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🎙️Building with Data: Emma Hooper's Vision for Information Management in Construction

Join me in a captivating conversation with Emma Hooper, associate director and head of R&D at Bond Bryan Digital an Information Management consultancy.

We delved deep into the world of information management in construction, discussing the pivotal role of open standards like IFC, the tools that are shaping the industry, and the future of collaborative construction.

Emma's insights, backed by her extensive experience and recognition in the field, shed light on the challenges we face and the solutions on the horizon.

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🎙️Pelle Meholm on BIM Challenges and Solutions

BIM professional Pelle Meholm from Conclass showcases conVoid, a tool that revolutionizes building design. ConVoid is a valuable aid for architects and engineers, facilitating the design and coordination of areas where utilities like electricity and water are routed.

Conclass homepage: https://www.conclass.tech/

Disclaimer: this interview is not a paid advertisement.

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🎙️Building Beyond Boundaries: Bruno Postle's Open-Source Approach

Meet Bruno Postle, a visionary who's blending art and technology to reshape the world of architecture. In this conversation, he takes us on a journey through his work with open-source tools like Homemaker and BlenderBIM.

It's not just about buildings and designs; it's about a philosophy that values collaboration, innovation, and sustainability.

Whether you're an architect, an engineer, or simply curious about how the spaces we live in are created, Bruno's insights offer a fresh perspective on the future of building design. Join him in exploring a world where creativity and technology come together in harmony.

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🎙️Exploring the Digital Shift in Construction with Alexandru Patache

In this video, I had the pleasure of interviewing Alexandru Patache, a civil engineer from Splendid Development, a Romanian company that is making strides in the use of advanced Building Information Modeling (BIM) techniques.

Alexandru shared his personal journey in the industry, his role as a BIM coordinator, and why having an engineering background is crucial to understanding the processes involved.

We delved into the company's focus on design for projects across Europe and their diverse services, which range from structural engineering to design automation, visualization, and even gamification.

Alexandru emphasized the importance of open standards like IFC for asset management and the future of the construction industry.

We also discussed the challenges and solutions in automating workflows and the need for a balance between innovation and practicality.

A significant part of our conversation revolved around the shift from analog to digital in the construction industry and the role of professionals in driving this change.

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Learn the hidden facts and common misunderstandings about openBIM in this engaging talk.

Nando Mogollon, the director of Build Digital, uncovers the truths about openBIM, the difference between teamwork and swapping files, and why we really need to work together in the AEC business in this episode.

This chat will open up your mind about teamwork and openBIM, offering useful ideas about the changing world of BIM.

Prepare for an engaging talk that clears up these important subjects, grow your understanding, and keep up with the fast-paced BIM world.

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Dropbox and Verifi3D: Collaboration and Data Validation in AEC

Xinaps CEO Frank Schuyer and Shirin Arnold from Dropbox discuss their tech advancements in AEC. They talk about how Dropbox and Verify 3D are reshaping data management and teamwork.

Frank and Shirin recount their journey to simplify data validation in AEC. They detail how Dropbox has grown beyond file sharing, now a major data hub, and how Verify 3D brings smart capabilities, making data checking easy for all.

They underline the smooth combo of Dropbox and Verify 3D, allowing for efficient tasks and instant sync for up-to-the-minute info. They explore the need for version control, auditing, and tracking in the AEC field.

They also highlight the user-friendly nature of Dropbox and Verify 3D, including support for many file types and browser compatibility. They touch on their role in model coordination and conflict spotting.

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OpenBIM Beyond Borders: Eugenio Yanes on Global Collaboration and Innovation

Eugenio Fontán Yanes is an experienced BIM Manager and Architect based in Hong Kong. Eugenio shares his insights on the implementation of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and the challenges faced in the construction industry, particularly in Southeast Asia.

Eugenio discusses the importance of OpenBIM and how it can improve collaboration and efficiency in the construction process. He also touches on the use of ArchiCAD and other tools like Solibri and Rhinoceros in his projects.

Eugenio emphasizes the need for the industry to embrace technology and move past traditional methods. Additionally, Eugenio talks about the BIM mandates in Southeast Asia, highlighting the progress in countries like Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan.

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Open-Source Revolution in Architecture: Insights from Ryan Schultz and Bruno Perdigão

Ryan Schultz and Bruno Perdigão, two passionate advocates for open-source software, particularly BlenderBIM, share their insights in this enlightening discussion. Ryan, based in the United States, and Bruno, operating from Brazil, have been instrumental in the growth and development of the BlenderBIM community.

Ryan and Bruno recount their experiences of using BlenderBIM for architectural projects, emphasizing its power and flexibility. They discuss how BlenderBIM has allowed them to transition away from mainstream software like Revit and AutoCAD, becoming an integral part of their workflow.

Highlighting the advantages of BlenderBIM, Ryan, and Bruno particularly note its adaptability and the control it offers to users.

Ryan and Bruno express admiration for the rapid development and improvements in BlenderBIM, praising the work of the open-source community. They share their belief that BlenderBIM is future-proof, offering a way to work in a format that will remain relevant and accessible.

Toward the end of the discussion, Ryan and Bruno talk about their efforts to encourage others to use BlenderBIM. They believe that with some dedication to learning Blender and BlenderBIM, professionals in the field can start using them for small projects. They emphasize that BlenderBIM is not just for architects but can also be beneficial for engineers, planners, and other professionals in the industry.

This insightful conversation about the future of architectural software and the potential of BlenderBIM is a must-listen. I'm sure you wouldn't want to miss this out.

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Lloyd Bussio on Transitioning to BlenderBIM: An Architect's Perspective

Lloyd Bussio, also known as the @IfcArchitect is a registered professional architect operating out of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is known for his extensive use of BlenderBIM from his YouTube channel which exploded recently.

Lloyd shares his journey of using BlenderBIM since its inception in 2019. He explains how he found the software to be a powerful tool for his architectural projects, allowing him to move away from using Revit and AutoCAD. He mentions that he hasn't touched Revit or AutoCAD since October 2022 and is now doing everything with BlenderBIM.

Lloyd discusses the advantages of BlenderBIM, emphasizing its flexibility and the control it offers to users. He also talks about the importance of 2D drawings in his work, explaining that while some countries like Norway are moving away from requiring 2D drawings, in many places, including South Africa, they are still a crucial part of architectural projects.

He also shares his thoughts on the rapid development and improvements in BlenderBIM, with Lloyd expressing his admiration for the work of Dion Moult (the lead developer of BlenderBIM) and other contributors. He shares his belief that BlenderBIM is future-proof, offering a way to work in a format that will remain relevant and accessible.

Towards the end of the discussion, Lloyd talks about his efforts to encourage others to use BlenderBIM. He believes that with a week of learning Blender and BlenderBIM, professionals with previous experience in the field can start using it for small projects. He emphasizes that BlenderBIM is not just for architects but can also be beneficial for engineers, planners, and other professionals in the industry.

I promise you, you do not want to miss this one.

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Lejla's Insider Insights on BIMvoice about Revit and IFC4.3, and Autodesk Forma

Tune into BIMvoice with Lejla Secerbegovic as she talks about Revit and IFC 4.3, Autodesk Forma, her blog and YouTube channel @BIMmeup and more!

Lejla Secerbegovic is a BIM Specialist and a Digital Technology Enthusiast based in Munich, Germany. Lejla has an educational background from the Technical University of Vienna and she is currently working at Autodesk.

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IDS Demystified: Simplifying Information Delivery with Menno Mekes

Join us as we delve into the world of Information Delivery Specifications (IDS) and its impact on Building Information Modeling (BIM). In this informative video, Menno Mekes, an experienced BIM expert explains the difference between Bimbase IDS and the IDS standard developed by BuildingSMART.

Discover how IDS improves communication and data exchange among architects, engineers, contractors, and clients in construction projects. Through real-world examples, learn how IDS enhances the quality of project information, reduces errors, and streamlines workflows.

Explore the challenges and benefits of implementing IDS, emphasizing the importance of client involvement and change management for successful adoption. Whether you're a BIM professional, project manager, or simply interested in the digital transformation of construction, this video provides valuable insights into the potential of IDS.

Unlock the power of IDS to revolutionize your BIM projects and enhance collaboration from design to facilities management. Don't miss out on this opportunity to improve efficiency and precision in your projects. Watch now and discover how IDS can transform your BIM workflow!

