Inspiring others to BIM

[stimmo520]

Hello,

I have been working for an Engineering Consulting firm for the past few years. I was originally brought on to handle all things BIM for the company. At first it was a slow trickle that got a lot of my personal attention, which gave me time to write company standards, and write a few company classes. Now the faucet is full bore, all the architects/owners/contractors are requiring it on new buildings and many renovations. I have managed to train two people and interest a few others who are worried about job security. But there are a few stragglers, and theyre young, that choose to design in CAD, and create all the sheets in CAD, and have me model for coordination. I have tried to show that there is a better way to do this, but they wont try to learn the program, and think that it is a waste of time, yet theyre methodsa are a waste of time. How or what would be a good way to jump start these folks, or are they going to be left behind, much like the old board designers that never learned how to open CAD?

Thanks

[bbeck]

Hello,

I have been working for an Engineering Consulting firm for the past few years. I was originally brought on to handle all things BIM for the company. At first it was a slow trickle that got a lot of my personal attention, which gave me time to write company standards, and write a few company classes. Now the faucet is full bore, all the architects/owners/contractors are requiring it on new buildings and many renovations. I have managed to train two people and interest a few others who are worried about job security. But there are a few stragglers, and theyre young, that choose to design in CAD, and create all the sheets in CAD, and have me model for coordination. I have tried to show that there is a better way to do this, but they wont try to learn the program, and think that it is a waste of time, yet theyre methodsa are a waste of time. How or what would be a good way to jump start these folks, or are they going to be left behind, much like the old board designers that never learned how to open CAD?

Thanks

It takes commitment from Sr. Management/Partners/Owners, they need to lay down the law. 9 times out of 10 I would say that BIM Managers do not have the power in firms to hold staff accountable.

[stimmo520]

I believe that is the problem as well..evreyone is on a long leash, and we have 5 principals, and 15 employees. Everyone has their own way of doing things, and even the old CAD standards are written off per project. The symbols legends change depending on who the designer is, and how and why things are layed out. We are a very smart company, but being in charge of teaching the old dog new tricks has been an uphill battle. I think that the designers that are fighting it, the young ones, will have real problems in the future. The old board guys are on their way out anyways, so they call it cartoons, but tend to give real pointers withough acknowledging that theyre interested. Oh well, I dont think the top down is going to work, as it seems that this is a self oiled machine..lol...but I do know that when the old guys are out, the new ones coming in will all be Revit trained, and this will put some pressure on these other guys...I just wanted to see if anybody had any info, or or tricks to get these people interested in their work...