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Niknaz Aftahi, Architect and founder at AEC+Tech joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan to discuss innovation in our built environment and the following topics: * Growing an affinity for technology whilst working an Architecture firm. * The future of the AEC+Tech platform (https://www.aecplustech.com/) * How to increase adoption of technology by AEC professionals
This podcast and others can be listened to over at the aecHive platform, where the largest collection of AEC focused podcasts on the internet exists: https://aechive.net/pod
Matthew Jackson, Director of Business Development at BIM Object joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan to discuss innovation in our built environment and the following topics: * Making delivery of built environment assets more akin to a product delivery process. * Drivers for standardization efforts in the build environment, and the benefits of this. * Methods of sharing product information and data during the delivery process for improved building outcomes.
This podcast and others can be listened to over at the aecHive platform, where the largest collection of AEC focused podcasts on the internet exists: https://aechive.net/pod
Amanda Wachendorf - Realising expectations with software Amanda Wachendorf, Customer success team lead at Eagle Point Software joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment and: * Building competency and change management within AEC sector organisations * The importance of supporting growth of individuals with planned learning, a joined focus on career progression and creating “a learning environment” * What the AEC industry can learn from software and other sectors.
This podcast and others can be listened to over at the aecHive platform, where the largest collection of AEC focused podcasts on the internet exists: https://aechive.net/pod
Dimitrie Stefanescu, Founder at Speckle Systems joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.
Dimitrie joins the podcast to discuss: What Speckle does, how it came about and its future role in information management for our built environment. How he intends to make Speckle a sustainable growth venture for the community via Open Source and the associated Open Core business model. What he intends to present at the BIM Coordinators Summit 2021.
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Todd Weyandt, Brand Marketing Creative Director at Applied Software and Host of Bridging the Gap Podcast joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.
Todd joins the podcast to discuss: Collaboration, communication and attitudes of stakeholders participating on projects 1. Challenges facing AEC sectors due to project organisation structures e.g fragmentation 2. Overcoming challenges and using technology to enable better 3. Communication to get better project results
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The BridgingTheGapPodcast website can be found here: https://bridgingthegappod.com/
Daniel Davis, senior researcher at Hassell studio architects joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.
Daniels joins the podcast to share his passion for the AEC sectors whilst discussing: * His research into the post covid workplace and what productivity means in a post covid workforce. * Katerras attempts to automate the construction industry, its postmortem, what it means for the future of architecture and the wider construction industry. * A career choice as a researcher within companies like Hassell, Wework, Case inc. and the challenges he sees for the uncommon role in the AEC sectors.
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Andy Boutle, head of BIM at Kier (Large UK contractor), and Engagement Co-lead at the UK BIM Alliance joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.
This podcast discusses: the information management function on projects and how it is evolving. the integration of organisations, domains, supply chains and vendor platforms and challenges associated with this. industry patterns of poor practice that hinder new innovative collaboration practices.
Andy is passionate about scaling innovation and digitisation of the AEC industries. If any of the topics of this podcast affects you, please share your views over at the aechive.net (https://aechive.net)community platform.
This can also be listened to in audio format on the aecHive platform along with 3,000 other leading AEC podcasts: * https://www.aechive.net/aechive-podcast/andy-boutle-scaling-project-innovation-by-improving-information-management-practices * https://www.aechive.net/pod
Paul Surin, Global lead Built Environment at IBM, and active member of ISO TC442 group joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.
The construction industries are disconnected and fragmented and this is impacting our collective ability to impact to improve on our productivity as an industry. This is crucial to the success delivering against some of the most important needs on our planet, and unless it changes - We are in trouble!
Paul believes that the democratisation of software and access to digital tools will drive the digital transformation of our built environment, and towards a place we need to go as an industry.
Listen to what Paul has to say and how the work that he is doing in IBM with the Openbuilt platform is creating a unified approach for vendors, industry, regulators and the supply chain.
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This can also be listened to in audio format on the aecHive platform along with 3,000 other leading AEC podcasts: * https://www.aechive.net/aechive-podcast/paul-surin-a-unified-approach-drives-a-better-built-world * https://www.aechive.net/pod
Rebecca De Cicco, Global Chair Women In BIM, Founder of Digital Node which was recently acquired by Aurecon, ex-BIM Task Group (UK) joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a St Patricks Day Special discussion about innovation in our built environment.
Rebecca played a role in pioneering BIM standards in the UK and setup her own consultancy to enable BIM with some of the leading early practitioners, from implementation to training.
