.

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Building Information Management

AUGUST 20, 2012

For BIM to succeed will require a fundamental changes in how the AEC industry (architecture, engineering, construction) industry does business. In the interim, BIM will be relegated to 3d visualization and an organic growth output of 2D CAD, vs. the process of efficiently managing the built environment supported by digital technology.

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DebunkTheBIM

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

She must be fully aware of it coming, after all it’s been some time since the UK Government BIM Mandate has been dreamed up and sold successfully to both the practicing and the ‘not quite convinced yet but getting there’, BIM world. Quite possibly. By the way, what mandate? The Americans? With their claim to have invented the acronym?

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Revit OpEd

JUNE 1, 2011

The Fifth Annual USC Symposium on Extreme BIM: Parametrics and Customization EXTREME BIM : Friday, July 8: (very, very small fee) – we noticed that if we don’t charge a small fee, some people sign up and then forget to show up. Please reserve your spot soon; our BIM Analytics event filled up last year.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Browse some of the cartoons that have already been drawn up for ideas, and enjoy a laugh along with others in your field. . There are many reasons why communication fails in construction, but that’s why it’s a good idea to read over this blog. BIM Demystified: How to Make BIM an Every-team Tool.

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DebunkTheBIM

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

When I talk of ‘scalability of BIM’, I think of the ability to maintain integrity of the end-product while expanding the workforce from one person doing the job (me) to a few and then to many. The critical factor in making a ‘real business’ out of a ‘good idea’. It is generally ignored. You know, the McDonalds thing.

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DebunkTheBIM

MAY 23, 2011

It may be news to you – I am no saleswoman for BIM. If BIM disappeared today – I’d be OK. Following graduation, for a while I entertained the idea of dedicating my career to the subject and taught DG for 3 years at another University. I don’t sell BIM or bits related, but am still very enthusiastic about it.

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