BIMvoice
Welcome to BIMvoice, the podcast that provides a platform for Building Information Modeling (BIM) professionals to share their perspectives and insights on the industry. In this podcast, we cover a wide range of topics related to BIM, including its applications in architecture, engineering, and construction, as well as the latest trends and challenges facing the industry. One of the key topics we focus on is OpenBIM, a platform-independent approach to BIM that enables seamless collaboration and data exchange among different stakeholders. We believe that OpenBIM is revolutionizing the AEC industry and has the potential to transform the way we design, construct, and operate buildings. Through our conversations with experts in the field, including architects, engineers, and software developers, we explore the benefits of using OpenBIM, including interoperability, flexibility, and data exchange. We also discuss the challenges of implementing OpenBIM and how organizations can overcome them. Our guests share their personal experiences with OpenBIM tools like IFC, BCF, IDS, and provide insights on how OpenBIM is improving collaboration among different disciplines, increasing efficiency, and reducing errors and rework. We also discuss the latest developments in OpenBIM technology and how it is being used in real-world projects. Whether you’re an architect, engineer, contractor, or software developer, BIMvoice provides you with valuable insights and practical tips to help you get the most out of BIM and OpenBIM. So, join us for our next episode and let’s explore the exciting world of BIM together!
Episodes
Thursday Feb 25, 2021
Thursday Feb 25, 2021
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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Christian's LinkedIn Profile
BIMcollab LinkedIn Profile
BIMcollab Website
Thursday Feb 18, 2021
Thursday Feb 18, 2021
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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vGIS
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Try Plannerly for FREE - The BIM Management Platform
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
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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Dion's LinkedIn Profile
OSArch Community
OSArch Wiki
AEC Free Software Directory
BlenderBIM
Blender
OpenBIM
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
IFC Specification Database
Which IFC Class Should I Use
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
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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Sweco Norway
Randselva Bridge
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Try Plannerly for FREE - The BIM Management Platform
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021
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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TracFlo
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
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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BIM From the Deep End: Thoughts, Observations, Ramblings
BIM From The Deep End: Part 2
BIM For Owners: Is Your BIM Contract Preventing You From Doing BIM?
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
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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BIM Guru
BIM Trends to watch in 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
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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Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
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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Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
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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Dion's LinkedIn Profile
OS Arch Community
OS Arch Wiki
AEC Free Software Directory
BlenderBIM
Blender
OpenBIM
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
IFC Specification Database
Which IFC Class Should I Use