Category Archives: BIM expert
The Case for CASE
In the Case Study interview I conducted with Kristine K. Fallon, FAIA of Kristine Fallon Associates in my book , BIM and Integrated Design, I asked her: In the AEC Survival Guide, you wrote that there are three classes of … Continue reading
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Taking BIM and IPD to Task
Making BIM Beyond Boundaries Actionable In my recent piece in DesignIntelligence, BIM Beyond Boundaries, I argue for widening our outlook and reach as we deepen our skills. No doubt, a somewhat unpopular stance today. In the article I am not suggesting that designers, … Continue reading
BIM and Integrated Design – The Week in Tweets
Again, here are the BIM and IPD-related Tweets that my followers on Twitter have shared with their followers (retweeted or RT in Twitter parlance.) Take a look. Click on the links to find articles, websites and other resources. If you … Continue reading
The Value of Versatility
The DesignIntelligence website just posted an article I wrote, also published in the May/June technology issue of their printed journal, entitled BIM Beyond Boundaries. The hard copy of the journal will cost you $365. And while this also gets you … Continue reading
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Why Bring Another Book into this World?
Here’s the transcript of the talk I’ll be giving in San Francisco next week at KA Connect 2011, a Pecha Kucha talk entitled “I’ll Collaborate as Long as I Can Work Alone,” 20 slides, 20 seconds each. Let me know … Continue reading
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How to Learn Revit in 1000 Difficult Lessons
In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists. – Eric Hoffer No matter where you fall on the BIM continuum, … Continue reading
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Fixing our Gaze on BIM and Integrated Design
I want the unobtainable. Other artists paint a bridge, a house, a boat, and that’s the end. I want to paint the air which surrounds the bridge, the house, the boat, the beauty of the air in which these objects … Continue reading
Learning to Be Roughly Yourself
From the moment you meet at the big table in the big room with the big team of stakeholders and fellow professionals, you’re there for one reason and one reason alone. You’re an expert at something. You didn’t get to … Continue reading
My So-Called Parametric Life
This life has been a test. If this had been an actual life, you would have received instructions on where to go and what to do. Angela in “My So-Called Life” 1994 Is it just me or has … Continue reading
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An Early Holiday for 16 Fortunate Design Professionals
In need of some good news? Or better yet, a job? As reported today in the New York Times, the nation’s employers not only have stopped eliminating large numbers of jobs, but appear to be on the verge of rebuilding … Continue reading