Menno Mekes (b. 1976) is a BIM expert who has dedicated over two decades of his career to Arons en Gelauff architecten, an architecture firm founded by Floor Arons and Arnoud Gelauff in 1996. As a crucial member of a team of 23 architecture enthusiasts, Menno Mekes brings a unique blend of expertise to each project, contributing to the creation of distinctively unique architectural works.

Menno's approach to his work is deeply thoughtful and process-oriented. He is known for his dedication to 'Joy in repetition', a mantra that he adopted years ago to streamline the company's processes without diminishing the human pleasure derived from designing. His focus on automation of repetitive tasks has led to the production of more consistent and superior models in Building Information Modeling (BIM). This approach ensures that attention is concentrated on design and engineering processes.

In addition to his work at Arons en Gelauff architecten, Menno serves as Secretary of the BIM basis ILS expert committee, where he has been a member since June 2018. His role allows him to contribute to the quality of BIM in the Netherlands, reflecting his interest in innovation and improvement within the architecture and technology sectors.

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Open vs Closed BIM Workflows: Insights from Bojana Dukanovic of BIMcollab

Bojana Dukanovic from BIMcollab breaks down open BIM workflows and compares them to closed workflows.

She talks about how BIMcollab helps push open BIM principles and how these methods can make projects run smoother.

Bojana also shares how Europe and the US use BIM differently, and the problems that can arise when teams use different BIM tools.

Discover the potential of the upcoming IDS standard that aims to make BIM requirements easier to handle.

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OpenBIM: Paving the Way in Romania with Stefan Constantinescu

In this video, I chat with Stefan Constantinescu, who is in charge of BuildingSMART Romania and co-founded the BIMtech Association. Stefan shares his experience, and talks about what buildingSMART Romania does, and how it's changing the way buildings are made.

BuildingSMART Romania is trying to get more people to use open Building Information Modelling (BIM) standards in Romania. They talk a lot about open BIM, Open Standards, and different tools like IFC, aiming to help everyone understand how to use them better in their work.

Stefan also talks about the yearly BIMcon conference. This event brings experts from all around the world to share their stories and advice. BuildingSMART Romania also works on translating technical guidelines, called ISO standards, into Romanian, so more people can use them.

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BIM for Electrical Engineers: A Deep Dive with David Robison

Join me as I talk to David Robison from Design Master Software about BIM (Building Information Modeling) for electrical engineers.

David shares how BIM can make an electrical engineer's work more efficient and the role of Design Master Software in this field.

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Disclaimer: This video is not a sponsored or paid advertisement.

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BIMvoice with Artur Tomczak: bSDD (buildingSMART Data Dictionary)

Welcome to the second part of the interview with Artur Tomczak, PhD Researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and a product manager for bSDD at buildingSMART International.

In this video, Artur breaks down the concept of bSDD, its benefits, and its role in shaping the future of the AEC industry.

Whether you're an AEC professional or a tech enthusiast eager to learn about the latest advancements in the industry, this video is for you! Join us as Artur navigates the ins and outs of bSDD, revealing its potential to revolutionize construction and design processes.

Artur's expertise in sustainable development, digital technologies, and artificial intelligence makes him a valuable asset to the field, and his work with bsDD at BuildingsmartInternational is driving innovation and progress in the industry. Throughout the series, we delve deeper into these topics and provide valuable insights into how technology and innovation can promote sustainability and improve the built environment.

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BIMvoice with Artur Tomczak PhD: Information Delivery Specification (IDS)

Welcome to the first part of the interview with Artur Tomczak, a PHD Researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and a product manager for bSDD at BuildingsmartInternational.

In the first part of the interview, Artur shares his background and expertise in the field of sustainable development and we cover Information Delivery Specifications (IDS). He discusses his career journey and how he became interested in the topic, his experience with researching digital technologies and artificial intelligence to support lifecycle sustainability in the AEC/FM industry, and his thoughts on the role of technology in driving positive change in the built environment.

Artur's expertise in sustainable development, digital technologies, and artificial intelligence makes him a valuable asset to the field, and his work with bsDD at BuildingsmartInternational is driving innovation and progress in the industry. Throughout the series, we delve deeper into these topics and provide valuable insights into how technology and innovation can promote sustainability and improve the built environment.

So sit back, relax, and enjoy the interview with Artur. I hope you'll find the conversation informative and engaging, and we invite you to join us as we explore these important topics.

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Imagining Canada's Digital Twin

There are some interesting and exciting initiatives in Canada to build a digital twin of the entire country. Lara Chow, Julie Ivanoff and Nicolas Arellano are presenting the very important and ambitious work they are doing.

👧🏻Lara is Associate Director at Carleton Immersive Media Studio.👩🏻Julie is the Research team lead for Imagining Canada's Digital Twin at CIMS.🧑🏻‍🦱Nicolas is and Architect and a Ph.D. student at Carleton University and Research Team Lead at Carleton Immersive Media Studio (CIMS).

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De-Black-Boxing BIM with Nicolas Arellano

Nicolas is a Ph.D. student at Carleton University and Research Team Lead at Carleton Immersive Media Studio (CIMS), with a background in Architecture.

He is passionate about open-source and has a mission to de-blackbox BIM.

Chime in and listen to his inspiring story and mission!

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BIM Coordinator at Work | Dan Vlasceanu from PORR Romania 🇷🇴

We are following up our previous chat with a hands on presentation, on how Dan is employing digital tools and processes on his projects.

Some of the things Dan is covering in this video: - what CDE is he using and how- machine control- how he uses drones on his projects- how he does simple visualisation to explain some workflows for his team- and more

Dan Vlasceanu is a BIM Coordinator working in the Innovation Department of PORR Romania.

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BIM Coordinator in Romania with Dan Vlasceanu from PORR Romania 🇷🇴

You might be surprised, but people are interested in innovation and BIM, even in Romania. One such person is Dan Vlasceanu. He is working as BIM Coordinator within the Innovation Department of PORR Romania. Join us and find out about his inspiring story:- How he got into his role- BIM Mandate in Romania- How he is innovating in his job- If he saves any money and time by using innovative solutions and approaches- And much more

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Partner Selection to Develop Tooeen is undergoing at full speed

You'll find out what is the status in the process of selecting partners to develop Tooeen, and how this selection is being conducted.

Tooeen, the next cloud-based open-source developer platform to create and sell your own BIM-based Digital Twin apps.

Are you happy with Autodesk Forge? Do you have any other reliable options available?

Can you imagine having a solution...

✅ Open Source✅ Community-driven✅ Powerful✅ Flexible✅ Multiplatform✅ Extensible

This is what Tooeen aims to be. And much more.

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Validating IFC Models with BlenderBIM | Vukas Pajic

Vukas Pajic is a BIM Process Expert, at Porr Design and Engineering in Vienna, Austria.

Vukas is using BlenderBIM at work to check models that are not modeled internally, and he started using the BlenderBIM Add-on because he was so frustrated with all the other software he was using.

This is the first part of our series of interviews, so stay tuned for the future ones!

Vukas is also an active contributor to the BlenderBIM Add-on. Thank you for your contributions, Vukas!

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Learn Grasshopper with Krzysztof Wojslaw from BIM Corner

This is the 1st step to become what he describes as an Engineer 4.0.

You can learn more about the 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 course Kris is launching here: http://bit.ly/3A3e189 The registration for this course is open until Thursday, 17.11.2022, at 21:00 CET, so you don't have time to waste if you are really serious about parametric design.

Kris is a Parametric Design and VDC Specialist, International Speaker and Bridge Engineer. He is also a co-founder of the BIM Corner blog, which is one of the best resources IN THE WORLD when it comes to the practical use of BIM.

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Jesús Valderrama Rodríguez: Another Key Person Behind IFC.js

Jesús Valderrama Rodríguez is an architect, application engineer, educator and entrepreneur. But more than that, he is one of the key figures behind ifc.js.

Jesús is the General Director of Apogea, COO of BIMmaster.PRO and Board Member of IFC.js.

IFC.js is a JavaScript library that allows you to load, view, and edit IFC models in your browser. This allows developers of architecture and construction applications to work in IFC effortlessly and focus on the functionalities that add value to their business.

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Quoting Jesús Valderrama Rodríguez from ifc.js

Here are some ideas 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 we are working on:

✅ 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞: Of course it will be 100% open source, make no doubt about it. Since we started IFC.js our vision was to create a community-driven growth model that would allow us to obtain resources to make 100% open and free technology available to anyone. Now the project is moving towards being more than just JavaScript libraries, but that premise is not changing at all. Tooeen's technology will be 100% open and free.

