{"id":25169,"date":"2024-03-10T07:07:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T14:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/bringing-bim-to-the-modern-built-environment-an-interview-with-prof-martin-fischer\/"},"modified":"2024-03-10T07:07:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T14:07:33","slug":"bringing-bim-to-the-modern-built-environment-an-interview-with-prof-martin-fischer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/bringing-bim-to-the-modern-built-environment-an-interview-with-prof-martin-fischer\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing BIM to the Modern Built Environment: An Interview with Prof. Martin Fischer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We talked with Professor Martin Fischer of Stanford University\u2019s<\/a> Civil and Environmental Engineering Department<\/a> in the run-up to WDBE<\/a>. Our discussion covered what drew him to the discipline and the practical challenges of applying BIM in the modern built environment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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An essential part of contemporary design, Building Information Modelling (BIM)<\/a> is a valuable collaborative practice when supported by the right suite of tools and workflows. It helps disparate teams work together, model progress on a build, and has been an area of interest for Professor Fischer since the start of his career.<\/p>\n

Finding the right tool<\/h2>\n

Growing up in Switzerland, Professor Fischer\u2019s father worked in the construction industry, with his son occasionally providing help over the weekends. Given a task to do one day \u201cmy father looked it over and said \u2013 it\u2019s ok\u2026but you could have done a better job if you\u2019d used this particular tool,\u201d says Prof. Fischer. \u201cAnd I said \u2013 I know. He said \u2013 why the heck didn\u2019t you? And I said \u2013 the tool was in the basement and getting it sounded like a lot of effort, I just decided to muddle through here. Then my father looked at me and said \u2013 you\u2019re an idiot if you\u2019re not using the best<\/em> tool possible\u201d.<\/p>\n

This blunt critique stuck with him all the way through his pursuit of a career in civil engineering and the rise of modern information technology. BIM-adjacent tools have allowed practitioners to take advantage of design, technological, parametric, and simulation methodologies to develop insightful solutions on builds.<\/p>\n

But convincing practitioners to adopt them as part of best practice is a different issue.<\/p>\n