An interoperable construction industry

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I couldn't agree more. The Interoperability Regulations in the railway sector does this. A platform for shared learning for both lessons learnt and good practice would be great, but it needs policing to prevent a free-for-all marketing frenzy with no substance.

Dear Gregor,

It's great to see the website going from strength to strength. We need more institutions to open source their knowledge bases and share in this way.

I look forward to seeing it's progression over the coming years.

Best wishes to you and the team

Alex Lubbock

BIMobject

Hi Gregor
Congratulations on the Wiki's 10,000 article !
A brave - and admirably positive (thankfully) forecast into the future. At the small (one person, slightly multi-disciplinary practice) end of our sector's wedge I do see some digital interoperability - but its scale is currently reflected in that of the basic mobile phone apps; frequent pics of detail areas of question from the site, reference made to pdf drawings, remote video/facetime/whatsapp inspections and 'visits'. The full benefits of BIM through to modern construction methods may take a longer time - if at all in current format - to trickle down to the re-model/extension/one-off house level where I'm often at.
As such - and as one does sometimes see in other sectors - there's still a lot of potential for polarisation by scale, in the short-term.
However, this may simply be a time-lag 'thing'. Because what we have seen and can be sure of is that digitalisation becomes increasingly affordable and inherently adaptable. And adaptable is the small sector's forte. It just has to find the right way through to the users, at the right price point for them. Once portable cnc cutting jigs are common on small sites, that there's an affordable, mechanised alternative to laying masonry units by hand and perhaps more relevant application of 3D printing, then yes, the advantages of digital interoperability will be more universally appreciated, even at this level. And it certainly does sound very interesting.
The thing is, while the technology is already there (or almost there) it will take another construction boom (or two) to bring it forward !
Thanks and with very best wishes

Miles Forsyth

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