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AEC The Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry is a heavily design and fabrication centric industry, with many parallels to the manufacturing industry. If anything, the formerly distinct lines between AEC and manufacturing are becoming ever more blurred by the adoption of techniques such as modular prefabrication. However, in one regard the contrast between AEC and Manufacturing remains stark—the gap in digitalization between the two industries. In this blog posting, I will explore why I believe this gap exists and why it...

CloudA tipping point refers to a point in time where change self-propagates, leading to rapid transformation. The concept first moved into popular culture when Malcolm Gladwell published The Tipping Point in 2000. At a deeper level, tipping points are related to a subset of complexity theory known as bifurcation analysis. What’s fascinating about this concept is that it is relevant to a wide range of applications, encompassing everything from the behavior of crowds to engineered systems.

What, you might ask, does this have...

Monday, 22 August 2016 00:00

Is PLM the Answer to the BIM Paradox?

Cloud The technology and processes that collectively make up what we refer to as Building Information Modeling (BIM) are now firmly established in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC), and BIM adoption continues to grow. Despite the growth in BIM, many observers would agree that the industry isn’t fulfilling its productivity potential, and statistics support this perspective. A July 2015 article from McKinsey (http://www.mckinsey.com/industries/infrastructure/our-insights/the-construction-productivity-imperative) highlights a widening gap in productivity between manufacturing and construction globally.

Why is construction productivity flat despite...

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