Shows
aecHiveNiknaz Aftahi - Putting technology in the hands of practitionersNiknaz Aftahi, Architect and founder at AEC+Tech joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan to discuss innovation in our built environment and the following topics:* Growing an affinity for technology whilst working an Architecture firm.* The future of the AEC+Tech platform (https://www.aecplustech.com/)* How to increase adoption of technology by AEC professionalsThis podcast and others can be listened to over at the aecHive platform, where the largest collection of AEC focused podcasts on the internet exists: https://aechive.net/pod
2021-12-0145 min
aecHiveMatthew Jackson - An evolving product information landscapeMatthew Jackson, Director of Business Development at BIM Object joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan to discuss innovation in our built environment and the following topics:* Making delivery of built environment assets more akin to a product delivery process.* Drivers for standardization efforts in the build environment, and the benefits of this.* Methods of sharing product information and data during the delivery process for improved building outcomes.This podcast and others can be listened to over at the aecHive platform, where the largest collection of AEC focused podcasts on the internet exists: https://aechive.net/pod
2021-11-031h 03
aecHiveAmanda Wachendorf - Realising expectations with softwareAmanda Wachendorf - Realising expectations with softwareAmanda Wachendorf, Customer success team lead at Eagle Point Software joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment and:* Building competency and change management within AEC sector organisations* The importance of supporting growth of individuals with planned learning, a joined focus on career progression and creating “a learning environment”* What the AEC industry can learn from software and other sectors.This podcast and others can be listened to over at the aecHive platform, where the largest collection of AEC focused podcasts on the internet exists: https://aech...
2021-10-0551 min
aecHiveDimitrie Stefanescu - The industry is broken, and speckle is here to fix itDimitrie Stefanescu, Founder at Speckle Systems joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.Dimitrie joins the podcast to discuss:What Speckle does, how it came about and its future role in information management for our built environment.How he intends to make Speckle a sustainable growth venture for the community via Open Source and the associated Open Core business model.What he intends to present at the BIM Coordinators Summit 2021.If any of the topics of this podcast affects you, please share your views over at the aechive.net (https://aechive.ne...
2021-09-2852 min
aecHiveTodd Weyandt - Communications for improved project outcomesTodd Weyandt, Brand Marketing Creative Director at Applied Software and Host of Bridging the Gap Podcast joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.Todd joins the podcast to discuss:Collaboration, communication and attitudes of stakeholders participating on projects1. Challenges facing AEC sectors due to project organisation structures e.g fragmentation2. Overcoming challenges and using technology to enable better 3. Communication to get better project resultsIf any of the topics of this podcast affects you, please share your views over at the aechive.net (https://aechive.net) community platform.The BridgingTheGapPodcast website can be...
2021-08-1346 min
aecHiveDaniel Davis - Observing an evolving architectural professionDaniel Davis, senior researcher at Hassell studio architects joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.Daniels joins the podcast to share his passion for the AEC sectors whilst discussing:* His research into the post covid workplace and what productivity means in a post covid workforce.* Katerras attempts to automate the construction industry, its postmortem, what it means for the future of architecture and the wider construction industry. * A career choice as a researcher within companies like Hassell, Wework, Case inc. and the challenges he sees for the uncommon role in the...
2021-07-2652 min
aecHiveAndy Boutle - Scaling project innovation by improving information management practicesAndy Boutle, head of BIM at Kier (Large UK contractor), and Engagement Co-lead at the UK BIM Alliance joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.This podcast discusses:the information management function on projects and how it is evolving. the integration of organisations, domains, supply chains and vendor platforms and challenges associated with this.industry patterns of poor practice that hinder new innovative collaboration practices.Andy is passionate about scaling innovation and digitisation of the AEC industries. If any of the topics of this podcast affects you, please share your views...
2021-07-0149 min
aecHivePaul Surin - A unified approach drives a better built worldPaul Surin, Global lead Built Environment at IBM, and active member of ISO TC442 group joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.The construction industries are disconnected and fragmented and this is impacting our collective ability to impact to improve on our productivity as an industry. This is crucial to the success delivering against some of the most important needs on our planet, and unless it changes - We are in trouble!Paul believes that the democratisation of software and access to digital tools will drive the digital transformation of our...
2021-04-1549 min
aecHiveRebecca De Cicco - End of an eraRebecca De Cicco, Global Chair Women In BIM, Founder of Digital Node which was recently acquired by Aurecon, ex-BIM Task Group (UK) joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a St Patricks Day Special discussion about innovation in our built environment.Rebecca played a role in pioneering BIM standards in the UK and setup her own consultancy to enable BIM with some of the leading early practitioners, from implementation to training. As other industries move on, the AEC sectors is a male dominant industry and it is rotting from the inside out as a result. Where diversity and opportunity...
