AECbytes Viewpoints Index

Issue #63 (January 18, 2012)
Adopting Lean Practices in the Architectural/Engineering Industry
David Haynes, Director of Consulting, Ideate Inc.

Issue #62 (December 7, 2011)
The AR LAB: A Vision
Paul Seletsky, Digital Design Director, KieranTimberlake

Issue #61 (July 31, 2011)
Debunking the Myths About BIM in the “Cloud”
Viktor Várkonyi, CEO, Graphisoft

Issue #60 (June 28, 2011)
Would You Like Some Chilli Sauce With Your BIM?
Christopher Pynn and John Hainsworth, Arup

Issue #59 (March 29, 2011)
Message to the Project Management Software Industry: You need to learn ESPERANTO
Gustavo Lima, Principal, Cannon Design

Issue #58 (January 20, 2011)
Beyond BIM – It’s Not the End of the Road!
Robert Amor, University of Auckland, New Zealand, & Robert Owen, University of Salford, UK

Issue #57 (November 11, 2010)
A Personal View of Newforma as a Process and Information Model Tool
Terry Nichols, Chairman of the Newforma UK User Community

Issue #56 (September 30, 2010)
BIM from Thirty Thousand Feet
Brian Lighthart, Architect

Issue #55 (August 31, 2010)
Driving Construction Project Success through Neutral, Trust-Based Collaboration
Dexter Bachelder, Aconex VP Americas

Issue #54 (July 14, 2010)
Performance Analysis Technology and Radical Design Change for Carbon Neutrality
Dr. Don Mclean, Founder and CEO, Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES)

Issue #53 (July 1, 2010)
Next Evolution of BIM: Open Collaborative Design Across the Board
Viktor Várkonyi, CEO, Graphisoft

Issue #52 (May 3, 2010)
Collaborating in the New AEC World
Al Douglas, President, A.D Douglas Associates

Issue #51 (April 7, 2010)
Notes on the Synthesis of BIM
Randy Deutsch, Architect and Educator

Issue #50 (February 26, 2010)
21 Building Systems: Toward a Rational Taxonomy in Architecture
Lewis M (Bill) Dickens, Architect and Technologist

Issue #49 (December 14, 2009)
Looking Beyond BIM to Business Information: The role of agcXML in Streamlining Information Exchange
Michael Tardif, Director of IPD Systems, Grunley Construction Company, Inc.

Issue #48 (September 22, 2009)
Transcending the BIM Hype: How to Make Sense and Dollars from Building Information Modeling
Eric Lamb, Dean Reed and Atul Khanzode, DPR Construction, Inc.

Issue #47 (August 31, 2009)
The Value of Building Information Modeling: Can We Measure the ROI of BIM?
Dr. Burcin Becerik-Gerber and Samara Rice, University of Southern California

Issue #46 (June 30, 2009)
How Project Information Management Sharpens Our Focus on Clients and Designs
Andrew Hollomon, Director of Information Technology, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP

Issue #45 (May 20, 2009)
There is No “I” in IPD!
Mike Whaley, Director of Preconstruction, J. H. Findorff and Son Inc.

Issue #44 (April 16, 2009)
Cracking the USACE BIM Code
David William Edwards, Dave Edwards Consulting

Issue #43 (March16, 2009)
“Thou Shalt Collaborate…”: Interdisciplinary Collaboration Strategies in the Age of BIM
Viktor Várkonyi, CEO, Graphisoft

Issue #42 (December 16, 2008)
Successful IT and Software Adoption in an A/E Firm
Linda Letourneau, Director of Technology, LandDesign

Issue #41 (October 28, 2008)
A Case for Knowledge Management in the A/E Industry
Doris Pulsifer, Associate, Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, LLP

Issue #40 (July 24, 2008)
BIM: When Will It Enter “The Ours” Zone?
Stewart Carroll, COO, Beck Technology

Issue #39 (June 24, 2008)
Adoption of Green Technologies in the Buildings/Facilities Sector: A Market Perspective
Scott Boutwell, Independent management consultant

Issue #38 (May 8, 2008)
Two Steps Forward, No Going Back: How Our Firm is Using Technology to Gain a Strategic Advantage
Stephen C. Wright, AIA, Design Principal, Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company

Issue #37 (April 8, 2008)
The Digital Design Ecosystem: Toward a Pre-Rational Architecture
Paul Seletsky, Sr. Mgr. of Digital Design, SOM New York

Issue #36 (March 13, 2008)
Digital Transformation of the AEC Industry: An Innovation Perspective
Youngjin Yoo, Richard J. Boland, and Kalle Lyytinen

Issue #35 (February 12, 2008)
Managing BIM Technology in the Building Industry
Chuck Eastman, Paul Teicholz, Rafael Sacks and Kathleen Liston

Issue #34 (January 17, 2008)
The New “Must Have”—The BIM Manager
Dominic Gallello, President & CEO, Graphisoft

Issue #33 (December 6, 2007)
The Interactive Capability Maturity Model and 2007 AIA TAP BIM Award Winners
Tammy McCuen and Major Patrick Suermann, P.E.