✅ 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲-𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧: We want to hear from you. The community will continue to grow and we will involve you in everything. With this call, we also want to listen to all the companies that we know have been waiting for something like this for a long time.

✅ 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥: We have been working for some time on creating a system so that you can display as many models as you want, regardless of their size, on any device. It is already a reality. We have the technology, and we are going to create something great.

✅ 𝐅𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞: Not all businesses have the same needs. We want to produce a real change and Tooeen is born to satisfy those companies that prefer to delegate service and infrastructure under a SaaS model, those that prefer to keep control of their data under an on-premise model with delegated maintenance, and also those that want to implement and manage everything in their own infrastructure, which will have free access to the code.

✅ 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦: Web, Desktop, Mobile and XR. Plug and play is the key. We want to delight developers using our platform, so that integrating or innovating on it is a piece of cake.

✅ 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞: We will create an application marketplace on our platform that allows us to address more use cases and needs, faster thanks to the community, while also becoming a way of innovation and business for everyone.

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IfcOpenShell

IfcOpenShell helps you build digital platforms and tools for the built environment. Read, write and modify Building Information Models using IFC, a diverse digital language from design to construction and beyond.

Thomas is the founder of a company called AECgeeks that specializes in software development and generative design for the Architecture Engineering and Construction industry.

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What Is OSArch and Why It Matters With Duncan Lithgow

The OSArch community aims to provide support for a community and ecosystem of software that respects the digital freedom of the industry and its users. This digital freedom allows collaboration to occur, and is increasingly important as the industry and next generation of digitally savvy professionals leave academia to join us in our journey to improve the built environment. In particular, we help support four types of digital freedom, which are known as the four essential freedoms. When the OSArch community talks about free software, we are not referring to price (which is a common misconception), we are talking about software that provides these four freedoms, of which price is not a factor. The freedoms are:

1️The freedom to use software as you wish for any purposes, whether it be educational, commercial, R&D, in any context with no time limit, no arbitrary vendor restrictions, or any other rules governing your usage.

2️The freedom to study how the software works, and change it so it can do what you want. We want to promote digital learning and the freedom to customise software for your workflows, your data, your environment, with no restrictions.

3️The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others. We need our tools to be shared to work together on the built environment. Sharing tools with others helps upskill and improve the abilities of the entire industry.

4️The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others. By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes.

A precondition to provide these four freedoms is to ensure that we are able to do all the work we need to do in the AEC industry using open source software. Satisfying this precondition means the license of the software must be an FSF-approved license or an OSI-approved license. Access to, and the freedom to change this code empowers and puts the users (that's you!) in control over the data in the built environment, instead of vendors.

Duncan Lithgow is a Constructing Architect and ICT Specialist at Henning Larsen Architects in Skanderborg, Denmark. At the same time, Duncan is one of the most active contributors in the OSArch community.

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Over 400 students have finished the first ifc.js crash course

Many of them have built amazing apps as you will see in this vide. The next course starts today in few hours, if you did not take the first one, do not miss it this time again! 👉👉 https://bit.ly/3ql56tp

IFC.js is a JavaScript library to load, display and edit IFC models in the browser. This allows developers of architecture and construction applications to work in IFC effortlessly and focus on the functionalities that add value to their business.

Antonio González Viegas is an architect and programmer based in Spain. His specialty is solving problems through code. He loves to learn new things, especially if they have to do with 3D, buildings or video games. Currently, Antonio is working as a BIM Software Developer @ Autility.

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Supercharge Your IFC Workflow with Anker

Learn How You Can Supercharge Your IFC Workflow with Anker.

Harsh and Saleem from Reope are showing me the power of the tool they have been working on for a while: Anker. Anker is basically a web-based database platform that can be linked with BIM tools for managing data easily and efficiently.

Reope is a consulting and software development company based in Oslo, Norway, and they proudly like to call themselves architects and engineers who code.

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Artificial Intelligence in Construction

Håkon helps me understand better how AI works or it should work, and it's impact on the built environment.

Håkon is a serial entrepreneur who aims to disrupt the built environment and make it more sustainable, using the most advanced technologies and paradigms (AI, AR, Linked Data, 5G etc).

I4 Technology is a new type of consulting company in the Norwegian Construction Industry started by Håkon Reisvang. The primary focus is to help the industry by implementing new tools such as artificial intelligence and robot technology in construction projects.

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IloveIFC by BIMrras I love IFC it's a BIM app made by BIMrras using the IFC.js framework. Sign up for it and try it here 👉 https://iloveifc.com/

BIMrras Podcast, the First Collaborative Podcast about BIM in Spanish, where 3 crazy architects discuss everything related to Building Information Modeling, digital transformation and technology applied in Construction.

BIMrras is published every 1st and 15th of the month, uninterruptedly, since January 2018. Listeners are Spanish-speaking professionals in the construction sector with interest in the application of technology to their daily activity, with special emphasis on the application of BIM.

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BIMrras - Spanish BIM Podcast

BIMrras Podcast, the First Collaborative Podcast about BIM in Spanish, where 3 crazy architects discuss everything related to Building Information Modeling, digital transformation and technology applied in Construction.

BIMrras is published every 1st and 15th of the month, uninterruptedly, since January 2018. Listeners are Spanish-speaking professionals in the construction sector with interest in the application of technology to their daily activity, with special emphasis on the application of BIM.

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ifcXR - Mixed Reality App Built with IFC.js by Craig Liesinger

Here is what an Open Source project can lead to: people from any industry can build whatever app they need using the free open source library IFC.js. The only limitation is your imagination, because IFC.js is growing, becoming more robust and adding more features every month, if not every week.

Craig Liesinger is working as a Digital customer experience & field sales productivity manager for Ecolab, in Vienna, Austria. The fact that he's not working directly within the Construction Industry did not stop him to build his app which targets AEC, and this is just an example of the potential of having such tools as IFC.js at our disposal. Well done Craig, amazing work!

Here you can have a look at his app, ifcXR: https://bit.ly/3y0UNOn

Now, off you go and build your revolutionary app using IFC.js!

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Becoming a BIM Coordinator with Ignacy Lozinski

In today’s episode, I am talking with Ignacy Lozinski, about his extensive online training called BBC - Become BIM Coordinator. The main goal of this training is to help students learn the secrets of BIM Coordination in-depth and give them the necessary knowledge to become BIM Coordinator.

This isn’t just another online course about BIM, but the thoroughly structured composition of training materials that guide the students through various aspects of the BIM Coordinators job, from fundaments to advanced topics. The training is packed with a lot of practical knowledge from a real practitioner in that field. The next edition of the BBC will be released in autumn 2022.

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Ignacy Lozinski is a BIM Coordination Specialist, BIM Developer, and a co-founder of the BIM Corner blog who lives and works in Oslo, Norway. His mission is to create high-quality practical online training that helps AEC professionals reach their goals and change their careers

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Dissecting IFC With Thomas Zwielehner

What is the point in using IFC and learning more about it? Do we have any better alternatives? In this episode, Thomas and I are diving deep into the IFC rabbit hole, trying to provide some perspective about some critical aspects of IFC. We cover misconceptions, challenges and much more.

Thomas Zwielehner is a trained Architect working as a Lead BIM Consultant, in Vienna, Austria. He is very passioned about IFC and through his social media accounts he's trying to spread knowledge about it, and push the industry forward. As he says: the IFC documentation can be tedious to read, the ifcdoctor tries to make it easier to digest.

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A Day in The Life of a BIM Coordinator with Aleksandar Kesonja

Aleksandar is showing me how he is working in any given day and what tools he is using as a BIM Coordinator. Aleksandar Kesonja is a BIM Coordinator at BaneNOR, the Public Railroad Administration in Norway.

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Antonio González Viegas is a BIM Software Developer with background in architecture, based in Spain. He loves to solve problems through code.

If you want to find out more about the course "How to become a BIM-developer", Antonio and other contributors will release soon, then you should watch/listen to this podcast. A new breed of architects and engineers is slowly becoming more and more popular. I bet in the next few years BIM-developer as in BIM programmer is going to be just another usual job in AEC.

IFC.js is a JavaScript library to load, display and edit IFC models in the browser. This allows developers of architecture and construction applications to work in IFC effortlessly and focus on the functionalities that add value to their business.

