September 2008 President's Message
Author:
SuperUser |
Posted:
8/27/2008 |
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BIM and KEN
I don't know whether to run like you know what or embrace this new technology. Will BIM be the death of design? Or will it free designers to enrich the creative process? Is it true—will we see fewer change orders? Will it ease collaboration, enhancing the overall project quality?
All I know is that it will force me, the manufacturer, to raise the bar and provide the necessary construction automation. This new approach allows us to achieve the interoperability between web-based construction products catalogues. We will need to visit the current development of electronic catalogues of construction products, reviewing the common system architecture of web-based electronic products catalogues, followed by the development on construction products information standardization and the latest distributed-systems technologies for the communication and exchange of construction products information.
Last but not least, how about the development of the interoperable web-based construction products catalogue and the implementation of web services in e-commerce systems to enable the sharing of construction products information?
What next? Let us all enjoy the ride!
By CSI Phoenix President, Ken Martinek