Monthly Archives: January 2010
The Sweet Necessity of a BIM-IPD Group Meeting
David Ivey’s Chicago BIM-IPD Group meets every last Thursday of the month at HOK’s beautiful offices in Chicago’s Loop. Other cities have BIM-IPD groups: NYC, Seattle, San Francisco among a dozen others. But there’s something happening here on the 14th floor … Continue reading
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BIM as though People Mattered
If you want to foster creativity and excellence, you have to introduce some boundaries. Teams need some privacy from one another to develop unique approaches to any kind of competition. Scientists need some time in private before publication to get … Continue reading
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77 Things You Can Do Right Now to Help Make Integrated Design a Reality
This time of year, when many find themselves indoors, is a great time to catch up – and even get ahead of the pack – on several neglected fronts. Here are my top 77 suggestions for getting ahead in Integrated Design. … Continue reading
BIM’s Great New Frontier
We stand on the edge of a New Frontier—the frontier of unfulfilled hopes and dreams, a frontier of unknown opportunities and beliefs in peril. Beyond that frontier are uncharted areas of science and space… John F. Kennedy It was almost … Continue reading
BIM and Integrated Design’s 17 Most Pressing Issues for the Decade
“The most fruitful and natural exercise of our mind, in my opinion, is discussion. I find it sweeter than any other action of our life.” — Montaigne Before we can all work cooperatively and compatibly, sharing information and models, working … Continue reading