As other industries move on, the AEC sectors is a male dominant industry and it is rotting from the inside out as a result. Where diversity and opportunity have played a key part in the development of other industries, the AEC sectors has not moved on and presents a real risk and challenge for the industry.
Alongside this, the industry has been forced to innovate and fast, as new technologies and working methods become normalised for a post COVID era.
Listen to what Rebecca has to say about this, and more. Also, If you are interested in the Women In BIM initiative - a knowledge-sharing and support network for women in BIM, learn more about getting involved here: https://womeninbim.org/
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Jero Juujarvi, BIM Coordinator at “Kreate Oy”, Author & Amazon Bestseller and founder of “Infrapioneer Group” joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment. Open standards drive innovation and this statement is testament to the work of Jero and the BuildingSMART Finland group recent development of IFC for Infrastructure. Lowering the barriers to digital collaboration has created a new wave of innovation and this podcasts discusses efficiency of new age digital project collaboration amongst Scandinavian Organisations and the benefits for projects. Topics of interest in this podcast include; * How industry benefits from the standardisation of technology * How AR/VR and emerging technologies are starting to change the lives of industry operatives. As always, enjoy the conversation, then comment below or share your views over at the aechive.net (https://aechive.net) community platform.
Neil Thompson, Director of Digital construction at SNC-Lavalin Atkins, Head of construction innovation hub at the Centre for Digital Built Britain and Honorary associate professor at UCL joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.
This podcast takes the listener on a journey around some of the issues and opportunities presenting itself to construction sectors. The mechanisms for communication that we have become acquainted to in our personal lives is setting our expectations for a future in the way that we communicate and collaborate around projects.
Topics of interest in this podcast include; * Neils history * Standardisation of new ways to communicate * “Burly builders”, and how the adoption of BIM by the masses.
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Clifton Harness, CEO and co-founder at TestFit joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.
TestFit provides enterprise ready generative design solutions for niches in the design industries. This podcast provides an insight to how a solution solved a problem for the feasibility design stages for Real Estate development and later grew to a more universal solution platform using a useful pattern of design automation development.
Topics of interest in this podcast include; * Incubating an idea, getting traction and scaling (2 years in) * Writing algorithms for architects to automate commodity architecture * Why the future of the technology sectors are integrated via APIs
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Ian Keough, CEO at Hypar, joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.
Ian is no stranger to innovation in the AEC world. Famous amongst Reviteers` for his visual programming language Dynamo, he is at it again; This time for the development of the cloud based design automation platform - Hypar.
Insight shared: * Ian’s background and insight to his frustration with waste amongst the design professions. * A deep dive into Hypar, including philosophies underpinning its growth and popularity amongst the AEC sectors, and finally; * Ian’s words of wisdom for new innovators - “There is so much opportunity!”
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Tannis Liviniuk, CEO at Trillium Advisory Group Director joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.
Tannis has construction in her blood - Born to a family involved in construction, she is more than familiar with the practices of the industry. Having taken the leap herself into the industry, she shares her views on what is working and in particular, what needs to change.
Topics of interest in this podcast include; * Evaluating technology processes and quantifying value for clients and contractors. * Integration of people and processes on projects. * The gap that exists between SMEs and technology, and the opportunities that beholds. * The untapped potential of improving diversity in construction.
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Kat Dovjenko, Design Program Manager at the Real Estate R&D lab at Google, joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.
Kat is a finance graduate with an appetite for construction; Currently working for a huge client less known for their ownership of assets but more for their applications, datacenters and search engine - Google. In this podcast, she shares her approach to innovation in the built environment and describes how it works inside Google, the initiatives that she is a part of outside of Google and shares some thought leadership around some of the up and coming projects that she expects to impact the AEC sectors through 2021 and beyond.
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Sasha Reed, Director of Industry Advancement at Procore and Co-Founder of the CPC Coalition joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.
Sasha enjoyed the beginnings of her in construction whilst working with a speciality contractor where she experienced first hand an industry wide failure to transform with technology. She observed an incoherence of each others needs, no consistent language to communicate and an environment where it was easier to say no than to tackle problems and innovate. Soon after, she was compelled to join a marketing role with Bluebeam to focus on delivering her newfound message to help the industry evolve and also co-founded the CPC coalition with past guest Nathan Wood (Link) during this process.
Sasha now leads industry advancement with Procore where she continues to develop and deliver her message about how our industry can advance.
Topics of interest in this podcast include; Sashas work as a part of procore.org The issues around communication and cultural problems in construction The importance of culture as a foundational layer in industry success taking precedent on Sashas enjoyment of the car industry and patterns of success for successful pit teams in Formula 1 .
