Brad Hardin
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About Brad Hardin
Brad Hardin is an author, teacher, construction executive and learner. With over 12 years of experience, Brad's background includes work as a LEED accredited architect, construction manager and technology integrator in a national and international capacity on projects ranging from the Seattle Seahawks Practice Facility in Washington state to a large scale, ($3+bn US) power station in Lephalale, South Africa.
Brad is a passionate advocate for technology, design and construction and has a focused vision of positively changing the AECO industry for the better to improve collaboration and communication. He lives in the Midwest with his family and frequently teaches at local universities, is an Advisory Board Member for the New School of Architecture and has received multiple awards, including a national AIA award in BIM and the Manuel Rosen Service Award for his volunteer instructional efforts.
Brad is a passionate advocate for technology, design and construction and has a focused vision of positively changing the AECO industry for the better to improve collaboration and communication. He lives in the Midwest with his family and frequently teaches at local universities, is an Advisory Board Member for the New School of Architecture and has received multiple awards, including a national AIA award in BIM and the Manuel Rosen Service Award for his volunteer instructional efforts.
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Blog post" It's time to get rid of BIM " - those are words that I bet you never thought you would read on a blog called BIM - for real. But this concept is something that I feel very passionate about, that BIM is not needed in the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industries.
Before I elaborate, I should probably explain that I'm involved with project teams on both US coasts as well as across the US South and Mid-West. Because of this involvement I have5 years ago Read more -
Blog postHello! Let me start by getting my introduction out of the way. This is me:
I'm Brian Myers, the BIM Manager for Alberici Constructors based out of St Louis, MO. I want to start by thanking Brad for providing me the opportunity to join this blog and to share some of my thoughts and experiences. I have both very high level experience in the industry as well as very technical picks and clicks experience, so my posts will reflect a bit of both backgrounds. If you have any questions5 years ago Read more -
Blog postWhew! It's good to be back.
After a somewhat lengthy hiatus of writing the second version of "BIM and Construction Management," I'm glad to be back on top of this blog/stream of consciousness that is writing what's in Brad's brain.
So here's what's new. Aside from joining a global engineering and construction firm at Black and Veatch, we are back in Kansas City (go Royals!) and am back home.
It's spring and on the BIM front , I wanted to sha6 years ago Read more -
Blog postIn talking with my good friend David Philp, leader of the UK BIM Task Group (http://www.bimtaskgroup.org/meet-the-team/) , he of course tends to agree that the UK Government has done far more to further the cause of BIM as a nation wide effort than the US.
Frankly, I couldn't agree more.
Especially in regard to the approach, the collaborative nature of the engagement and ultimately the right amount of courage from leadership (in government no less!) to7 years ago Read more -
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Blog postWe've all had that aha moment.
The one where we look at something that's missing in a work flow, tool or technology and say to ourselves, "Wouldn't it be great if...?"
I attended a couple of general high tech conferences recently (not necessarily related to AEC) and was really excited to see where technology as a whole is headed. Though some of these tools may or may not find their way into the AEC industry, it became very clear to me that the need to consiste7 years ago Read more -
Blog postHaven't posted for a while, but wanted to capture my thoughts on a recent project we did where we were looking to accurately "capture" information about an existing lobby space. The project was a tenant improvement project in a four story building lobby, where the goals of the effort were to accurately gather data about what actually existed in the space, in lieu of relying on traditional as-built reference documentation, which is often outdated or rarely updated. The other effort we w8 years ago Read more
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Blog postGreat news and a great effort by an integrated team. Proud to have coached this Virtual Design and Construction Team!
News Story on Yahoo! Here8 years ago Read more -
Blog postHow do we connect A to B?
Or does A even connect to B? Or more importantly, how can we use A to make a better decision about B?
Recently, I have become absolutely fascinated with the potential around cloud based collaboration backed with massive amounts of meaningful and sort able data provided in collaboration with computers. It's interesting to see the dialog shift away from Man vs. Machine to >> Man and Machine vs. Big Issues. Isn't this really what the promise8 years ago Read more -
Blog postGreat TED talk video from Autodesk Fellow Tom Wujec showing how certain personality types think and interact around a tactile team challenge.
I can't help but love the Kindergartner's scores! Imagine what they could do with Rapid Cost Modeling...8 years ago Read more -
Blog postIn my experience in using BIM, I have become keenly aware of a number of "truths" in the arena of VDC. That said, I'm heading to the zoo with "my zoo" in tow today so I'll make it a quickie if possible.
Truth 1: The Owner owns the information (model).
If you're under contract to an Owner to design, construct and/or operate a building, they own the models and the information, just as they own the building. Our role as designers, contractors and opera8 years ago Read more -
Blog postHad a great discussion not too long ago to a group of students and great minds, where I was asked the question afterwards, "What keeps you interested in BIM and technology?"
