Dive summary:
- Building information modeling is in the category of industry advances known as disruptive innovation – developments that change how business is done rather than simply advancing the existing process.
- It was the contracting industry that saw the power of three-dimensional modeling to become virtual design and construction that allows a project and all its components to come together before it is built.
- For designers, BIM was a "sustaining technology," one that advanced but did not supplant the two-dimensional computer work that had, in turn, advanced paper drawings.
From the article:
Many leading design firms have come to realize that BIM’s disruption means developing new ways to work with savvy contractors and owners. ...