Antonio González Viegas is an architect and programmer based in Spain. His specialty is solving problems through code. He loves to learn new things, especially if they have to do with 3D, buildings or video games. Currently, Antonio is working as a BIM Software Developer @ Autility.

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Digital Construction Sites with Angelos Nicolaou, the CEO of Sektor.

Angelos grew up in construction crew expat camps in Saudi Arabia before moving to Cyprus and eventually the USA to complete his studies. Before founding SEKTOR, Angelos worked as a Client Representative for VVIP clients from the Middle East, managing ultra-luxury construction projects in over 10 countries for five years. His passion for technology and love for the Construction industry, lead to the creation of SEKTOR.build, an industry-leading distributor and integrator of Construction Technologies for the global AEC industry.

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How free open source software BlenderBIM Add-on can be used on real projects

Yassine Oualid is a Digital Construction Consultant at SigmaDimensions. Yassine has previously practiced in leading property development and contracting firms in the United Kingdom and Morocco, where he has 7 years of experience, and worked his way up from an assistant site manager to project director. He holds a bachelor in Civil Engineering from UCL and a Master in Structural Engineering from Imperial College London.

Sigma Dimensions (TM) was founded by two individuals passionate about Science and Technology: Yassine Oualid and Mohammed Baddaz. As a team of multi-disciplinary engineers, we help you design & build with the bigger picture in mind, whilst taking meticulous care of the details. That is how we ensure you get the job done on time, on budget. We love open source and open standards, as this allows humanity to progress based on collective work - without having to repeat the wheel each time.

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🔥🔥BlenderBIM Add-on v0.0.220516 has been released with 352 new features and fixes!

It's our built environment, help support the BlenderBIM Add-on: 100% free and open source software that lets you author and document BIM data fully to ISO standards. It's built by the AEC community, for the AEC community.

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How to use Topologic to improve design workflows

Dr. Wassim Jabi, Professor and Chair of Computational Methods in Architecture at Cardiff University,

Topologic is a software development kit and plug-in that enables logical, hierarchical and topological representation of spaces and entities. Topologic can be used with Dynamo, Blender and many more tools.

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How to employ agile processes in construction and improve workflows.

Sindre Gundersen is Chief Digital Officer (CDO) at XPRO AS and the founder and organizer of Contech Norway, a monthly gathering of AEC professionals with the objective to push the AEC forward towards digitalization.

Here is the book Sindre recommends: Measure what matters by John Doerr, https://www.amazon.com/Measure-What-Matters-Google-Foundation/dp/0525536221

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Collaboration in AEC and BIM status in Canada with Scott Chatterton

Collaboration in AEC and BIM status in Canada with Scott Chatterton.

Scott Chatterton is the BIM Technical Director for BIM One and Member of Board of Directors for CanBIM.

About Scott: Technology plays an ever-increasing role in all aspects of today's AECOO industry. As a recognized leader in Digital Practice and Building Information Modeling (BIM), I understand the challenges involved in research, strategic development and the successful integration of a digital workflow.

Enabling the success of clients, partners and colleagues, I focus on production workflows and resource optimization. My international background in implementing digital practice, combined with my teaching experiences, is of great value to bring together members of a team and drive forward any type of organization. Having often been in a player/coach role allows me to provide hands-on engagement, guidance and leadership in order to improve collaboration and efficiency recommended for today’s complex BIM projects.

As the BIM Technical Director of BIM One (Western Unit), and through my involvement as a guest speaker and as a Member of the Board of Directors for CanBIM, I seek to support, discover and realize new ways to utilize BIM in Canada and elsewhere.

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What are you waiting for? Join now to boost your career and to make a difference in AEC!

Become a BIM software developer crash course: https://courses.ifcjs.io/ There are just a few days left to enroll on the first ever BIM software developer course! What are you waiting for? Join now and boost to boost your career and to make a difference in AEC!

IFC.js is a JavaScript library to load, display and edit IFC models in the browser. This allows developers of architecture and construction applications to work in IFC effortlessly and focus on the functionalities that add value to their business.

Antonio González Viegas is an architect and programmer based in Spain. His specialty is solving problems through code. He loves to learn new things, especially if they have to do with 3D, buildings or video games. Currently, Antonio is working as a BIM Software Developer @ Autility.

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Antonio González Viegas is a BIM Software Developer with background in architecture, based in Spain. He loves to solve problems through code.

If you want to find out more about the course "How to become a BIM-developer", Antonio and other contributors will release soon, then you should watch/listen to this podcast. A new breed of architects and engineers is slowly becoming more and more popular. I bet in the next few years BIM-developer as in BIM programmer is going to be just another usual job in AEC.

IFC.js is a JavaScript library to load, display and edit IFC models in the browser. This allows developers of architecture and construction applications to work in IFC effortlessly and focus on the functionalities that add value to their business.

Antonio González Viegas is an architect and programmer based in Spain. His specialty is solving problems through code. He loves to learn new things, especially if they have to do with 3D, buildings or video games. Currently, Antonio is working as a BIM Software Developer @ Autility.

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Transforming Cities in Supercomputers

Håkon is explaining how our cities are getting transformed into super computers.

Håkon is a serial entrepreneur who aims to disrupt the built environment and make it more sustainable, using the most advanced technologies and paradigms (AI, AR, Linked Data, 5G etc).

I4 Technology is a new type of consulting company in the Norwegian construction industry started by Håkon Reisvang. The primary focus is to help the industry by implementing new tools such as artificial intelligence and robot technology in construction projects.

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Antonio González Viegas is a BIM Software Developer with background in architecture, based in Spain. He loves to solve problems through code.

IFC.js is a JavaScript library to load, display and edit IFC models in the browser. This allows developers of architecture and construction applications to work in IFC effortlessly and focus on the functionalities that add value to their business.

Antonio González Viegas is an architect and programmer based in Spain. His specialty is solving problems through code. He loves to learn new things, especially if they have to do with 3D, buildings or video games. Currently, Antonio is working as a BIM Software Developer @ Autility.

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The “markdown” of BIM is here

Dotbim (.bim - as an extension) is an open-source, accessible, simple, minimalistic file format for BIM, that will allow you to store geometry and data with it. Dotbim (.bim) was built with an idea of having whole documentation of it on 1 page only. It was made on purpose to make it as minimalistic and as simple, and it possibly can be. Yet still it allows transferring geometries and data attached. Such approach can make a huge difference for the developers of different software. You’d spent much less time on building parsers, importers, exporter, and other tools around it. Think of it as the “markdown” of BIM – the bare minimum, but just enough structure for your content.

Wojciech Radaczyński is a programmer at Designbotic, where he's developing tools for architects.

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We're centered around the wrong information standard

▶️Håkon is convinced that instead of wasting our time, energy and resources on an old and limited information standard, we should dare for newer and better approaches that have the potential to disrupt our industry instead of just improving it a little.

Håkon is an entrepreneur who started up more innovative companies within AEC with the goal to make better buildings. Before this, he worked as a Project Manager.

I4 Technology is a new type of consulting company in the Norwegian construction industry started by Håkon Reisvang. The primary focus is to help the industry by implementing new tools such as artificial intelligence and robot technology in construction projects.

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BlenderBIM Add-on v0.0.210605 has been released with 186 new features and fixes.

BlenderBIM Add-on v0.0.210731 has been released with 134 new features and fixes.

▶️ BlenderBIM Add-on v0.0.210605 has been released with 186 new features and fixes. It's our built environment, help support the BlenderBIM Add-on: 100% free and open source software that lets you author and document BIM data fully to ISO standards. It's built by the AEC community, for the AEC community. Get it today: https://blenderbim.org/

This mammoth release is the first release since we announced that the BlenderBIM Add-on has been awarded an Epic Games MegaGrant. This funding will help accelerate our roadmap in providing stable geometry processing for the entire AEC industry, vital 2D drawing support, and cross-disciplinary features. Similarly, we are proud to announce 2 sponsored Google Summer of Code students who are making outstanding contributions to the project!

▶️ BlenderBIM Add-on v0.0.210731 has been released with 134 new features and fixes. It's our built environment, help support the BlenderBIM Add-on: 100% free and open source software that lets you author and document BIM data fully to ISO standards. It's built by the AEC community, for the AEC community. Get it today: https://blenderbim.org/

Since the last mammoth release, we've pivoted from developing many new features towards stablising the necessary workflows for native authoring.

