To my mind, there has to be a better way of communicating and analysing a construction program than a gantt chart. Using visual analytics methods to present activities and other data such as cost over time offers improved program communication & understanding.
Technology is certainly part of the solution, but should not determine strategy alone. In other words, ‘because you can’ is not good enough- there has to be a specific and measurable benefit.
In this post, I illustrate this concept using a ‘digital value pyramid’
Construction has largely missed out the massive technology changes affecting other industries. In this post, I examine this issue through the eyes of a wildly optimistic comic-reader of the 1970’s
For the owner and operator of an asset such as a building, bridge or railway, just a tiny fraction of the data generated during design & construction is useful. This post examines the downstream use of BIM, beyond design & construction
‘Clash Detection’ is often a waste of time particularly if applied without adequate planning, or when it is assumed that a technical solution can solve a process (design) issue. There is a lot more to good design merely than stuff not clashing.
In construction- the usual argument for doing something a particular way is usually “that’s the way we have always done it”. This post examines the future of technology in construction decision making.
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