154: Connecting the Project Life Cycle with Autodesk

08/08/19 • 40 min

Taylor Dean, Technical Solutions Executive at Autodesk, and Matt McMullen, Associate Principal at Abel Design Group, join us on this episode 154 of Art of Construction. What is the main point of all the new advancements in technology and construction? If you ask the people at Autodesk, it is to empower employees in all parts of the building process to do their job as effectively and efficiently as possible. In order to do that, they need the right information at the right time. This is where Autodesk Construction Solutions comes in. Join Devon and co-host Matt as they go on a journey with Taylor to understand the four pillars of the Autodesk toolkit, as well as the story of how they got to be where they are today, and what the future has in store for Autodesk and the AEC industry as a whole. This episode was recorded at Digital Built Week 2019.

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153: This is the Greatest Time in History to be in Construction (Recorded Live at Digital Built Week 2019)

Construction "has always been ripe for disruption,” Steve Burrows tells us. “We’re perfectly capable of disrupting the construction industry ourselves. But we have to take back the ground. We have to take control.” He is talking to YOU, AOC tribe!
Starting with the Egyptian pyramids, then going through the Roman Empire all the way to the Industrial Revolution, there have been several key moments in the history of construction where societies have taken massive leaps forward. Right now is one of those times.
Join Devon as he went on a journey with leading engineering visionary Steve Burrows live on stage at Digital Built Week 2019. Steve, having served as lead engineer on the Apple headquarters, Beijing Olympic Stadium, and other high-level projects over the past 40 years, forces our entire industry to look itself in the mirror. This legendary interview covered a wide range of current issues in the construction industry as well as the new technology, procedures and overall mindset necessary for us to evolve going forward.
Evolving, as Steve reminds us, requires leadership. What will YOU do after listening to this to grow your business, AOC tribe?

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155: The Digital Revolution of Building Information Modeling

Ben Glunz, CEO at BIMsmith, and Matt McMullen, Associate Principal at Abel Design Group, join us on this episode 155 of Art of Construction. The tides of change are sweeping through the AEC industry, Art of Construction tribe. As this happens, we have two choices: to run away in fear, or take Ben Glunz advice and “run into it, block and tackle it, and embrace it wholeheartedly!” Option two sounds better in our book. BIMsmith is a free cloud platform for researching, selecting, and configuring custom BIM product data. It is important to remember here that BIM is not just a product, it’s part of a process. A process in which all stakeholders utilize a single model to design, construct and operate a building. As building product manufacturers race to update their product lines to better integrate into this new, digitally connected design and building process, BIMsmith aims to be right in the middle of it all. Join Devon and co-host Matt as they go on a journey with Ben to understand the origins of his work in the BIM world, his company BIMsmith, and his vision of how a digital, open-sourced library of product data is the key to taking the AEC industry to the next level.