In a panel titled, Simulating Success, moderated by Director of Technology Adoption, Eveart Foster, the conference shifted its focus toward advanced technologies for the pre-construction and construction phases. After introducing the topic, Eveart welcomed Dan Evets, VP of Strategic Sales at ALICE Technologies, Bryan Kucinski, Senior Consultant at Buildots, and Peter Lasensky, Senior Director at Bentley Systems to join him on stage to share their expertise.
With the availability of advanced BIM capabilities, reality documentation tools, dynamic and intelligent scheduling, and project management solutions; project delivery can not only execute the completion of projects more efficiently but can now simulate what needs to be done to complete the project on time and on budget. One trend in the industry is that owners have increasingly wanted to influence the operation, handling, and delivery of their products. BIM models and 4d, engineers can show owners how they will execute a project according to the expressed desires. However, these models can also be leveraged to show that same owner how the project can be built differently to reduce cost and ensure a faster building process. The problem then becomes that the model…