Between the last release and now, two presentations were delivered to two international events: BILT 2021 and CAAD Futures 2021. Creating presentations takes time, and a good week was spent to craft an action-packed, information-loaded one hour introduction video presentation to Native IFC. We hope you will enjoy it as much as we enjoyed creating it, and share it for those who know BIM, but not OpenBIM, or those who know IFC, but not Native IFC. You can watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2Rv9iu7yDk&t=1179s

Dion Moult is an architect and software developer passionate about Open Source. He is also the main developer of BlenderBIM Add-on https://blenderbim.org/ an add-on for beautiful, detailed, and data-rich OpenBIM with Blender.

Download for free the latest version of The BlenderBIM Add-on: https://blenderbim.org/ Join the OSArch Community and change the world: https://osarch.org/

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Marko Koljancic is the Digital Technology Manager of DiRoots.

DiRoots develops Custom Software such as Autodesk, Bricsys, Bentley Add-ins, Web Apps, Busyness Process Automation, and much more.

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Julien Benoit is the Head of Customer Success at Catenda and the Co-founder of Bad Monkeys.

Catenda believes in openness as a way of working with our products and clients, as well for the tools and formats we are using for our daily work. When you work with them or use one of their Bimsync products, you should feel confident that your data is safe and stored 100% according to open standards. They do not believe in vendor lock-in. Your data is yours, and you choose to stay with them because you believe they offer the best solution.

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Daniel Tabacaru is the Founder/CEO and AIC (Aggregator in Charge) of Again X. He is also Owner/Principal Architect of REFRAME arkitektur and Senior Consultant Circular Economy Public Procurement for Viken County.

Again X has under the hood together more than 60 years of practice in architecture, BIM, finance, and technology. All this came to fruition as part of the Antler Oslo Accelerator program, where the idea has been formed and defined, together with the amazing advisors we had and still are getting support from.

Again X will address one of the biggest challenges of our times: how can we better and more sustainable manage the existing buildings, without demolishing and building new ones.

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Christoph Degendorfer is the Co-Founder and CEO of BIMSPOT

BIMSPOT enables every stakeholder to work on a single building information model (BIM) with their choice of software, 24/7 around the world, in real-time. BIMSPOT uniquely allows a lifecycle orientated collaboration with an unparalleled quality and transparency in the planning, building and real estate industry.

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Having worked in many architectural firms over the past 10 years as a BIM Manager, Gavin Crump opened his BIM Consulting firm, BIM Guru at the start of 2020.

Launching off the back of his YouTube efforts at the Aussie BIM Guru channel, his focus has shifted towards educating all levels of AEC professionals about software-based workflows, computational design, and how they can navigate the industry from a BIM perspective.

BIM Guru is the leading edge BIM Consulting for the Australian AEC industry, offering: ✔ Strategic input and guidance ✔ Revit templating, content creation and modelling ✔ Project BIM coordination and clash detection ✔ Dynamo and Grasshopper scripting ✔ Training, education and mentoring

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Dimitrie Stefanescu and Matteo Cominetti are the Co-founders of Speckle.

Speckle is a platform with endless possibilities. It's features can help you deliver state of the art projects, whether you’re using CAD/BIM, parametric design or custom tools. Speckle is the perfect technological base for your company's digital transformation.

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Data Curation: send data that matters: use Speckle to curate an integrated design workflow.

Interoperability: seamlessly exchange geometry and data between the most popular design and analysis tool of the industry. In almost real time!

Collaboration: real time & remote ready: collaborate across teams and disciplines. Access the data that matters, when you need it.

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Hasan Yumer is the founder and project manager at Integrated BIM.

Integrated BIM is an international team that includes designers, engineers, BIM and project managers who have been delivering design and building information modelling and management services worldwide since 2015. Their mission is to reduce conflicts in projects while maintaining fluent communication, collaboration, and information sharing. They have been successful at reducing construction and production costs for projects by 5-20%, while delivering them at a higher quality, faster speed, and with more accurate deliverables.

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Konrad Fugas is a BIM consultant working at dRofus in Oslo, Norway.

He can help you with organizing your BIM processes and data management on your projects. He is involved in various impressive projects around Norway and Europe, advising Building Owners, Architects, Engineers and Contractors how to plan and manage the data on projects.

dRofus is a unique planning, data management and BIM collaboration tool that provides all stakeholders with extensive workflow support and access to building information throughout the building lifecycle. Unlike any other planning tool in the market, dRofus was developed directly on behalf of public building owners. Capturing client requirements (EIR), validating design solutions (BIM) against client requirements, management of public standards and equipment planning are core features in the software.

BIM Corner is a blog mainly focused on Building Information Modeling technology. Their main goal is to spread knowledge in the field of BIM and its practical use in construction projects.

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Antonio González Viegas is an architect and programmer based in Spain. His specialty is solving problems through code.

He loves to learn new things, especially if they have to do with 3D, buildings or video games. CYPE is a firm that develops and distributes technical software for Architecture, Engineering and Construction professionals.

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Clifton Harness is the Co-founder and CEO at TestFit Inc. with a passion for improving AECO & problem-solving.

Developers, architects, urban planners and more use TestFit’s real-time deal information modelling to win work faster. Produce site plans in seconds and make on-the-fly changes with TestFit.

TestFit’s algorithms and co-creation tools help developers, architects, urban planners and more to solve site plans for hotel, parking or multifamily buildings in seconds. TestFit is The Ultimate Building Configurator. Simply input your building parameters and generate a structure in seconds. TestFit combines user knowledge and powerful algorithms into the first building prototyping solution that produces results instantly.

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Christian Dalhuizen presents BIMcollab, the most versatile issue management platform in the world.

BIMcollab Cloud is an issue collaboration platform for BIM, built on the widely accepted IFC and BCF open standards. BCF issues contain all relevant information enabling communication about BIM models. BIMcollab Cloud simplifies issue management, and offers a structured way of storing, sharing and solving issue including reliable history tracking in any BIM development process.

BIMcollab ZOOM: the world's most intuitive model validation and clash detection tool. BIMcollab ZOOM brings IFC model viewing and validating fully integrated into the issue management workflow. ZOOM is the perfect tool to discuss issues in design review meetings, helps to analyze data to find design flaws and to verify solutions. Navigation is fast, intuitive and smooth, even with large models. Now with clash detection!

BCF Managers: connect with your favorite BIM tools & more. BIMcollab Cloud is connected to the most popular BIM tools like Revit, ARCHICAD, Navisworks, Solibri and Tekla Structures through our integrated BCF Managers. They can also be used to import and export BCF files. Create and share issues with team members whether they are working with the same or different BIM tools. Start in model checking-, clash detection- or validation software and lookup issues, review solutions, follow mark-ups and provide feedback to solve in BIM modeling tools.

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Alec Pestov is presenting vGIS - BIM, GIS and Reality Capture in Augmented Reality.

Alec Pestov is the CEO and the Founder of vGIS.

vGIS is a leading extended reality (XR) visualization platform that transforms traditional BIM, GIS, Reality Capture, and other types of spatial data into visually stunning yet practical augmented reality overlays.

vGIS aggregates data from a variety of sources, including Autodesk models, Bentley BIM designs, and Esri ArcGIS, to display it in a unified, real-time augmented reality and mixed-reality (MR) view with centimeter-level positioning accuracy.

vGIS is the most advanced #AugmentedReality #AR #visualization platform for #GIS, #CAD and other #spatially-referenced data.

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The BlenderBIM Add-on v0.0.210131 has been released with 110 (yes!) new features and fixes. It's our built environment, help support the BlenderBIM Add-on: 100% free and open source software that lets you author and document BIM data fully to ISO standards. It's built by the AEC community, for the AEC community. In this video Dion is talking about the most important updates.

About Dion Moult :

"Dion Moult is an architect and software developer passionate about Open Source. He is also the main developer of BlenderBIM Add-on https://blenderbim.org/ an add-on for beautiful, detailed, and data-rich OpenBIM with Blender. "

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Øystein Ulvestad is presenting Death of drawings - Using BIM-models to improve built quality.

Øystein is working as a BIM-developer for Sweco in Oslo, Norway where he is responsible for research, development and quality of civil BIM models. In October, the last project Øystein has worked on, has been awarded at Tekla Global BIM Awards as the best BIM project and the best infrastructure project: https://www.tekla.com/bim-awards/randselva-bridge

Sweco is Europe's leading architecture and engineering consultancy company, established in 13 countries (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, UK and Poland). Sweco carries out projects in 70 countries annually throughout the world.

