tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634085675780254011.post7368011081458778783..comments2024-03-26T02:30:27.201+11:00Comments on practical BIM: Real Collaboration - Working with EngineersAntony McPheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15366532205983073622noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634085675780254011.post-17944069398151981722013-03-02T05:28:01.300+11:002013-03-02T05:28:01.300+11:00Great article. We as Architects and Engineers (I a...Great article. We as Architects and Engineers (I am of the E persuasion) need to learn to work together rather than at odds. This has been a pet peeve since I started in the AEC industry. We both want the same thing, a successful building. Two comments, sometimes it is a lot of work to use copy\monitor, I am not a big fan of it, my preference would be to share the same model. That way everyone has the same information available all the time. In our experience that is not always easy, Autodesk needs to put some work in to how we can do this without separate servers. I need to be able to do this with desktop hardware and software. Second comment, Get your engineers involved early in the design. We do need space and if involved early can make do with more economical space but don't discount the fact that we need space in the programming and A design phases.brianjdavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08546016247973733880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634085675780254011.post-3975467386002166372013-02-02T05:23:58.282+11:002013-02-02T05:23:58.282+11:00Great comments, observations and article Antony. B...Great comments, observations and article Antony. Back in the early days of implementation for me (2004) I asked my design engineers to attend monthly meetings I was having for my staff. Those were basically lessons learned meetings for staff. It was my way of letting my engineers see what we were struggling with as we adjusted our workflow to accommodate Revit. As time passed and they began to test the waters of Revit they knew what to expect and as a group we could lean on each other for support. Back then I had 3 different structural firms sitting in and they really didn't feel comfortable sharing with each other. I made it clear that we as a firm/team/community needed to move past that mentality. Workflow and software shouldn't be what defines us as Architects and Engineers. Even my Landscape guys had feedback that helped with their workflow. We all needed to stay profitable and in business. Building long-term relationships with our clients was our mantra. You do that with a well done project where everyone is happy.<br />BrianBrian Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106073847638310692noreply@blogger.com