Category Archives: BIM
2011-12 BIM Conferences
Next week I’ll be attending the Symposium on Technology for Design and Construction, a 2-day event on the topic of BIM and related technologies in design and construction. This is a very affordable event with what looks like an excellent … Continue reading
For AEC Industry, Is Trust the Killer Mobile App?
An online discussion asks: What is the mobile killer app for the AEC industry? Mobile Apps for the field and jobsite appear to be where the industry is headed. It’s only a question of which ones and when. In the … 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
Peer Pressure Transforms our World, but Can it Transform our Industry?
In an interview for my book, BIM and Integrated Design: Strategies for Architectural Practice (Wiley, 2011) I asked Perkins+Will CIO, Rich Nitzsche: IT is constantly changing. P+W, founded in 1935 in Chicago, has 20 North American offices and three overseas, … Continue reading
Building Model Client-Designer Relationships
You don’t need to be a designer to benefit from the best practices espoused in this magnificent new book. A must-have for designers, those in design management and anyone who works with designers on integrated teams. What does a book … Continue reading
BIM and Integrated Design: The Week in Tweets
Here are some of my Tweets that had the most impact from May 16-22 2011, all 140 characters or less. BIM and IPD-related Tweets that my followers on Twitter have shared with their followers (retweeted or RT in Twitter parlance.) … Continue reading
My Back Pages
Ah, but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now This is how someone considers buying a book. A physical book. They look at the cover. They turn it over and read the back cover. If compelled … Continue reading
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Building Knowledge in Architecture
Using books as floatation devices is nothing new. Cradle to Cradle, subtitled Remaking the Way We Make Things, is printed on waterproof paper for this reason. Poetry anthologies served this purpose after 9/11 as did commonplace books carried by soldiers. … 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
Filed under BIM, BIM expert, collaboration, Integrated Design, Integrated Project Delivery, people, process, workflow
