During the
Pergunte ao TI Lab! event, architect João Gaspar answered the following questions: Is there a post-BIM? Or will BIM just be improved? Is it possible to predict the future of the AEC market? Even though the event took place in December 2016, the architect's answer is still very relevant today.
According to Gaspar, the first thing you need to understand is that BIM is a way of working that involves several different software programs. Designers use CAD programs like Revit, ARCHICAD, Vectorworks, SketchUp - just to name a few. Meanwhile, project coordination professionals use Trimble Connect, Navisworks, or Tekla BIMsight to manage all the projects involved in a construction. In other words, each stage of design and construction will be done with different software, from the first studies to the management and maintenance of the completed building. Given that BIM is technological support for this way of working, the architect believes there is no post-BIM.
BIM is a work process
João Gaspar also states that all the software involved in this process will keep evolving. Labor will become increasingly automated, using more and more algorithms and programming for the use of robots, for example. Therefore, it isn't BIM itself that will be improved, but rather the tools that take part in this process. Given this, the architect or any professional involved in the construction market will need to have a very clear understanding of the entire process. There's no point specializing in one small part of the process without wanting to understand the rest of it. To truly understand how a robot will build, it will be necessary to understand what a solid is, how it's made, and what its parameters are, according to the architect.
In this sense, the future of the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction market increasingly points toward using technology to automate processes. The idea is to have entire routines automated to gain speed and precision in management.
TI Lab offers some courses that train professionals in the BIM process and help them better understand the new technologies being used. One of them is
História do BIM, which covers where this technology came from and where it's headed. The other is
Coordenação e Compatibilização de Projetos em BIM, which trains professionals and students in BIM workflows. Besides these, there are also other courses on related topics. Visit TI Lab's course sales page by clicking
here, and check out all the courses.
Interested in the topic? Watch the video! And also check out this
post, which tells you more about Trimble Connect and its way of working.
