I was approached by Reza Hosseini, who is currently completing his Phd, to have an interview about virtual construction.
It is embedded here:
Some of the topics covered:
- virtual teams
- technological challenges of trying to work ‘live’ on a cloud model
- effects of virtuality in teams
- cultural background and project experience and the effect on teams
- the size of teams (number of disciplines / stakeholders)
- accountability for action items (for example, clashes)
- Revit interoperability (including with Tekla), and using IFC
- new roles for contractors to do model conversions (as Virtual Built is doing)
- change management, and the instigators of change
- is the Client or Head Contractor requesting BIM?
- using Aconex
- conflict creation
- IP issues and contract rights for BIM team members
- team identity and affiliation
- level of importance of social interaction
- skills shortage of BIM users
- researching BIM, determining unique topics of discussion
- building trust relationships
- level of importance of face-to-face contact
- frequency of communication
- scaleability of BIM to small projects
I hope the background noise and sounds of cutlery aren’t too distracting 🙂
