{"id":31133,"date":"2025-06-30T18:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T01:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/whats-next-in-bim-an-interview-with-brett-young-of-buildingsp\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T18:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T01:51:08","slug":"whats-next-in-bim-an-interview-with-brett-young-of-buildingsp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/whats-next-in-bim-an-interview-with-brett-young-of-buildingsp\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Next in BIM &#8211; An Interview With Brett Young of BuildingSP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>In this <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"#interview\">interview<\/a>, <strong>Brett Young<\/strong> talks about the future of BIM in the AEC industry.<span id=\"more-7467\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7469 img-responsive lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/aec-business.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/brett-young.jpg\" alt=\"Brett Young BuildingSP\" width=\"380\" height=\"380\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7469 img-responsive lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/aec-business.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/brett-young.jpg\" alt=\"Brett Young BuildingSP\" width=\"380\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aec-business.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/brett-young.jpg 538w, https:\/\/aec-business.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/brett-young-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aec-business.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/brett-young-360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\"\/>Brett Young is the CEO and Founder of <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/buildingsp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>BuildingSP<\/strong><\/a>, Inc. This is the second startup for Brett, having previously founded and managed Modulus Consulting, a BIM consulting firm with multimillion-dollar annual revenues. He has a background in the management of large, commercial construction projects from nine years of work at Cahill Contractors, a San Francisco building general contractor. Brett holds a BS in civil and environmental engineering from UC Berkeley.<\/p>\n<p>We discuss the following topics<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why BuildingSP came about<\/li>\n<li>Why its hard to integrate technology with the construction industry<\/li>\n<li>The coming paradigm shift<\/li>\n<li>What is the most promising BIM technology<\/li>\n<li>How we should use standards<\/li>\n<li>The construction ecosystem<\/li>\n<li>The value of startups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Meet Brett at WDBE 2018<\/h2>\n<p>Brett is going to give a keynote presentation at\u00a0<strong>World Summit on Digital Built Environment <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/wdbe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">WDBE 2018<\/a><\/strong> in September in Helsinki, Finland. You can also connect with Brett on <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/brett-young-sf\/\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>About BuildingSP<\/h2>\n<p>BuildingSP is a premier developer of <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/m1qiZmwmTik\" target=\"_blank\">Autodesk add-ons<\/a>, API tools, and automation programming.<\/p>\n<p>In a blog post titled\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/next-gen-bim-workflows-project-virga-data-driven-tools-brett-young\/\" target=\"_blank\">Next-Gen BIM Workflows: Project Virga &amp; Data-Driven BIM Tools<\/a>, Brett describes their the next-gen BIM coordination environment. The following video demonstrates the concept using the Unity platform.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Project Virga from BuildingSP - Innovation in BIM Coordination\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cJRtjA1cdeU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>The images and videos are courtesy of BuildingSP<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"interview\">Listen to the interview (also on iTunes and other podcast platforms)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/aecbusiness\/aec-business.s3.amazonaws.com\/Brett-Young-Interview.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw(&#039;https:\/\/aec-business.com\/?powerpress_pinw=7467-podcast&#039;);\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/aecbusiness\/aec-business.s3.amazonaws.com\/Brett-Young-Interview.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" download=\"Brett-Young-Interview.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aec-business.com\/whats-next-in-bim-interview-with-brett-young-of-buildingsp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] In this interview, Brett Young talks about the future of BIM in the AEC industry. 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