This week’s posts, the majority of which I highly recommend to you, are an excellent wrap-up for our study of BIM in the first half of this course. Most of you agree that it is going to have a major effect on the construction world with specific changes including:
- Further globalization of design & fabrication of building components - as in the aircraft and auto industries
- Restructuring of the design and construction process and the relationships between the players in that process
- Increased demand for skilled professionals - you
- Decreased demand for unskilled professionals - with unemployment consequences
- Ever increasing demands on hardware, software & internet communication
- Opportunities for new services
- I was surprised that none of you considered the possibility of designers and contractors extending their services through the life of the building by use of the BIM tool. I can see many opportunities there.
Some of you recognized that not every technical improvement (BIM in this case) comes to pass or is as splendid as the enthusiasts forecast. Concerns you expressed included:
- BIM adoption is slower than Eastman et. al. claims
- Humans operate these systems and still make mistakes or are dishonest
- The technical challenges of interoperability, file size, etc. are major are significant
- The book doesn't address legal and liability issues - ones that are often extremely important
- The consequences of changes in the system may produce socioeconomic effects that we regret - unemployment being the most obvious one
Jim Mitchell
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