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Khalid David - Construction Financials, Done Right

Khalid David, the founder and CEO of TracFlo is presenting Developing Machine learning tools with project cost data.

Do you have control over your change orders or are they a real liability for you right now? TracFlo help subcontractors get a better grasp of their financial performance by helping the track and manage changing cost on a job site.

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Andrew Baranowski on The Context of BIM

Andrew is a BIM consultant and public speaker on the topic. In 2017, Andrew completed a Master of Science in Building Information Modeling Management at Middlesex University in London. His specialty is working with individuals and organizations across the globe to integrate BIM as part of their successful Digital Journey. He looks forward to helping you, too.

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On 11th of January Gavin Crump has published this article about "BIM Trends to watch in 2021", and I politely asked him if I could make a video about it, adding my own thoughts regarding it. He allowed me to do this, so thank you for that Gavin, and here is the result.

About Gavin Crump:

"Having worked in many architectural firms over the past 10 years as a BIM Manager, Gavin opened his BIM Consulting firm, BIM Guru at the start of 2020. Launching off the back of his YouTube efforts at the Aussie BIM Guru channel, his focus has shifted towards educating all levels of AEC professionals about software-based workflows, computational design, and how they can navigate the industry from a BIM perspective."

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Gjermund Dahl is presenting the Route E39 Project and highlighting what was required to achieve the high standards the requirements of the project sat from the beginning, and how they managed to overcome challenges.

Gjermund is a BIM strategist for Infrastructure at Norconsult AS in Norway.

About Norconsult:

"Norconsult is a multidisciplinary engineering and design consultancy, providing services to clients in the public and private sectors worldwide. The company is the leading Norwegian consultancy, a considerable European player, and has a substantial international presence and experience from projects on all continents.

The company employs engineers, economists, social scientists, architects, landscape architects, environmental, information and communication technology professionals as well as experts in a broad range of specialty fields.

Norconsult covers all phases of a project cycle from the earliest pre-investment and feasibility studies, through planning and design, tendering and construction supervision, to project implementation, operations and maintenance."

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Ole Petter is talking about digital transformation in construction and how to operationalize BIM models on site.

Ole Petter Jetmundsen is a Consultant at Dalux in Denmark.

Try for free the Dalux BIM Viewer: https://bit.ly/35HOodA

About Dalux:

"Since 2005 Dalux has worked to make the construction industry smarter and more efficient. Our user-friendly digital tools and BIM technology (3D information models) are currently used by leading contractors, builders and advisors in 125 countries.

Dalux works to shift the limits of how technology can ensure smarter and more sustainable work processes in the construction industry. In close cooperation with our users, we continuously optimize existing technology and develop new groundbreaking solutions. In recent years, we have launched many world news, including the world’s fastest mobile BIM viewer and BIM-based Augmented Reality for mobile phones.

The starting point for our activities is our headquarters in Copenhagen, where all development take place under the same roof. In addition, we have several foreign offices and our Customer Success Management team ensures that our more than 200 000 users can get help wherever they are in the world. We have no external investors and can therefore think long term and focus undisturbed on our customers’ wishes and needs."

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Dion is doing a live demo on how to quickly model a building in Blender and talks about the existing capabilities and the future of the BlenderBIM Add-on.

Dion is an architect and software developer passionate about Open Source. He is also the main developer of the BlenderBIM Add-on https://blenderbim.org/ an add-on for beautiful, detailed, and data-rich OpenBIM with Blender.

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Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)

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Håvard Bell talks about challenges in AEC, standards and much more.

Håvard is Founder and CEO at Catenda.

Catenda builds Bimsync®, the next generation cloud based platform where construction information comes alive. Bimsync® makes it easy to collaborate between all stakeholders in construction projects with an easy to use interface, intuitive 3D visualisation, powerful issue management and secure digital data management. Projects become easier to run - you reduce risk, increase value and build better together.

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Ole Kristian Kvarsvik walks us through the capabilities of StreamBIM.

Ole Kristian is Managing Director at Rendra AS - part of JDM Technology Group.

Rendra AS - The creator of StreamBIM. Open 3D BIM collaboration platform for everyone working in a construction project on all devices. JDM Technology Group is a global software business focused on delivering business software systems for the architecture, engineering and construction industries with over 100,000 users served in 40 countries on 7 continents, employing over 400 staff. The JDM Technology Group’s core business philosophy is long-term commitment to customer service coupled with providing the best possible solutions to customers.

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Introduction to Autdesk Forge with Damian Michał Harasymczuk. Damian is a Lead Software Engineer and Autodesk Forge Integrator at Contecht.

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Lucian is showing me around the BIM 360 platform.

Lucian is a Civil Engineer with a Ph.D. in Construction Management, a research assistant at the University of Berlin where he's teaching and doing research. He is also a Technical Lead at Contecth where they do training and develop software for companies within the AEC industry.

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Lucian is showing me around the BIM 360 platform. Lucian is a Civil Engineer with a Ph.D. in Construction Management, a research assistant at the University of Berlin where he's teaching and doing research. He is also a Technical Lead at Contecth where they do training and develop software for companies within the AEC industry.

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Technical University of Berlin

Lucian is showing me around the BIM 360 platform.

Lucian is a Civil Engineer with a Ph.D. in Construction Management, a research assistant at the University of Berlin where he's teaching and doing research. He is also a Technical Lead at Contecth where they do training and develop software for companies within the AEC industry.

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Randselva Bridge presented by Øystein Ulvestad. The best BIM project and best infrastructure project awarded at the Tekla Global BIM Awards 2020, a project built without drawings.

Øystein is working as a BIM-developer for Sweco in Oslo, Norway where he is responsible for research, development and quality of civil BIM models. In October, the last project Øystein has worked on, has been awarded at Tekla Global BIM Awards as the best BIM project and the best infrastructure project: https://www.tekla.com/bim-awards/randselva-bridge

Sweco is Europe's leading architecture and engineering consultancy company, established in 13 countries (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, UK and Poland). Sweco carries out projects in 70 countries annually throughout the world.

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Ole Kristian Kvarsvik talks about drawingless projects, exciting tech in AEC, and much more.

Ole Kristian is Managing Director at Rendra AS - part of JDM Technology Group.

Rendra AS - The creator of StreamBIM. Open 3D BIM collaboration Platform for everyone working in a construction project on all devices. JDM Technology Group is a global software business focused on delivering business software systems for the architecture, engineering and construction industries with over 100,000 users served in 40 countries on 7 continents, employing over 400 staff. The JDM Technology Group’s core business philosophy is long-term commitment to customer service coupled with providing the best possible solutions to customers.

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Lars Christian Fredenlund talks about Data Templates, importance of standards, and much more.

Lars Christian is Co-Founder and CEO of CoBuilder.

Cobuilder offers an IT platform that employs all relevant international standards for data management to help construction industry actors exploit the potential of product data. Fit-for-purpose and accurate product data improves quality of service, time to market and reduces time, cost and environmental footprint. The company is a major driver for the digitization in Construction and is a strategic contributor to ISO, buildingSMART, CEN and CENELEC and winners of several innovation awards internationally.

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Steen Sunesen talks about BIM for asset owners, BIM requirements, BIM adoption, and much more.

Steen is Chief Architect and Information Manager at Statsbygg.

Statsbygg is the Norwegian government’s building commissioner, property manager and developer. We also advise the government in construction and property affairs. Our work includes commissioning building projects like the Norwegian Opera House in Oslo or The Global Seed Vault in Svalbard. We also manage many national heritage properties and Norwegian embassies, as well as most of the buildings and properties we have commissioned.

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Mark-Felix Rettberg talks about Psychology of change in AECO, BIM implementation, and much more.

Mark-Felix Rettberg is Implementation Expert and Managing Consultant.

Rettberg Consulting is a company specializing in VDC / BIM strategy, processes and technology.

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Magnus Rømoen talks about BIM for Geosciences, BIM adoption challenges, and much more.

Magnus is working as BIM strategist at NGI (The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute).

NGI is Norway’s leading geotechnical specialist community and an international center of research and consultancy in engineering related geosciences. NGI expertise is used in both the public and private sectors and management within the fields of offshore energy; building, construction and transportation; environmental engineering issues and natural hazards. NGI was formally established as a research institute in 1953, and in 1985 became an independent foundation.

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Marcin Pszczolka talks about the true state of BIM, BIM adoption challenges, BIM coordination and much more.