[Insert long thoughtful pause here]
I answered, "I guess it would have to be the promise of technology. Not only to design and construction and BIM, but in what we haven't thought about yet."
While this was a very truthful (and somewhat esoteric answer), the reality8 years ago Read more -
Blog postAs I write this, I'm reminded of a number of project pursuits recently that involved early communication with Owners, board members and potential clients about what the latest tools and technologies were and how they are changing the industry. What was really interesting was how many opportunities it opened up, given the meeting wasn't held under the pretense of "give me work". As I work in the construction industry, we are notorious for becoming best buddies with Owners as their proje9 years ago Read more
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Blog postHey all, just wanted to throw this one out there as well. This is a great free tool from the folks over at Tekla that allows for models to be viewed, organized, run a clash report, collaborate and analyze.
Gotta say, I'm a fan!
http://www.teklabimsight.com/9 years ago Read more -
Blog postFor starters, I believe that folks who have worked in the AEC industry for anything longer than two years are a bit jaded and think the world "works" a certain way. But every now and then I have discussions, read something or attend a presentation that shakes those constructs up and makes me look at things from a completely different angle.
Recently I gave a presentation to a very smart group of military professionals from the Facilities and O and M side and I was excited to see9 years ago Read more -
Blog postLately there has been a great trend that we are witnessing first hand in the subcontracting community....the rise of subs who "get it."
I can remember about 8 years ago having a discussion with a leading subcontractor in the industry who essentially told me that he and his mechanical firm were NEVER going to make a move into the virtual environment. Lo and behold I ran into him at the Denver Airport about a month ago and we got to talking.
Apparently he had completely forg9 years ago Read more -
Blog postGreat topics and fascinating discussion on bim, but more importantly a great talk in application development and information management and sharing.
Good talk from Mario Guttman from Perkins and Will on custom programming and pushing the boundaries of Revit out of the box.
http://arch-pubs.usc.edu/extreme-bim/10 years ago Read more -
Blog postPretty exciting technology that integrates q-symbol scanning viewed through an application, such as Daqri (www.daqri.com)
Augmented Reality Business Cards
Would be great to see these integrated into building components some day!10 years ago Read more -
Blog postAlright folks, I have established that a blog on technology shouldn't be limited by my use of technology!
That said I will now be posting from the "many exciting" places I go in the world, but mainly airports...
Thanks!10 years ago Read more -
Blog postIf you all haven't seen this yet, it's really pretty impressive. We're testing it out now to see how well it works...Looks like it should be a pretty strong tool. And I don't care that much that it's laden with Tyvek plugs!
http://www2.dupont.com/Tyvek_Weatherization/en_US/applications/architects/BIM/BIM_Studio.html
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Blog postLove those dramatic intro lines!
Here it is a new and unique concept for us all to begin to marinate on. What do all of the following have in common?:
a.) Architectsb.) Structural Engineersc.) Mechanical Engineersd.) Electrical Engineerse.) Plumbing Engineersf.) Fire Protection Engineersg.) Interior Designersh.) Plannersi.) Construction Managersj.) Subcontractorsk.) Facility Managersl.) Ownersm.) Real Estate Agentsn.) Industry Standard Agencieso.) Code Compliance Agenciesp.) Consulta10 years ago Read more -
Blog postMaybe some might find this interesting. This was a presentation given and hosted by Qualcomm in San Diego, CA with Kimon Onuma from Onuma Planning Systems .
Presentation Link Here
I really enjoyed the dialog and it was interesting to begin shifting the space from BIM, BIM BIM to a bigger and broader concept which is information management and "connecting the dots" both digital and physical to create value and results.
As always, look forward to yo10 years ago Read more -
Blog posthttp://construction.com/video/?fr_story=561a9e61f88c4993cc8cafd14d98fd0257119e4e&rf=bm
Interesting video coming from the transit and infrastructure end of things. I'm beginning to think there needs to be a new acronym for Building Information Modeling!
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Blog postWow, what a great week AU was!
So AU (as always) was a great opportunity to catch back up with colleagues and meet some new folks as well. I have attached some pictures from the keynote as well as the link for the keynote video here and will be posting my presentation in a seperate (but related) blog on information management and the idea that we are all becoming information managers.
Great presentations by Eddy Krygiel and Alex Ogata from HNTB on BIM Project Management, interesting10 years ago Read more -
Blog postFor those of you attending Autodesk University this year (http://au.autodesk.com/), I will be giving a lecture presentation on BIM to FiM, which has been of particular relevance to the industry and to a number of other folks, who have become interested in the tools out there, what they can do and what are the best practices for linking BIM information to FiM model information.
I should have three case studies completed by then for everyone to gain a perspective on what FiM entails11 years ago Read more
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