DebunkTheBIM
OCTOBER 19, 2019
Fluency is probably below 1% of all the people that work in the AEC industry and deal with its information day in and out. The new generation of 20 somethings (and younger) in training or about to enter the AEC, are taught that documenting building is about creating drawings. A language that its host industry does not speak.
DebunkTheBIM
JULY 31, 2011
Can you relate to the sentence:" we'll give you CAD files so that SHOULD reduce your work by half"? It used to be present when flatCAD drawings were the norm. Savy CAD managers learned to deal with these issues and many company manuals had systems and processes in place. a few more booby traps. By and large.
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DebunkTheBIM
MAY 15, 2015
Yet, do I use it for my business deals in any way? I go to exclusive clubs and meet my equally capable counterparts and we do deals on napkins. Critical to major deals. It is so fast I can sometimes forget what I was going to write as it finishes my sentences for me. When I write my reports for the Board. Paper-napkins?
NH Construction Law
OCTOBER 1, 2022
This is not your father’s CAD system. If the work sequence is altered after a contractor’s or subcontractor’s reliance on a time-simulated 4D BIM showing no obstructions to its work, the financial consequences of dealing with unanticipated obstructions can be huge. Walsh Construction Company II LLC , 132 F.Supp.3d
DebunkTheBIM
NOVEMBER 2, 2011
There is a code on the structural drawing that can be tracked to the schedule and the dimensions are noted. They both are confident to be following well established building-documenting practices. The structural engineer sizes the concrete column; the architect places it in the space. or a query with a proprietary, fancy name).
Revit OpEd
JULY 10, 2013
A month or so ago I received an email from a friend asking about dealing with revision numbering in Revit. I''d rather use the feature as intended, live with the limited sequence of numbers or letters, than put more energy into creating additional bureaucracy for a team to deal with (and yes cost "us and them" money).
DebunkTheBIM
JUNE 2, 2017
And I mean, everything, getting IFC drawings, as-builts, shop-drawings, or magical, know it all 3-7D (+) models. Then, likely the pieces will be designed by a specialist subcontractor, who will prepare connection shop drawings for someone to approve. That sentence I just wrote, is a mouthful, but do read it again.
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