BIM, Robots and GIS

So now your daughter wants to drive? Children have both a fascination and a fear of driving. The luxury of the parental chauffeur is hard to beat… until you find that the chauffeur isn’t going where and when you want to go. Now overcoming one’s fear of driving starts to look attractive. To get the driving privilege you’ll need to actually do your chores, practice piano, be nice to your little sister. Then there is insurance and gas money… before you know it your teenager is jumping through hoops and pealing themselves off the couch, getting up early, and thinking about getting a job!

Ultimately the fate of BIM is going to be determined by whether real benefit from the data can justify the increase in cost of data collection. Using this same logic, a reduction in the cost of data collection helps lower the barrier to entry. It is clear the need to better manage the information in and about buildings and their relationship to the world around them is compelling. Here is a good articulation of the value, and an interesting solution to collecting information that can build a Building Information System that isn’t necessarily derived from 3D CAD at all.