Deke is the Executive Director of the buildingSMART alliance™ a dynamic and expanding council of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) and the North American Chapter of buildingSMART International. He is also on the Executive Committee of buildingSMART International. buildingSMART is focused on improving construction productivity through open standards supporting interoperability and improved decision making using building information modeling (BIM) which can eliminate non-value added effort or waste in the facilities industry. He is co-author of "Building Information Modeling: A Strategic Implementation Guide" published in 2009 by Wiley which is receiving critical acclaim.

"This book is a culmination of all my experience to date from many situations that have yielded positive results and can be replicated to create your own successes. Use the book to develop your own strategic plan to achieve long term success in implementing BIM"

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