B3 "Bill Allen Future of BIM" Robert Borrelli

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Robert Borrelli

In 2016, AutoDesk University’s Bill Allen Claimed that the future of BIM will not be BIM and it’s coming faster than you think. Bill Allen believes that within the next 10 years the AEC industry is going to become more automated than ever. Instead of deciding where doors, windows, walls and rooms will be located, we will rely on AI to maximize functionality an efficiency. This will be done by letting the computer make decisions when given a set of parameters to abide by. Then there will be multiple options for the user to choose from and they can see what is best for the project.

I believe that Bill Allen is correct as far as where the future of the AEC industry is going. I believe that the use of AI will dramatically improve the speed at which designs can be finalized and will give birth to new ideas that humans have never thought of. I do, however, believe that the time frame that Bill Allen suggests is a bit short. It will be hard for automation to take place on a large scale in as little as 10 years. I believe there will be much hesitation from the people in the AEC industry. More specifically, I think that the older generation will have a hard time accepting this as a new norm. They have been doing things their way for a long time and they may see this as a threat to their job. It will be much harder for them to get a grasp of this new technology compared to recent graduates who may have been exposed to it during their education. In addition to some people feeling threated by the new technology, cost also has a great deal to do with the feasibility of automation becoming mainstream in the AEC industry. While larger firms may be able to dive into this technology, smaller firms may not be able to afford the software, or the training required to operate it. I believe it will take longer than the 10 years that Bill Allen predicts for the price of implementing automation to lower to an acceptable level.

Comments:

Christian Tait- I completely agree that BIM’s uses are just going to increase over time as more technology is introduced into the field. I think that using AR and VR with a BIM model could really help get a close to real-life visualization which will help architects make a more informed decision about a project.

Hanyan Chen- I also agree that Data is an extremely important part of the future of this industry. Being able to neatly store and share data to whoever needs it will make the process of designing and building a structure much more fluid.

Aaron Goldberg- I agree with your “adopting” analogy. I don’t think that what Bill Allen is talking about will be fully integrated into the industry and will only be done by the biggest, most forward-thinking companies. I think that 20 years is a good estimate as to when full integration will happen.