DebunkTheBIM

APRIL 1, 2018

It started off with CAD, then, when BIM was getting strong enough to stay – it extended over almost anything to do with Construction Information Management. Almost, I state – as the non-graphical data management is still somewhat outside its claws, i.e. project, people and time document management.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 17, 2022

Walk us through your career and what led you to become Director of Integrated Digital Delivery. I worked my way up quickly to a manager position where I lead CAD and information management, and while I was there, I handled some large projects such as Blackfriars Bridge in London and London Bridge Station.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 27, 2022

In 2018, Eoin Nield joined as the company’s first BIM Manager, with the remit of supporting the transition from traditional CAD design to integrated delivery methods. “My It was difficult to ensure that everyone had the correct up-to-date documentation for the current works. Document controllers are not required to chase up actions.”.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JULY 20, 2022

The program’s benefits enhance BIM and CAD training efforts at current training sites and allow new sites to offer enhanced training initiatives with Autodesk technology. Project-ready professionals need to be adept at using technology on the jobsite and in the trailer, as well as in the office. © 2022 Autodesk, Inc.

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DebunkTheBIM

OCTOBER 19, 2019

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. But if drawing becomes redundant, all of us that associate ourselves with creating/reading/checking/sharing drawings will be also be redundant? Revit libraries of their windows?

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Judd Fuoto , Construction Technologies Manager at Southland Industries , sat down with us to discuss his role there, what it takes to lay a strong foundation for getting innovative technology off the ground, and how to work together effectively in the process. Tell me a little bit about Southland Industries and what you specialize in.

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DebunkTheBIM

JANUARY 20, 2012

aving with BIM (‘What is this BIM of yours going to save for us?’). The Abu Dhabi Municipality is asking for CAD files.A This is a question I get asked often. One day, when I’m in a very bad mood, I’ll answer with: ‘It may $ave your butt yet, if you’re clever enough to jump on it in time! at 1:12 AM.

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Revit OpEd

MARCH 2, 2012

The Document review process with design review looks roughly like this: Revit team exports sheets to DWF Open each sheet DWF file in DR Add markups and comments Save the file Revit team imports sheet markup files Deal with markups and comments Add responses if necessary Save their work in Revit which updates the DWF file too.

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Revit OpEd

JULY 13, 2011

Here's one of two sample letters he provided: To Mr. Michael Schell or to whom it may concern, Our firm uses Autodesk Revit for our architectural and 3D CAD design needs. If this product is available I would be interested in purchasing the product, if the value was in the $ __ price range.

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Construction Junkie

JULY 8, 2020

. #12: In The Blue - A Podcast About All Things Bluebeam Previous nominations: first time nominated Listen to it here: [link] For those that might not know, Bluebeam is a construction industry favorite for reviewing construction documents and PDF markup.

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Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Yet, the capability is NOT present at this time. Here’s a short list of what is holding us back. Progress towards compiling new abbreviations to submit to the United States National CAD Standard® consensus process. Construction Specification Institute is the key authoring authority on project. BIG DATA = BIM.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Tell us a little bit about SSOE and what you specialize in. Walk us through your career and what led you to becoming VDC Technical Leader. I’m doing a lot of the training and tons of research and documentation, but I believe that the future would be similar to how Revit developed. I interface with project teams.

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Revit OpEd

DECEMBER 28, 2013

The survey may be an old hand drawn document provided as part of the deed or it could just be a printed drawing that nobody can find the file for. When we have a CAD file we can import as a resource the Property Line tool option: Create by Sketching makes it pretty easy. Adding dimensions makes it easier to be accurate.

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DebunkTheBIM

JULY 3, 2017

There is NO better motivation for people to get off their bums, starting top down, from Project Directors all the way down to Document Controllers and change their behavior, then taking away their little ‘helper that helps them survive’. Still, will do nothing to stop us going to the supermarket. It is ‘paper’.

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Revit OpEd

JULY 10, 2013

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). We aren''t just typing "dead data" into text or attributes like drawings completed by hand or with CAD.

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Construction Junkie

MAY 20, 2020

In The Blue - A Podcast About All Things Bluebeam Previous nominations: first time nominated Listen to it here: [link] For those that might not know, Bluebeam is a construction industry favorite for reviewing construction documents and PDF markup. vote for in the blue.

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DebunkTheBIM

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Skeptics will say, that was no BIM, just 3D, but the fact is that I used 3D for documenting full buildings from the first day I learned ArchiCAD (4.5), applied appropriate materials (meta data!) – and jumped on the first opportunity of doing 4D models when I came across, the then extremely buggy and highly temperamental Construction Simulation.

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CAD Shack

JULY 10, 2006

I am currently studying the options for a MEP firm that has been using AutoCAD for the last 15 years. There are great standards in place and the whole company seems to know what to do to get construction documents out the door. We need confident CAD users who are fluent in 3 CAD languages.

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Building Information Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

The National BIM Standard-United States (NBIMS-US) Version 3 Planning and Project Committees will begin planning the new standard during these face-to-face meetings. 1:00 – 2:00 PM NBIMS-US V3 Planning Committee (free/members only). Chair, US National BIM Standard Project Committee. Committee Meetings.