Marcin is a BIM Coordinator at Norconsult in Oslo, Norway and the Co-Founder of the BIM corner blog.

BIM Corner is a blog mainly focused on Building Information Modeling technology. The main goal is to spread knowledge about BIM and its practical use in construction projects. BIM Corner does not want to create another place where BIM is presented only in theory. They want that their readers to be able to learn practical knowledge which can be used on a daily basis.

Norconsult is Norway's largest and one of the leading interdisciplinary consulting companies in the Nordic region. Their services are aimed at community planning, engineering and architecture, and we are a leading player both nationally and internationally.

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Gregor Vilkner talks about BIM for Facility Management (FM), open source for aec, how to get into software development from other engineering background and much more.

Gregor is a full-stack AECO industry specialist with more than 15 years of experience, currently working as a Software Engineer at Microdesk.

Microdesk was founded in 1994 as an Autodesk Reseller with a simple mission – to assist Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owner/Operators and GIS firms with improving workflows and integrating project delivery technologies. 25 years later and that mission still holds true.

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Microdesk BIMrx

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Øyvind Svaland talks about AR/VR/XR/MR on the building site, drawingless projects from a contractor point of view, why leadership needs to be more involved and act, and much more.

Øyvind is a BIM Coordinator and Project Lead eXtended Reality at Veidekke Norway.

Veidekke is one of the biggest general contractors in Scandinavia with 8200 employees.

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Ralph talks about misconceptions about BIM, standards, BEPs and much more.

Ralph Montague is the Director of ArcDox, a BIM consultancy based in Dublin, Ireland, Board member of the Ireland's National BIM Council, Chair of the Irish BIM National Mirror Committee, Board member of Construction IT Alliance, Coordinator of the Revit Users Ireland Group, co-host of the AEC Hive podcast and the AEC hive community, a community platform for AEC innovation

ArcDox is a specialist consultancy practice, providing professionally managed BIM (Building Information Modelling) services to the construction industry, to Enable and Support the Implementation of "digital" process on building design and construction projects, including BIM setup, production, project team support, project resources, and training. ArcDox are registered with the RIAI (Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland) and are an Authorized Autodesk Training & Certification Centre.

"BIM is a digital representation of a built thing (a building, a bridge), and that digital representation has three things: geometry, the information and all the documentation held in a Common Data Environment (CDE)." Ralph Montague

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UK BIM Framework

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Øystein talks about drawingless projects, parametric design, standards and much more.

Øystein is working as a BIM-developer for Sweco in Oslo, Norway where he is responsible for research, development and quality of civil BIM models. In October, the last project Øystein has worked on, has been awarded at Tekla Global BIM Awards as the best BIM project and the best infrastructure project: https://www.tekla.com/bim-awards/randselva-bridge

Sweco is Europe's leading architecture and engineering consultancy company, established in 13 countries (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, UK and Poland). Sweco carries out projects in 70 countries annually throughout the world.

"I think first you have to model 3D objects and once you start attaching some kind of attributes to those objects, that's BIM to me." Øystein Ulvestad

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Alexander talks about the importance of BIM for asset management, cooperation across the supply chain, standards and much more.

Alexander is an Asset Information Manager at Waternet, Strategic Advisor at Asset Wise for Life Cycle Asset Management, Member of Board at buildingSMART Benelux and freelance Project Manager. Before this he worked for a long period of time as Strategic advisor BIM for Asset Management at the Schiphol Airport, the 4th biggest Airport in Europe.

"I see BIM as Building Information Modeling more in the design and construction phase and then Building Information Management for asset management, like a two-way trial." Alexander Worp

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Håkon talks about AI, VR, AR, VDC, linked data, IFC, ISO 19650 and much more.

Håkon is an entrepreneur who started up more innovative companies within AEC with the goal to make better buildings. Before this he worked as a Project Manager.

I4 Technology is a new type of consulting company in the Norwegian construction industry started by Håkon Reisvang. The primary focus is to help the industry by implementing new tools such as artificial intelligence and robot technology in construction projects.

"BIM it's a way to communication ideas, a way of structuring knowledge so you can get the information you want whenever you want it." Håkon Reisvang

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Erika talks about the dimensions of digital asset data management and supporting technologies for BIM, business model innovation, Academia and much more.

Erika is Research Associate at University of Cambridge and the host of the BeyondBIM podcast.

BeyondBIM is a podcast focusing on the 7 emerging digital dimensions which transform the way we previously adopted Building Information Modelling (BIM).

"Specifically with ByondBIM podcast when I first started I was looking at core seven dimensions which pushes us to the next stage of the use of BIM, emerging tech that springs us to the next level of informatization of design data throughout the building's life cycle, being at early design stages, during construction or during its operation" Erika Pärn

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BeyondBIM LinkedIn

University of Cambridge paper with Microsoft on emotional response recognition and building design

Cambridge Service Alliance Industry Day 2020

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Stefan talks about why BIM is important for court proceedings, what can we do to attract more talent in the Construction Industry, standards and much more.

Stefan Szell is BIM Consultant and Certified BIM Instructor at BSI.

BSI is the business standards company that helps organizations all over the world. Stefan can help you with: BIM-Strategic Understanding, BIM-Fundamentals, BIM-Strategic Implementation, BIM-Project Delivery, BIM-Asset Management, BIM-Handover Information Exchange, BIM-Security and BIM, BIM-Health and Safety.

"BIM is a collaborative production management and dissemination of information, where all parties involved on a project use a 3D application tool, whatever it is, to produce the graphical information, and other information like scheduling, cost plans, performance requirement programs, sustainability, operation and maintenance is also included and stored in a data environment so that everybody that needs to can have the correct information, just the right amount of information, in the right format, at the right time." Stefan Szell

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Sindre talks about BIM, VDC, IoT in AEC and much more.

Sindre Gundersen is Development Manager at Angvik Development. Sindre talks about BIM, VDC, IoT in AEC and much more.

Angvik Utvikling is a Real Restate Developer, employing the newest and most bleeding edge technologies on their projects trying to break the traditional way of doing things in Construction and push the industry forward into digitalization.

"BIM is for me a connection point for everything, therefore is the static data in a building, you can visualize it, run simulations on it etc." Sindre Gundersen

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Harald talks about BIM technicians education, the importance of it, and much more.

Harald Selvær is BIM lecturer at the Technical Vocational College of Oslo.

The Technical Vocational College of Oslo offers short, vocational educations based on vocational certificate, authorization or at least five years of practice.

"The combination of geometry, information and object based way of accessing information." Harald Selvær

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Brian talks about the open letter sent to Autodesk, Revit, BIM careers, training for professionals in AEC and much more.

Brian Myers is Senior Digital Delivery Lead / BIM Management / VDC Design Office Lead at Jacobs in St Louis, USA. His experience includes a variety of duties including BIM management, project planning, staff mentoring, technology and process development, and a diverse background in the various design disciplines. These efforts span multiple offices in person, remotely, and virtually.

The BIM Excellence method is a research-based approach to assess and improve the performance of individuals, organizations and project teams. The method is applied through a combination of online modules and onsite services forming an integrated approach to performance assessment, competency-based learning and measurable performance improvement.

Jacobs has been ranked the #1 Design Firm in the US from 2018 thru 2020 by ENR and is a Fortune 500 company. Jacobs St Louis is the largest combined Architecture and Engineering firm in St Louis.

"Yeah it's about a building, yeah it could be a model, but it's all about Information and about how you can use the Information." Brian Myers

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Bilal talks about BIM Excellence Initiative, BIM Dictionary, challenges with BIM adoption and much more.

Bilal Succar is Director of ChangeAgents AEC, Founder of the BIMe Initiative, and Head Editor of the BIM Dictionary.

The BIM Excellence method is a research-based approach to assess and improve the performance of individuals, organizations and project teams. The method is applied through a combination of online modules and onsite services forming an integrated approach to performance assessment, competency-based learning and measurable performance improvement.

ChangeAgents AEC assists its clients to identify, develop and maximize their Building Information Modelling (BIM) potential. Each of our Agents brings with him/her a wealth of experience in design, construction and cutting-edge information technology. As a team, we focus on BIM as holistic solution to design, construction and operation of facilities. We are different from other service providers in our focus on BIM knowledge (not skill), BIM process (not technology) and our dedication to BIM performance measurement and improvement.

"BIM is any collection of technologies, processes and protocols for design, construction and operation of assets across their lifecycle." Bilal Succar

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Bill talks about BIM state in the United States, how advanced technology can impact our industry and much more.

