A Disruption In the Paving

AIA Report on Integrated Practice

“Paving the Cowpath” and “A Healthy Disruption”

Bedrick and Rinella make a great point to start this report off. The old practices that the architects of today still do are like “paving the cowpath.” The old method took a developed process and broke it down in order for the next person to build it back up again. The process went from 3d to 2D, elapsed time in the middle, back to 3D and back to 2D again. With the process being taken apart and rebuilt every time it passed between architects, engineers, or construction workers.

With BIM this process is eliminated due to the fact that it can do everything faster and cheaper. BIM gives you the ability to calculate construction/material cost, test loads, and understand the all aspects at once. It makes the “cowpath” obsolete.

So the article basically says that BIM creates its own process, one that is faster and less messy then the old process. 

Jordani article supports the things Bedrick and Rinella or saying by even putting a good spin on disruption. He says that BIM should be viewed as a disruption that will start to put a fragment industry back together. It will not only change the process but it will change the business side. It will allow for the different part of the construction industry to work closer, maybe even under the same roof. It will boost the need for the technology and the need for even better technology.  

He does state that this won’t completely fix this problem, but it will generate the ignition needed to fuel the fire. It will take the implementation of it in schools to help further the growth of BIM in the industry.

So why can’t parts of the industry the benefits of BIM and the deficiency of the old process?