Issue #32 (May 16, 2007)
Parametric Modeling in AutoCAD
Neil C. Katz, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP

Issue #31 (March 19, 2007)
Enterprise Wiki: An Emerging Technology to be Considered by the AEC Industry
Ondrej Kalny, Editor, BridgeArt.net and UseWiki.net

Issue #30 (November 27, 2006)
Some CURT Remarks
Rich Nitzsche, AIA LEED AP, Principal, Chief Information Officer, Perkins+Will

Issue #29 (October 23, 2006)
Farewell to Overspending
Harald Krohmer, Managing Director, Nemetschek UK

Issue #28 (September 14, 2006)
Reinventing Collaboration across Internal and External Project Teams
Patrick Aragon, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Adobe Systems Incorporated

Issue #27 (August 31, 2006)
Questioning the Role of BIM in Architectural Education: A Counter-Viewpoint
Paul Seletsky, Digital Design Director (New York office), Skidmore Owings and Merrill

Issue #26 (July 6, 2006)
Questioning the Role of BIM in Architectural Education
Renée Cheng, AIA, Head of the Department of Architecture, University of Minnesota

Issue #25 (May 9, 2006)
Expressive 3D Components for Building Simulation and BIM
Fred Abler, CEO, FormFonts.com, Design instructor and researcher, CAL POLY

Issue #24 (April 5, 2006)
The Shape of Things to Come
Dominic Gallello, President & CEO, Graphisoft

Issue #23 (March 27, 2006)
The BIM Difference
Jay Bhatt, Vice President, Autodesk Building Solutions Division

Issue #22 (February 7, 2006)
The Ten Bytes of Architecture? Some Thoughts on Architectural Culture in the Age of Simulation
David R. Scheer, AIA, Principal, Scheer & Scheer Inc.

Issue #21 (January 11, 2006)
Second Annual Collection of Select Reader Feedback

Issue #20 (December 13, 2005)
BIM and Process Improvement
Jim Bedrick, AIA, Director of Systems Integration, Webcor Builders

Issue #19 (October 31, 2005)
Digital Design and the Age of Building Simulation
Paul Seletsky, Digital Design Director (New York office), Skidmore Owings and Merrill

Issue #18 (September 21, 2005)
De-Vendoring AEC Software
Mark Sawyer, CEO, @Last Software

Issue #17 (August 9, 2005)
buildingSMART (get over it)
Mario Guttman, AIA, Vice-president and Firmwide CAD Director, HOK

Issue #16 (July 21, 2005)
I live in a Google World but I work in a Pre-Google One
Tom Sweeney, PreConstruction Department, J. H. Findorff and Son Inc.

Issue #15 (April 13, 2005)
A Different Approach to Using IFCs to Facilitate Interoperability in the Building Industry
Jim Forester, Chief Data Architect, Newforma, and Ian Howell, CEO, Newforma

Issue #14 (March 24, 2005)
Technology Penetration in the AEC Industry: IT Lessons Learned in Other Industries
Pat Douglas, Adjunct Professor of CAD, Interior Design Department, Bay Path College

Issue #13 (February 10, 2005)
Towards a Materials-Based Building Information Model
Lloyd J. James, AIA, Assistant Professor, Institute of Architecture and Planning Morgan State University

Issue #12 (January 25, 2005)
Building Energy Performance—Going Mainstream
Dominic Gallello, President & CEO, Graphisoft

Issue #11 (December 22, 2004)
Select Reader Feedback: First Anniversary Collection

Issue #10 (November 24, 2004)
Are We Forgetting Design?
Chris I. Yessios, Ph.D., President and CEO, auto·des·sys, Inc.

Issue #9 (October 21, 2004)
The Builder Owner as a Catalyst for Change in the Construction Industry
Ian Howell, CEO, Newforma

Issue #8 (August 25, 2004)
New Challenges, New Opportunities
Nancy Yen-wen Cheng, AIA, Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Oregon

Issue #7 (July 20, 2004)
In The Trenches with BIM
James Vandezande, AIA, Associate, CAD Manager, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Issue #6 (June 23, 2004)
BIM, Change, and Leadership—A Call to Arms?
Lawrence M. Rocha, Associate AIA, VP, CIO Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo

Issue #5 (May 13, 2004)
The Importance of Parametrics in Building Information Modeling
Huw W. Roberts, AIA, CSI, Global Marketing Director for Bentley Building

Issue #4 (April 14, 2004)
Labor Productivity Declines in the Construction Industry: Causes and Remedies
Paul Teicholz, Ph.D. Professor (Research) Emeritus, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University

Issue #3 (March 10, 2004)
Goodbye CAD. Goodbye BIM. Hello PEN.
Paul Seletsky, Director of Technology, Davis Brody Bond, LLP

Issue #2 (February 11, 2004)
Going Further: Process Evolution in the Building Industry
Phillip G. Bernstein, FAIA, Vice President, Building Solutions Division, Autodesk, Inc.

Issue #1 (January 14, 2004)
A Darwinian Shake-out in the Building Industry
Dominic Gallello, President & CEO, Graphisoft

This category of articles features external contributions from leaders in AEC firms, the software industry, universities, and research organizations. The views expressed in Viewpoint articles are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect those of AECbytes.