Bill Carney is Design Technology Leader & Senior Associate at DLR Group.

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new construction, renovation, and adaptive reuse.

"BIM is a blending of a 3D model with a database behind it and established relationships within that geometry based on the data of the database." Bill Carney

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Andrew talks about BIM state in the United States, BIM strategy in organizations, and more interesting topics.

Andrew is a BIM consultant and public speaker on the topic. In 2017, Andrew completed a Master of Science in Building Information Modeling Management at Middlesex University in London. His specialty is working with individuals and organizations across the globe to integrate BIM as part of their successful Digital Journey. He looks forward to helping you, too.

"BIM is a process for how we generate, manage and reuse the data that is generated during design construction and operations of any built asset." Andrew Baranowski

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Dion talks about Open Source in the AEC industry, and more interesting topics.

Dion Moult is an architect and software developer passionate about Open Source.

"BIM is structured data about a building." Dion Moult

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Steven talks about ISO19650, state of BIM in the UK and much more.

Steven Eglinton is an experienced Tutor, Consultant, Facilitator and Chairperson with a demonstrated history of leading Information Management and Digital Transformation projects for Central Government, Real Estate / Property, Rail, Water, Energy, construction and civil engineering industries. Skilled in Business Change, Data Governance, Geospatial, BIM and Team Leadership.

Steven is the Director of BimEnable and GeoEnable, Tutor for ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers) Certificate for BIM courses, advisor in strategies, concepts, principals and technical approaches for developing National-level Public Asset Registers (PARs), International BIM Tutor ISO 19650 at BSi (The British Standards Institution), Guest Tutor of ISO19650 at CIOB (The Chartered Institute of Building), and Steering & Technical (conference) Committee Chair and Conference Chairman at GEO Business.

"Simplifying, essentially BIM is about a whole lifetime approach to managing information about the built environment and built assets." Steven Eglinton

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Jose Oliveira

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Dalton talks about BIM adoption in USA, types of contracts, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and more interesting topics.

Dalton Goodwin is a BIM Coordinator at DLR Group and a Data Enthusiast.

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new construction, renovation, and adaptive reuse.

"For me, BIM is information and a huge focus for me is to leverage the data behind BIM" Dalton Goodwin

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Alexander talks about the digitalization and struggles within the AEC industry, buildingSMART Norway's mission, standards, and more interesting topics.

Alexander Brage Hansen is the Managing Director at buildingSMART Norway.

buildingSMART is the worldwide authority driving the digital transformation of the built asset environment, through the creation and adoption of open, international standards for infrastructure and buildings. buildingSMART provides the perfect opportunity to help industry visionaries transform the design, delivery, and operation of tomorrow’s built assets. buildingSMART Is committed to driving change through the use of standards and the adoption of digital workflows.

International open digital data-sharing standards are critical to this transformation, helping businesses – owners, architects, engineers, contractors, and operators – become global industry leaders, while also mitigating risks, saving time, and reducing costs. buildingSMART is an open, neutral, and international not-for-profit organization.

"For me BIM is about cooperation, about better involvement throughout the supply chain so you will have fewer errors and more efficiency." Alexander Brage Hansen

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Andy talks about the state of BIM in the UK, standards, UK BIM Alliance, and much more.

Andy Boutle works as Head of BIM for the Construction division at Kier Group, which is made up of a number of regional and specialist business units in the UK, and he is also the engagement Co-Lead for the UK BIM Alliance.

Kier is a leading UK construction and infrastructure services company servicing a wide range of sectors and clients. Kier’s core businesses are Construction, Highways, Utilities & Rail, and Infrastructure. Kier is the UK’s largest regional builder.

The UK BIM Alliance aims to ensure BIM becomes business as usual whilst at the same time, transforming and future-proofing the way the industry work.

"In the simplest way, it's a process for defining, creating, exchanging structured data and documents in a repeatable process." Andy Boutle

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Get ready to rock your BIM world while listening to this episode! Robbin sees things differently than many in our industry. Many of you will feel challenged your beliefs about BIM and the AEC industry, so get your seatbelt on and enjoy this!

Robbin Hellström is an architect and BIM-philosopher at 3D Interactive STHLM AB in Sweden.

"BIM is something we always had. We had it for thousands of years. The only thing that is new within BIM as a concept is because of the digital technique, the tools are different.That’s the concept I want to change, to make the business understand that we don’t need to talk about BIM as something new but as something that’s we have always done, so we can start talking about what the tools actually are. If you really want BIM to work for you, stop talking BIM, understand BIM is already what you do." Robbin Hellström

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Eirik talks about how he’s helping the project owners to adopt BIM on their projects within the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens Vegvesen). Lately, more of the Project Owners have started to require the information to be presented in dashboards, which is easy to do when you have BIM 3d-models. In a recent project, to engage the neighbors and the politicians they used ARCGIS online instead of the traditional way with documents and drawings that nobody reads. We also talk about using drones, Geo Radar, and Machine Learning to map the bedrock for roads. VDC, Modell Maturity Index (MMI), and many other interesting things.

Eirik is a BIM-manager in the Division of Bigger Projects in Statens Vegvesen (Norwegian Public Road Administration). He is helping the various Project Owners to adopt and use BIM as much as possible.

"For me, BIM is many things but the most important I think is structured information, and 3d geometry is one part of the information which lies in BIM objects. If you get this established, just have a lot of information in the geometry then we have a lot of possibilities. " Eirik Aasbakk

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Yassir talks about the importance of knowing how to work with other people, how and why he started his own company, the state of BIM in Norway, what we, as different actors with different roles, can do to communicate better, BIM-coordinating (managing), Synchro, Solibri, BIMcollab, dalux, streamBIM, paperless and drawingless projects.

Yassir is the CEO and co-founder of C3BIM, a BIM consulting company, based in Oslo, Norway.

"I always like to think that BIM is not a product but more like a way to work." Yassir Fayyaz

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Gavin talks about scripting with Dynamo, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Construction, challenges in BIM adoption, and much more.

Having worked in many architectural firms over the past 10 years as a BIM Manager, Gavin opened his BIM Consulting firm, BIM Guru at the start of 2020. Launching off the back of his YouTube efforts at the Aussie BIM Guru channel, his focus has shifted towards educating all levels of AEC professionals about software-based workflows, computational design, and how they can navigate the industry from a BIM perspective.

"Usually I just turn the word around and I just say: modelling to generate information so they can get it out and build it. I like to look at it as a process of the model being a mechanism, information being what we get out of the mechanism and building being the process that the data supports." Gavin Crump

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Øyvind talks about the importance of working together as active parts involved in the BIM process, scanning for quality assurance, RPAs, robots, drones, why he thinks Norway is a frontrunner in the digital transformation in the Construction Industry, BIM-kiosks, building without drawings, IPD (integrated project delivery) contracts and many other interesting things.

Øyvind is a Business Developer - Innovation and Digital Construction at AF Gruppen which is a leading contracting and industrial group.

"Virtual Design in Construction is about combining people and technology to fulfill the main goals of the projects and to constantly monitor how well your team is doing. BIM is one of the main pillars and an enabler of achieving a process of the Virtual Design in Construction where BIM is the central hub containing the project information and also an enabler for communication and mutual understanding of the product which the team is creating and working with." Øyvind Kjøllesdal

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Lucian is stretching the fact that we lack integrations or solutions for asset owners, how he uses a more open way of teaching the students at the university, why he doesn't like the .ifc file format and why actually we don't need a specific open format, standardization, lacking research and development, coding for professionals in the AEC industry, thoughts about parametric design.

Lucian is a Civil Engineer with a Ph.D. in Construction Management, a research assistant at the University of Berlin where he's teaching and doing research. He is also a Technical Lead at Contecth where they do training and develop software for companies within the AEC industry.

"For me, BIM is a set of means to structure your efforts when dealing with the information on a project." Lucian Ungureanu

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Thomas talks about the first project where Bane NOR is not requiring drawings from the general contractor, what are the new exciting happenings in our industry. He says we got from "why we should do BIM" to "how we should do BIM", and much more.

Thomas is an Engineer currently working as a BIM Manager on the Drammen - Kobervikkdalen project for Bane NOR through a company called Centerpoint.

"For me, BIM it's a platform to combine every information and everything you know about objects in the digital world. A better way to control and see what you've been planning and see the whole picture. Be able to combine all the disciplines together and checking for collisions before finding them out in the field." Thomas Aas

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