Autodesk are taking the piss
One of the most frustrating things about working with BIM tools is how pathetically bad they are, especially tools from Autodesk. Take Revit for example, it was the love child…
Tools of Dubious Productivity
So when you’re against the clock working to complete a task, how much of your time should be spent massaging the ego of a recalcitrant software package? How much should…
The Detail is in the Devil
Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: “Do not march on Moscow”. Various people have tried it, Napoleon and Hitler, and it is no good. That…
Science Fiction, Science Fact
BIM Weasel has the dubious honour of being nominally “in charge” of the BIM on a very large waste management project. This involves the storage and processing of large quantities…
How to Polish a Turd
The deadline is fast approaching, I have an angry PM glaring at me and telling me to hurry up, my wife is waiting for me in the restaurant and I’m…
Ye Olde BIM
“In days of old, when knights were bold, and toilets weren’t invented, they dug a hole and did a roll and went away contented” BIM Weasel, May 2020 Specifying BIM…
BIM skills 101: AtTeNtIoN tO dEtAiL
Email #1 From: BIM WeaselSent: Friday, 24 AprilTo: Important BIM Project Manager (IBPM)Cc: Gary Subject: Monthly report – example IBPM, In response to your previous comments on our monthly report,…
Get me the turds/hour analytics, STAT!
Sometimes you wonder if the people writing project BIM requirements are taking the piss. I can excuse the LOD 600 requirement that was included in an RFP a while back…
Digital Twins – The new, unwanted buzzword
First there was “Virtual Building“, a Graphisoft trademark they use to differentiate between ArchiCAD and what was referred to as “Flat CAD”, the 2D drafting board analogue from Autodesk, which…
When is a Questionnaire not a Questionnaire?
Hong Kong’s Construction Industry Council (CIC) are tasked with implementing the government’s BIM initiatives and have employed US bean counter led engineering consultancy AECOM to drive the development of a…