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Tom Bartley, CEO at Barbal joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.
Amongst the slew of positions and experience within AEC sectors, Tom's dominant background is digital engineering and procurement with WSP. Other notable projects include his involvement with the steering group that gave birth to the PAS 1192 standards, which would become a cornerstone for the ISO 19650 standards in later years. Tom is best known for his role as CEO of Barbal and the futuristic articles he publishes with his outlook on the future of construction. e.g Towards an internet of construction
As both a technically astute and forward thinking guest, Ralph and John cut right to the chase with Tom to discuss his views on the future paths of industry evolution and cover some of the things that need to change to make it happen. Topics of interest include: * How the role of a BIM manager will split into systems vs information architecture * Consideration if ISO/BuildingSMART will remain the home of interoperability standards for construction * Universally applicable solutions for consensus building via Barbal
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Ryan Tennyson, Technology advisor at the Scottish Future Trust, and recognised name amongst the innovative UK BIM scene joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries.
Tennyson shares his journey from questioning BIM as the panacea for the industry, to leading some of the most pivotal initiatives around information management practices for the betterment of the AEC industries. This story is sure to inspire openness amongst industry stakeholders and encourage listeners to invest themselves into taking a look to the future through the Tennyson BIM crystal ball.
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Rebecca Lovelace joins host Ralph Montague accompanied by John Egan to discuss innovation and community in the AEC industries. Rebecca is founder and "Chief dot joiner" at Building People (http://www.buildingpeople.org.uk/) and brings us a really interesting discussion around her journey whilst creating a platform to connect initiatives in the construction industries. As always, enjoy the show and please leave your comments below.
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Rachel Hartley and Adam Menter from Autodesk joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about the Autodesk group network and the impact that it is having on Autodesk communities across the globe. Please share your views in the comments below.
Alain Waha, Global Head of BIM at Buro Happold and CEO at Cogital, joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries.
Alain is a long time innovator across multiple industries. In this podcast he shares his views on what innovation means to the AEC industries and discusses how to "do" innovation. Of particular interest is a concept of an innovation "flywheel" that describes momentum of adoption across the technology lifecycle and how this is the key to project success.
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Ravi Wood, BIM Manager and architect at Gresham Smith, joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries.
Ravi shares his views on why standards are difficult to implement and therefore challenge broader adoption, particularly in North American regions. Each building is bespoke but why are we making our processes pertaining to digital construction bespoke? He reasons that we should not recreate the wheel but share in the lessons from implementing BIM on projects and move forward together.
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Paul Doherty & Patrick Sharpe from DigitGroup joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries. Enjoy the show and please leave your comments below.
Johann Tuckler, BIM Manager at MottMacDonald joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries.
Johann believes that the fundamentals of BIM need to be done right and wants to help where possible - He encourages you to link with him and ask a question on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johann-tuckler-bimmanager/
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Alberto Tono, co-founder of Deep Learning Italia and founder at San Francisco Computational Design Institute joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries. Enjoy the show and please leave your comments below.
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Vaughan Harris, founder and BIM Maverick at the BIM institute, joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries.
Vaughan shares his views on BIM and the drivers for digital construction adoption in Africa. He believes that people should invest in their knowledge of the processes involved with digital construction and shares his views on how education is the key to innovation.
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KP Reddy, enineer, entrepreneur and VC at Shadow Ventures, joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries.
In this show, KP shares his AEC innovation journey from engineer to VC, what he thinks is required to disrupt AEC and how to get there as a founder. Planning is the key. Expect hell, rejection and be willing to persevere at all costs. No really its fun! Once you go entrepreneur you dont go back!
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Kris Lengieza, director of business development at Procore joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.
With a background in construction, Kris really understand the industry and how it works. Prior to joining Procore, Kris worked for a US based general contractor where he became a customer of Procore and also an advocate for technology and the value its part would have in the future of the construction industry. Combined with his interest in technology platforms, Kris plays a leading role in the evolution of the Procore marketplace where Procore are pioneers for a "best in breed" solution ethos for their global customer base.
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AEC industries and innovation veterans, Andrew Abernathy, principal at Amteah group and founder of 867 foundation along with Doug Elliott, founder of Carthage Intellectual Capital Management join hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.
Doug and Andrew believes that Ideas are your assets. Sharing their recipe for success based on their life's work, this podcast is jam packed with information about how to create an intangible asset; complete with some surprising revelations about the value of ideas and how to make them succeed in AEC; a discussion ensues about the lifecycle of an idea to monetising your creative assets.