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CivilJungle

MAY 28, 2021

Step 1: Generate the Project: Generate a Project Initiation Document that defines the people, resources & budget. Using the information you gathered, evaluate your performance & talk to team to ameliorate the subsequent project. A construction plan is a sequence of documents, that describes the given project.

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Building Information Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

The National BIM Standard-United States (NBIMS-US) Version 3 Planning and Project Committees will begin planning the new standard during these face-to-face meetings. 1:00 – 2:00 PM NBIMS-US V3 Planning Committee (free/members only). Chair, US National BIM Standard Project Committee. Committee Meetings.

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Revit OpEd

AUGUST 18, 2015

When software uses the same word we routinely use to describe something we do it is supposed to make it easier to understand and use. A good many of us in the AEC business are familiar with the concept of using keynotes on drawings. Most refer to being the keynote speaker at an event or related to music.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 20, 2022

With rapid expansion and the need to improve information flow on their projects, Vrolijk worked with NTI CAD & Company , an Autodesk Construction Cloud partner, to identify the best solution to fit their needs. “To Investing in technology to expand workflows. Investment to futureproof the business. “We An iterative journey.

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Do

MAY 24, 2006

As an accessory to the spec document we've also created an excel table where the spec writer can define all the parameters that they know they want or require, as well as the types to be defined and the settings for each parameter per type. This was fine in the 2D CAD world, however we have now introduced a new guest to the party, Revit.

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Do

DECEMBER 8, 2010

C'mon, give us a link to your pretty camera! We need the ability to create clickable hyperlinks in annotation objects inserted in views (no, not by using a URL parameter, but through something that is double-clickable and it will launch the stored URL, be it a website or a network location). See us @ RTC NA 12. at 10:34 PM.

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DebunkTheBIM

JUNE 29, 2012

“The first step of the plan was to demonstrate the value of BIM with an apples-to-apples project analysis, comparing a just-finished renovation using CAD with a second one using BIM.” Manipulative use of colours (red/green) arrows highlighting rises and drops. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Your thoughts?

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Building Information Management

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

In a sense, because BIM contains more information that is structured more efficiently than traditional product like CAD files, spreadsheets and drawings. Some have concerns that if they provide their work in an editable format (whether BIM or CAD) some-one will make changes to their work without their knowledge and/or permission.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Don’t miss this case study on the well-implemented use of Autodesk Construction Cloud. Ivana shares how Mace saved 50% of their time spent on coordination and reporting by using BIM 360 Document Management and Model Coordination. How to’s for leveraging permissions for document control and security.

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Building Radar

JANUARY 14, 2020

We have studied and evaluated numerous sources – discover with us the most important trends and developments in the construction industry in 2020. ERP and CRM systems: How to make better use of data resources 3. Transactions are documented in blocks in a decentralized database, which is mirrored on several computers.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 2, 2023

Walk us through your career and what led you to become BIM Manager I began in construction in the early 2000s, predominantly in grading, dirt work with heavy equipment, and did that in both commercial and residential construction. BIM Managers have evolved from the old-school CAD manager. We have taken the role of visionaries.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The team wanted to be able to host and store project documentation centrally in a secure environment but also to learn more about how they could improve, implement, and embed digital workflows for this business unit to aid communication and collaboration. . Standardising ways of working.

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Pro Builder

JUNE 22, 2023

Understanding the capabilities of the factory allowed us to meet the attainability goals for the project,” says White, director of design at Dahlin Group , in Irvine, Calif. Our CAD [computer-aided design] modelers and drafters have become experts in how to build a house,” Carpenter says. Not so in a factory.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JULY 1, 2022

Engineers with access to CAD software and BIM data were working relatively efficiently, but those without access were continually recreating data. The further you get into a central data source, the more you understand how important the accuracy and efficiency of that data is if it’s to be used throughout the business.”.

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Revit OpEd

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

CAD , an Autodesk reseller based in California. CAD's help they expanded the event to two cities; Omaha and Anaheim.and that brings us to this year, the event's fourth. This meant each of us agreed to give presentations at two or more of the events. She brought the event with her. Now in it's third year, with U.S.

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Revit OpEd

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Conceptually Revit expects us to begin by creating a model using Project North, make it easy to put on paper first. Once we get a survey we can import it and use it to acquire coordinates which will also define True North. (May We can enter property data using a table.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

DECEMBER 14, 2022

I see in the future the speed of AI increasing to a point where we walk around a jobsite with 360 camera on our hardhats and while we walk, do inspections, or have conversations with people the AI will be checking everything it sees and give us an alert when it sees something out of place that will cause an issue in the future.

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Building Information Management

AUGUST 29, 2015

And it will eventually be superseded by a new acronym for a different approach, just as BIM superseded CAD. Forcing all participants use the same platform will lead to inefficiencies amongst individual parties. Each of us make choices about technologies and processes that are the most efficient at fulfilling our responsibilities.

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