The Best Kept Secret in Construction | Michael Johnson | TEDxDavenport

The construction industry is much more than just “swinging a hammer”. Technology adoption is rapidly changing the way we deliver the built environment. Through the story of one architect-turned-contractor, this talk will introduce you to the underlying technology impacting this change; leaving you with a new framework of what a contractor can be.

[oyster]

Technology is changing the way we design and construct buildings. Using models we can cut costs and more accurately design structures as opposed to only using traditional techniques. Saved you 10 minutes.

[rogerbettencourt]

At the end of the day, labor is what makes any of this possible, as a skilled tradesman I often hear about labor being the biggest expense for a company, when I was an apprentice the “field” made up 80% of the company, now it’s around 40%, less people with less time to finish the same amount of work. The problem is overhead not labor.

[annrose]

I started playing "The Sims" as a child ( Now on "Sims 4")and have always loved the 3D building part the most. I am 65 years old.

[solomonmiller]

Great speech! I am a sophomore in college getting an associate's degree in construction management and it gave me some great insight! Thank you

[liliyadeluca]

"We're entering the golden age of construction". Very inspiring, thank you!

[dominicoconner]

I have a very similar experience, except I started in construction then moved into engineering, that gave me a different perspective than most engineers as I had physically built, or worked on a lot of the same type of thing that I was now designing.

[susiavalos]

I’m a commercial electrician and I had NO IDEA about this technology. I know we can change and remove/add to the prints on a computer, but I never knew about the VR. Amazing!

[woodstock]

i’m just finishing up my first semester of architectural technology school. we’re finally getting to BIM in the new year and i am unbelievably excited for that!!!!

[mikemichael]

The video is "old, " by cyber standards, but relevant in current times. The speaker is a "GC" like I'm a "dancer (I can dance, but not a dancer[." The issue here is selling software/hardware in 21st century industries related to construction; to people, likely, not intimate with tech. The delivery starts at the halfway mark of the presentation; meshing industry and tech as a standard. Huge gains are possible--for clients AND companies willing to launch into client-companies. Computers killing typewriters type stuff. It's groundbreaking stuff; Literally and figuratively. Nice presentation.

[DeeloGoodquest]

As a contractor, I was hoping to hear more about being a contractor or running a business.

[clubhouse]

This is just brilliant. I could relate at every step of your presentation. Thank you so much.

[acg]

I'm involved in an EPC project that implements BIM. The real struggle here is the system that we should follow during impelmentation. BIM should be established first as a tested practice. The proponent should be firm as to how the BIM is going to be implemented. It should not be used halfway the construction stage. It should be started right before the concepatualization of a project. It should be flowing through the blood veins of all the persons involved in a project. Or else it will just fail.

[peterlarbi]

This is a great video!! Just started my degree in construction management. Thanks for the insight

[skyfoxf]

Wouldn't it be really AWSOME if we could blend the passive house design protocol into the BIM technology. I think it's being done already but not very many people know about it.

[khoalabear]

This guy nailed it, and without using a hammer. No pun intended.

[TriPham-jb]

I think the shortest way bypass constructor is build incubator then replicate the terrain for material composition then build model on that terrain in incubator then scan 28 dimension ( 3×3×3) + master clocking nano scale then replicate at the site on zoom scale needed

[MsFutureguy]

So that's why I do architecture and all the building trades

[nipurnkhatri]

Amazing.. "Do not settle for old fashioned... Ask for awasome one"

[tamanimaiesia]

Very informative. Yes BIM certainly levels the playing field from a design perspective.

[RLCArch]

We learned BIM and 3D walkthroughs back in 1999, small University in Northern California was teaching all of this and LEED to us. BIM is new but in reality BIM is old.