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BIM’s Blue Ocean
After I give one of my talks on building information modeling the question I’m most often asked is: What’s the best BIM business model? What is the best way to make a profit utilizing building...
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Is BIM in 10 Words or Less Still BIM?
Recently I was asked to summarize my 240 page book in a single sentence. It’s the sort of reductionist thinking that can lead to some less than satisfying outcomes. Analogically, new software is being...
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MoneyBIMball
With Moneyball in theaters, the playoff season in full swing, and the 2003 book by Michael Lewis climbing in standings, data geeks are all the rage. This fact cannot be lost on architects and others in...
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The Case for CASE
In the Case Study interview I conducted with Kristine K. Fallon, FAIA of Kristine Fallon Associates in my book , BIM and Integrated Design, I asked her: In the AEC Survival Guide, you wrote that there...
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Two Books to Transform the AEC Industry
This past week I had the opportunity to read two significant AEC industry books – one of which I had been meaning to read for several years, the other just having been published. Building Information...
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BIM and Integrated Design Top 10 Posts for 2011
2011 was an exciting year for BIM and Integrated Design. For both my book and blog. As well as for me, personally: My book was published in September to great reader response and reviews In 2011, I...
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Teaching Tyler Durden to Revit
My iPhone nearly vibrated off the nightstand. “Mr. Deutsch?’” Yes? “I represent a client who is interested in rivet training.” Revit… “Is this something you do?” I explained that I specialize in BIM...
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The Poughkeepsie Principles
We are in a race now to produce better and better information, instead of better and better buildings. – Paul Fletcher, RIBA architect There is a school of thought that contends that BIM is not an...
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Why My BIM Book Didn’t Sell and Why I’m Writing Another One
When I meet architects and others working in the BIM world, they usually mention that they have a copy of my book. My standard response is something like: “My publisher told me someone bought a copy....
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What Will You Do That’s Extraordinary?
Architects and others in the AEC industry are well-aware of the forces at work changing the way they go about their business. Forces brought about primarily by the advent of the computer. When in all...
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