Every Construction project in the world is at risk. It is embedded in the DNA of building something to have contingency, to have risk registers, and try and put in place measures to control the unknown. But at the same time, every Construction project in the world is turning a blind eye. They are accepting the status quo. They continue to blindly guess at how long something will take or how much it will cost, and sometimes those guesses are akin to stabs in the dark.
We all know this, to some degree. We have tried to study this industry. We have measured its waste, its rework. We have looked for ways to improve, to innovate. We have found and implemented some technologies. We invented the word BIM and built an industry around it. But that industry is dying.
Somehow I always knew that BIM would not last forever. It was just a codeword for change. It was a stepping stone. We went from paper, to CAD, to 3D, and BIM. But it has overstayed its welcome. Despite all the promise and bluster…