Category Archives: construction industry
First Fire, then the Wheel, and now BIM
Owners didn’t ask for BIM. Nor for IPD. Never did. Not then and not now. Its part of the disconnect we’re experiencing in the profession and industry. BIM may be purpose-built, But nothing’s purpose-driven until it’s owner-driven. And right now, … Continue reading
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
Is IPD dead?
Le IPD est mort. Vive le IPD! So where are we with Integrated Project Delivery? Is IPD losing steam? Yes. The evidence – however anecdotal – is threefold. First, Google Alerts containing the term are sparser and less frequent. There … Continue reading
BIM in a Time of Disruption
What’s meant by Disruption? Why not just say Disturbance? Or Difficulty, Dissonance, Disorder? Why not just fall back on the old chestnut, Turbulent? Why introduce a new adjective when an old one will do? Tumultuous? Because the times we are … Continue reading
A Seeker’s Guide to BIM and Integrated Design
If BIM isn’t a spiritual practice why does it have so many dimensions? – Anonymous The vast majority of design and construction professionals are happy to put in their time with the model and go home at the end of … Continue reading
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
The Surprising Civility of Primal IPD
When we come one by one to the quadrille at the four-way corner, we are who we are at our best, bowing, nodding, and moving on. Verlyn Klinkenborg After you. No, please, after you. Have you ever approached a 4-way … 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
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
