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What Revit Wants
Practical ideas for Revit, BIM and construction technology. Built from years of shared experience.
The One AI Skill That Truly Matters (and It’s Not Prompt Engineering)
Welcome to the grid! This is the first of a series where I’ll be sharing observations, learnings, and practical approaches on AI-empowered project management. And to kick things off, let’s have a real…
Autodesk Pulls Back Auto-Processing: Desktop Connector Users Must Now Trigger File Viewing Manually
Very interesting update from Autodesk about ACC below (wonder if this is related to processing costs on the ACC infrastructure side?): “We’re updating how files uploaded to the Files tool in Autodesk …
Free Access to Revit Knowledge Centre
Revit legend Chris Price (cofounder of Xrev) has released a full Revit knowledge base over at this link: https://xrev.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/KNOW/overview It includes a lot of awesome + detailed se…
Stop Putting Your Construction Business at Risk with DIY Tech (3/3)
Every Construction project in the world is at risk, not just from site conditions or supply chain disruptions, but from a much deeper, systemic problem: wasting time and resources on in-house tech sol…
Why BIM Managers Are Dumb (2/3)
AI is not replacing jobs. AI is redefining the value of the human element of work. I don’t need a lawyer to write a letter anymore. I don’t need a BIM manager to write a BIM plan. Such tasks are obvio…
BIM Workers must Disrupt or Be Disrupted (1/3)
Every Construction project in the world is at risk. It is embedded in the DNA of building something to have contingency, to have risk registers, and try and put in place measures to control the unknow…
When AI Becomes Your Psychologist
Have you taken this challenge yet?1️⃣ Ask ChatGPT this exact questionFrom all of our interactions, what is one thing you can tell me about myself that I may not know about myself💬 This was the answer …
Sewing Together the Amputated Digital Twin (BuildingSmart Feb 2020)
Check out this presentation I did at a BuildingSmart event in February 2020. Does it still hold true in 2024? Modern tools like Deep Space can integrate data from multiple sources, provide analysis, m…
Last Chance to Access Files from BIM360 Team on Autodesk Desktop Connector
Sometimes you have to say goodbye to old technology to welcome in new ways of doing things. This is the case as BIM 360 Team basically almost dies in 2 weeks… The key message here is: A360 and BIM 360…