"If you have an idea that works and attacks the structural foundations of the industry, keep at it!"
Andrew and Doug are also about to release their own "Ideas 2 Assets" podcast which we recommend that you check out!
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Clive Jordan, Co-founder of Plannerly joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.
Clive believes that through integrating processes we can unite BIM expectations across all silos in our design and construction industry. Clive was part of the team that founded Vico Software, created the world’s first fully integrated 4D and 5D BIM datasets, defined the first LOD (Level of Detail/Development) Model Progression Specifications (MPS) and also helped establish the world’s first BIM contract.
Over his 20 year BIM journey Clive has interned as an Architect, earned a 1st class Civil Engineering Masters degree, got his boots dirty for 6 years as a Contractor, spent 9 years pioneering the 4D and 5D BIM category from a small startup to a global tech company, and also implemented a cross-company BIM workflow for 3 years at one of the world's largest Owners. Clive is now a Co-founder and CEO at Plannerly (The BIM Management Platform) and continues to focus on ridding the world of Evil BIM.
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Nathan Wood, CEO & Founder at SpectrumAEC and Executive Director at the Construction Progress Coalition joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about change and the benefits of innovation in our built environment.
Early on in his career, Wood recognised that industry stakeholders shared the same problems when working on construction projects. His experience showed these were not unique to his company and were common to all companies he worked alongside. Wood decided to do something about it when he set up the Construction Project Coalition and consulting firm, AEC Spectrum to give the construction industry exactly what it needed in terms of the innovative edge to overcome these shared pains.
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References for this podcast are included below:
Four Phase Project Delivery (Digby Christian): http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1013
Overview of Common Data Exchange (CDX) framework: http://www.constructionprogress.org/common-data-exchange
SpectrumAEC: http://www.spectrumaec.com/
Gavin Crump, founder and BIM Consultant at BIM Guru, joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries.
Gavin shares more about his unique systemic and technical approach to creating solutions for advanced BIM workflows. Check out his content over at the Aussie BIM Guru: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCry22yTdpgEDdzIZig7NSMQ
Like all of our guests, Gavin likes to share! Connect with Gavin on LinkedIn at the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavincrump/
We look forward to talking with Gavin again in the future. As always, please leave comments below.
Other resources mentioned in this clip include: - Node-red starter: https://github.com/bimlauncher/node-red-express
AEC industry veteran, Pierre Venter, a self employed digital information manager and architect joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.
Pierre shares his insight to the trends and changes that has happened in the industry over his decades of experience. He shares a fascinating insight to the evolution of working processes, from paper based information management and coordination to collaborating around 3D models in real time enabled by emerging hardware and software technologies.
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This is the recording of the second* roundtable discussion that has taken place amongst a group of digital construction leaders whom come together to discuss an open initiative around the enablement of information to flow freely between solutions used in the digital construction process.
- This discussion does not require knowledge of the first discussion but if you would like to listen, please see this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrSKm0X8w-c
Participant selection was based on a range of experience from industry, academia, standards development and system integrators and each participant shared their view on the topic. The conclusions of which, are outside the scope of this description.
By way of agenda, Ralph Montague introduces John Egan to make his opening statement about the importance of using common data descriptions for forms of information used on a digital construction project and following this, the participants provide a response with their views on the topic before discussion ensues.
Our sincere thanks to all of the participants and to you, our listeners. This conversation will be continued on Nov 5th, 2020 at the next Construction Progress Coalition (CPC) roundtable discussion.
We are looking to engage others in this discussion and if you feel that you could contribute something, please drop us a message on support@aechive.net or via Twitter DM here: https://twitter.com/_aecHive Alternatively, leave a comment below.
Simon Moreau, technical manager at Bouygues Immobilier and chief innovator at bim42.com joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.
With a comprehensive background in AEC, Simon has held positions including structural engineer, BIM manager and now technical manager at Bouygues Immobilier. Simon shares his practical perspective on innovation in AEC where he has tamed his context and inherited a deeper understanding of the AEC technology landscape as a result.
This podcast shares how to achieve a greater understanding of how to capture the value of the AEC technology landscape perhaps by using best in breed technologies. Simon practices what he preaches and has built up a plethora of tools that can be found on his blog/marketplace at www.bim42.com.
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Jim Quanci joins host John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries.
His blog titled "dances with elephants" is available to consume here: https://dances-with-elephants.typepad.com/blog/about-the-author.html
Chris Tisdel joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries.