The Best Kept Secret in Construction | Michael Johnson | TEDxDavenport
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- The construction industry is much more than just “swinging a hammer”. Technology adoption is rapidly changing the way we deliver the built environment. Through the story of one architect-turned-contractor, this talk will introduce you to the underlying technology impacting this change; leaving you with a new framework of what a contractor can be.
Michael is an architect and technology enthusiast. His work focuses on exploring, analyzing, and applying technology to the everyday business practices behind delivering a successful construction project. He is passionate about current and emerging industry trends including Building Information Modeling (BIM), virtual and augmented reality, reality capture, and data analysis. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
Technology is changing the way we design and construct buildings. Using models we can cut costs and more accurately design structures as opposed to only using traditional techniques. Saved you 10 minutes.
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I should’ve read the comments before I watched the video. Lol
@truqualitypainting comment not as captivating as the video tho
I started playing "The Sims" as a child ( Now on "Sims 4")and have always loved the 3D building part the most. I am 65 years old.
Great speech! I am a sophomore in college getting an associate's degree in construction management and it gave me some great insight! Thank you
I have a very similar experience, except I started in construction then moved into engineering , that gave me a different perspective than most engineers as I had physically built, or worked on a lot of the same type of thing that I was now designing.
How did you transition from construction worker to engineering. It seems very difficult.
@@mariorodas768 You work trades while in college
Same for Industrial machine building. I worked in factories almost a decade before designing the equipment that goes into them. It gives me a very strong advantage. I think of thinks like ergonomics naturally because I envision myself doing the job 8+ hrs a day. Many mechanical engineers don't understand that at all.
I’m a commercial electrician and I had NO IDEA about this technology. I know we can change and remove/add to the prints on a computer, but I never knew about the VR. Amazing!
"We're entering the golden age of construction". Very inspiring, thank you!
As a contractor, I was hoping to hear more about being a contractor or running a business.
This is just brilliant. I could relate at every step of your presentation. Thank you so much.
The video is "old," by cyber standards, but relevant in current times. The speaker is a "GC" like I'm a "dancer (I can dance, but not a dancer[." The issue here is selling software/hardware in 21st century industries related to construction; to people, likely, not intimate with tech. The delivery starts at the halfway mark of the presentation; meshing industry and tech as a standard. Huge gains are possible--for clients AND companies willing to launch into client-companies. Computers killing typewriters type stuff. It's groundbreaking stuff; Literally and figuratively. Nice presentation.
Awesome. Thank You!
Just seeing this and really enjoyed it. Inspiring!
i’m just finishing up my first semester of architectural technology school. we’re finally getting to BIM in the new year and i am unbelievably excited for that!!!!
Video starts at 6:16
Very informative. Yes BIM certainly levels the playing field from a design perspective.
At the end of the day, labor is what makes any of this possible, as a skilled tradesman I often hear about labor being the biggest expense for a company, when I was an apprentice the “field” made up 80% of the company, now it’s around 40%, less people with less time to finish the same amount of work. The problem is overhead not labor.
I'm involved in an EPC project that implements BIM. The real struggle here is the system that we should follow during impelmentation. BIM should be established first as a tested practice. The proponent should be firm as to how the BIM is going to be implemented. It should not be used halfway the construction stage. It should be started right before the concepatualization of a project. It should be flowing through the blood veins of all the persons involved in a project. Or else it will just fail.
Clearly you have worked on an actual BIM project. BIM process only works well when it's implemented very early on.. like a year before a large projects breaks ground.. unfortunately the costs to use BIM properly still currently exceed the benefit. Eventually this will change and the process will become efficient and cost effective.. it's still more cost effective to just pay good PMs to be reactionary as crazy as it sounds..
@@tstancel so you're saying that once BIM become more cost effective PMs will be of no use?
@@IamKorben I think the role of the PM will change, but will not become obsolete. You still need people to control the “machine.”
Thats why its advisable to align the IOR from the client to the BEP and use BIM at the early stages of design. Again BIM won't replace the PMs but enables the collaboration and exchange of project information easy to all stakeholders.
Awesome 😉
This is a great video!! Just started my degree in construction management. Thanks for the insight
Amazing.. "Do not settle for old fashioned... Ask for awasome one"
So that's why I do architecture and all the building trades
Great Ted Talk!
This is what I'm looking
Amazing
Thx
We learned BIM and 3D walkthroughs back in 1999, small University in Northern California was teaching all of this and LEED to us. BIM is new but in reality BIM is old.
Wouldn't it be really AWSOME if we could blend the passive house design protocol into the BIM technology. I think it's being done already but not very many people know about it.
WUFI is working on the conversion of Revit into their format directly. I don't think it is on the market yet.
It would be great if Autodesk Insight had passive house metrics built in as well.
I am actually the BIM manager at my firm. The software has made great strides but indeed there is much still work to do. The problem is that there exist too many “house rules” with how to use the software, and there are still ambiguities in the delivery process that lead to major disputes. The software has been around for some time (arguably really taking off late 2000’s), and much is still left to do, but I look forward to what is to come.
is BIM the same thing as archCAD computer app? because in South Africa we only use the latter app.
In my reference, the software is just a tool, main part is the standard procedure of how to collaborate all steps and departments which involve (planer, designer, contractor, operator,maintainer)
This guy nailed it, and without using a hammer. No pun intended.
Really?
From the top BMI experts in the world there is a long way to go, the technology for design and building materials in equipment and efficiency is more advanced now, but is not same building in the US than in other non industrializar countries, the man labor building part of the equation is a long way to go, when most structures are socially, economically and ecologically responsible then it will be a golden age.
this thing exists like 10 years ago but people still not using it..
Very nice
Nice 👍
Thanks you have inspired me to do a TED talk
BIM is certainly changing the ways construction projects are executed. But what about project management? The PMP certification is certainly a step in the right direction (a certification I plan on starting very soon), but I would like to see more collaboration in a software where we can take the design portion of a project and implement that into the finances and know real time, the value of changes with the available resources today. BIM is revolutionizing 1-part in a 3-part equation. Quality, time, and money. There is still plenty of work to do and certainly an exciting time in the construction industry. An interesting TED-talks, I recommended.
I disagree... formal management according to PMI - how many of those process groups are you going to use in construction? To some degree, yes we do most of those things but nothing to the scope of PMP. I agree, there needs to be a more formal PM set up in construction but I still think we are a long long way off. We have still in the days of builder turns PM.
PMP is nice, but it's still doesn't mimic the way most design and construction projects are (or could be) better managed. Forming your own style is best. Blend PMP, LEAN, SixSigma, etc. There is some great collaboration via e-PM tools that apply to design management, you just have to either a) find the best tool that works for you or b) modify a) to meet your needs or c) build a new one and sell it to the rest of us. Think of RFIs for example. Many folks associate that concept solely with construction phase. However, design and bid phase RFIs are just as important too. For a design project that can be 1/2 year or even 2 years long....have a well organized e-PM tool to manage and track (and improve !) that design process is key.
On the management side of things Integrated Project Delivery works well with BIM. This contractual framework would replace traditional Design Bid Build or construction Manager at risk framework. But the old ways have contracts and laws polished over a century so uprooting these will be a long process.
Any better now?
I think the adoption of blockchain technology in construction contracts will be an interesting development, which may help more contractors and subcontractors get paid on time!!
@thatbluecollarbroad has a lot of experience in using software for construction and glass applications.
Looks like I know what I gotta do
As a experienced welder/Pipefitter I have to disagree with this, I have used BIM and 3D scanned drawings on jobs where every bit of our pipe was prefabricated to the specs given and maybe 1 out of 10 times does it actually work, there are simply too many variables involved, I was working on a job that was scanned and the pipe we fabbed for it was completely wrong because a overhead light was too bright and blinded the laser while scanning, not to mention the amount of moving parts and individuals that are involved in building a project, like when a electrician puts his conduit in the wrong spot and now it fucks up every other contractors stuff, or when the dimensions they give make it humanly impossible to install some of the equipment, craftsman are craftsman for a reason, we have built incredible structures without the aid of a computer, it simply doesn’t work that well and a lot of times actually costs more time and money, currently on a job that is three weeks behind because the BIM scanning didn’t work out, I’m totally against it
This is 2 years old and in the BIM world thats very old.
Bim would be much more useful for clash detection if it accounted for live load, dead load shortening and settlement.
Maybe if you worried about settlement and loads your tolerances are way too tight.
That would be a different argument. BIM is crucial for “clash detection” just as you said.. it’s important for the GC to know if certain objects can fit in certain areas. If theres a remodel that’s in its precon phase and there’s a change in air duct size, BIM is awesome for that. I don’t really think what you said would make BIM that much more useful because that’s what the structural engineer works on.
What scanning technology lets you see through wall? I don't think point cloud does that...
That's great, I'd love to see the face the client makes when you tell them 4x the price and 2x the time for these virtual renders instead of an elevation plans and occasional renders
I'm sure you'll find that the end result of a 3d render far exceeds the value produced by a 2d drawing.
Clients have trouble visualising the end result. 3d modelling saves lots of ambiguous interpretation.
@@mickpee1468 again, id like to see their face when they find out its 4x the cost and 2x as long to produce 3D renders. most clients want to have started their project yesterday at a rate lower than anyone else in town. i dont see this taking over. i see this having a small niche market for developers and investors. not day to day clients wanting to build a single family home or remodel their current residence.
@@lucastostes9460 your industry and market might be different to mine
What is the photo capture software at 8:10?
BIM is very new to me. I have toyed with Autodesk Revit 2020 Viewer and find it too complex for a casual user. But what is BIM in 2019-2020 without a unified international specification / protocol that has / is open source non proprietary software? Why am I spending so much time deciphering drawings and specifications which have not been coordinated by the design team or owner? Addendum no. 12 and deadline closed for request for information. Lump bid sum with a tender package which has not been coordinated by the design team. Change orders issued too late to be processed according to the contract documents without extension of contract time, and time is of the essence or breach of contract? There seems to have a point in time when design fees were decreased under negotiated pressures from owners and diligent quality control of the contract documents was abandoned and sort of left to the contractor and subcontractors to coordinate the errors. The era of the architect / contractor has long since past with only a few who have experienced both roles and acquired the wisdom of both. A design team + contractor + BIM ≠ successful project. Missing variables are too many to list. BIM - Level 0, 1, 2, 3, 4; Dimensions 2D, 3D, 4D, 5D, 6D, 7D + add your own why not?
wow this was only about 4 years ago, imagine the wizardry available right now!!
It hasn’t changed very much. BIM struggles because of issues on the job site with coordination between trades.
BIM is good for Clash detection, and planning. However, BIM will not save much waste. It is also somewhat helpful for Operation and Maintenance.
soon
Upton Sinclair wrote a book about how terrible slaughter houses were and they changed in a good way after making it. I should write a book about how terrible the "skilled trades" are. People who don't know construction only see the commercial with the guy wearing the hard hat in a new construction site.
Mentions BIM but not Submittal Exchange or Procore? Also if only BIM could force the framers to frame the building the way the BIM process is coordinated with all the subs, but it doesn't. It will get there, but its not there yet. I have spent hours of "additional time" coordinating a perfect layout and then spend normal amount of time getting field repairs for things that weren't set as they were coordinated. Why? because if the field and framers don't follow plans, it doesn't matter how well its pre-coordinated.
Luke Benson , ^^^ this is huge. Can’t tell you how many times in my field that a sub didn’t build to spec or plan. Real simple. Follow instructions.
Yes there will be times that you do not have the correct measurement that is construction that is evolution that is finding the way and the means.
It's also easy for him when he's got a background in Architecture.
Is Bim gave accurate results....
There is a lot of opportunity in the construction industry.
Best advice for anyone studying to be a engineer, architect, or manager. Please spend at least 4 years in the field or you will be horrible. I get drawings all the time that are just not functional.
Where do i get more information on BIM?
Autodesk is the largest company as far as software goes for BIM processes go otherwise getting information from a local General Contractor might be the best bet. Every General Contractor that uses BIM has a different process. Most use Autodesk Revit, Navisworks, and Glue in one way or another.
I don’t think this guy knows how to use a hammer...
honestly i didnt get the video can some one plz explain this to me ? ;/
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Johnson building workers
It’s called matterport
Unless tradesmen are using augmented reality goggles , using BiM is pretty much useless , as all the data will be transferred into 2D plans & elevations on site.
I think you're mixing up AutoCAD with designing softwares.
You design, check and render the building on BIM softwares to avoid excessive paperwork. AutoCAD is used for diagrams.
@@billycasper3351 I am in 5th sem civil engineering and I agree with u completely
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Yeah the big problem with all of this is that we actually need construction workers and maybe not so many architects, engineers and middle managers that build buildings from inside an office and all on the computer.
That may be a problem, but it’s not a problem “with all of this.” When you can model the entire process first, it requires less hands on-site to achieve the same goal. This is because there are less conflicts and errors along the way.
Now, that doesn’t solve the problem that we need more tradespeople. We do, a lot more. But BIM technology is not what caused a shortage of those workers.
Save the time. It took 7 minutes for him to tell you lots of people can't visualize from drawings and blueprints. So, making cartoons about plans, is some secret.
If you see this guy, tell him he owes me my 8 minutes back.
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Who knew Tobey Maguire was an architect in 2014?
Bahahaha
BIM is just a fancy acronym that Autodesk made up to sell their software.
Nope
BIM existed before Autodesk so youre off by quite a long shot.
The concept of BIM was described back in 1975 as an interactive use of maps, facades, elevations, perspectives and sections in the same document by an American professor published in AIA
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This is super interesting but I'm not gonna lie this dude sounds just like Nathan Fielder
I really thought he was going to say drugs.
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Not on my worst day pal
More money in Contracting than Architecture.
So this means quicker construction ? I mean bricks have to be laid one by in either way
I think hes saying those bricks youre laying one by one will be laid in the correct spot. Not saying the brick layer but in the design aspect. Alot of time youll get skmething built and realized its not gonna work. This cuts that out. The work still needs to be completed its just a way for the designers to test their design by virtually building first
Aren't general contractors employing people with engineering, architecture and computing degrees to deploy BIM for their organization? Or do you just retrain and iron worker?
They do but most of the manpower is construction workers
@@Matthew-yj9fk it was a rhetorical question. There are about 9.7M engineering construction "workers" in the US. About 300k civils, 20k geologists, 200k draftsmen... and so on... there are no skilled laborers or laborers or even tradesmen who are building BIM. Maybe a few of them can manipulate a 3D pdf or watch a 3D fly thru of a model and get any real world use out of it. This talk was old news when it was new and it doesnt capture that all that's happened is that GCs realized they need to employ alot more professionals than they used to cause tech got smarter than their general workforce.
@@meyogi123 ehh we do just fine without engineers. We will continue to do just fine with a couple engineers.
does someone really need to virtually walk in the building to understand it?
Yes
Yea it's hard to navigate otherwise because there is so much detail
But does this technology create beautiful buildings?
No master craftsmen do!
Lol he’s not a GC, I’m guessing he works for a software company
Nope he works for a GC. Try again.
Diego Cruz I’m guessing you know him personally then? If that’s a statement of fact then what am I supposed to try again?
@@MrInstallinfreak I do!
this is an ad
So this guy is just talking about CGI
Change your title. This doesn't apply to the entire whole that is construction l.
Hire union contractors and the job will get done right and fast
To smart people, this is boring af. Waste of my time.
I still think contractors are useless. More than ever.
His attempts of being funny
Awful jokes. Useless. Stopped at 4 minutes. Don't bother with this one.
Wasted 10 mins of my life.
Has zero public speaking skills
Useless