Category Archives: BIM
Teaching Tyler Durden to Revit
My iPhone nearly vibrated off the nightstand. “Mr. Deutsch?’” Yes? “I represent a client who is interested in rivet training.” Revit… “Is this something you do?” I explained that I specialize in BIM consulting and what the difference was. “So … Continue reading
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BIM and Integrated Design Top 10 Posts for 2011
2011 was an exciting year for BIM and Integrated Design. For both my book and blog. As well as for me, personally: My book was published in September to great reader response and reviews In 2011, I created the first-ever … Continue reading
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Two Books to Transform the AEC Industry
This past week I had the opportunity to read two significant AEC industry books – one of which I had been meaning to read for several years, the other just having been published. Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Integrated Project … Continue reading
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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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MoneyBIMball
With Moneyball in theaters, the playoff season in full swing, and the 2003 book by Michael Lewis climbing in standings, data geeks are all the rage. This fact cannot be lost on architects and others in the construction industry. In … Continue reading
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Is BIM in 10 Words or Less Still BIM?
Recently I was asked to summarize my 240 page book in a single sentence. It’s the sort of reductionist thinking that can lead to some less than satisfying outcomes. Analogically, new software is being introduced that promises to be the … Continue reading
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BIM’s Blue Ocean
After I give one of my talks on building information modeling the question I’m most often asked is: What’s the best BIM business model? What is the best way to make a profit utilizing building information modeling on projects in … Continue reading
This Week in Tweets
Here’s a smattering of the BIM and IPD-related tweets that my followers on Twitter have retweeted to their followers. In addition to technology and collaboration, my tweets focus on creativity, architecture, design and construction. Oh, and books, writing and poetry. … Continue reading
Finding Your Way Around BIM
Michael Korda, in his brilliant and entertaining memoir, Another Life, tells the story of his first day of work at a publishing house. Upon arriving at work he notices a bronze plaque on his desk bearing these words: “Give the … Continue reading
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