2021-04-0249 min
aecHiveJero Juujarvi - Leveraging standards to advance entire sectors within AECJero Juujarvi, BIM Coordinator at “Kreate Oy”, Author & Amazon Bestseller and founder of “Infrapioneer Group” joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.Open standards drive innovation and this statement is testament to the work of Jero and the BuildingSMART Finland group recent development of IFC for Infrastructure. Lowering the barriers to digital collaboration has created a new wave of innovation and this podcasts discusses efficiency of new age digital project collaboration amongst Scandinavian Organisations and the benefits for projects.Topics of interest in this podcast include;* How industry benefits from the standard...
2021-03-2250 min
aecHiveNeil Thompson - Project communication beyond the ChasmNeil Thompson, Director of Digital construction at SNC-Lavalin Atkins, Head of construction innovation hub at the Centre for Digital Built Britain and Honorary associate professor at UCL joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.This podcast takes the listener on a journey around some of the issues and opportunities presenting itself to construction sectors. The mechanisms for communication that we have become acquainted to in our personal lives is setting our expectations for a future in the way that we communicate and collaborate around projects.Topics of interest in this podcast...
2021-03-1751 min
aecHiveClifton Harness - The colourful future of design automationClifton Harness, CEO and co-founder at TestFit joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.TestFit provides enterprise ready generative design solutions for niches in the design industries. This podcast provides an insight to how a solution solved a problem for the feasibility design stages for Real Estate development and later grew to a more universal solution platform using a useful pattern of design automation development.Topics of interest in this podcast include;* Incubating an idea, getting traction and scaling (2 years in)* Writing algorithms for architects to automate commodity architecture* Why the...
2021-02-1144 min
aecHiveIan Keough - A grand puppeteer of the computer aided design eraIan Keough, CEO at Hypar, joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.Ian is no stranger to innovation in the AEC world. Famous amongst Reviteers` for his visual programming language Dynamo, he is at it again; This time for the development of the cloud based design automation platform - Hypar. Insight shared:* Ian’s background and insight to his frustration with waste amongst the design professions.* A deep dive into Hypar, including philosophies underpinning its growth and popularity amongst the AEC sectors, and finally;* Ian’s words of wisdom for new inno...
2021-01-291h 02
aecHiveTannis Liviniuk - Technology solutions that help us create order from chaosTannis Liviniuk, CEO at Trillium Advisory Group Director joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.Tannis has construction in her blood - Born to a family involved in construction, she is more than familiar with the practices of the industry. Having taken the leap herself into the industry, she shares her views on what is working and in particular, what needs to change. Topics of interest in this podcast include; * Evaluating technology processes and quantifying value for clients and contractors.* Integration of people and processes on projects.* The gap that exists...
2021-01-2053 min
aecHiveKat Dovjenko - Hacking, prototyping and testing in a changing technology landscapeKat Dovjenko, Design Program Manager at the Real Estate R&D lab at Google, joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.Kat is a finance graduate with an appetite for construction; Currently working for a huge client less known for their ownership of assets but more for their applications, datacenters and search engine - Google. In this podcast, she shares her approach to innovation in the built environment and describes how it works inside Google, the initiatives that she is a part of outside of Google and shares some thought leadership...
2021-01-0752 min
aecHiveSasha Reed - The untapped potential for cultural shifts in AECSasha Reed, Director of Industry Advancement at Procore and Co-Founder of the CPC Coalition joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.Sasha enjoyed the beginnings of her in construction whilst working with a speciality contractor where she experienced first hand an industry wide failure to transform with technology. She observed an incoherence of each others needs, no consistent language to communicate and an environment where it was easier to say no than to tackle problems and innovate. Soon after, she was compelled to join a marketing role with Bluebeam to focus...
2020-12-161h 02
aecHiveTom Bartley - ISO19650 has a UX problemTom Bartley, CEO at Barbal joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.Amongst the slew of positions and experience within AEC sectors, Tom's dominant background is digital engineering and procurement with WSP. Other notable projects include his involvement with the steering group that gave birth to the PAS 1192 standards, which would become a cornerstone for the ISO 19650 standards in later years. Tom is best known for his role as CEO of Barbal and the futuristic articles he publishes with his outlook on the future of construction. e.g [Towards an internet...
2020-12-0757 min
aecHiveRyan Tennyson - Unlocking a visionRyan Tennyson, Technology advisor at the Scottish Future Trust, and recognised name amongst the innovative UK BIM scene joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries.Tennyson shares his journey from questioning BIM as the panacea for the industry, to leading some of the most pivotal initiatives around information management practices for the betterment of the AEC industries. This story is sure to inspire openness amongst industry stakeholders and encourage listeners to invest themselves into taking a look to the future through the Tennyson BIM crystal ball.Please share on social media...
2020-12-0242 min
aecHiveRebecca Lovelace - Connecting the dotsRebecca Lovelace joins host Ralph Montague accompanied by John Egan to discuss innovation and community in the AEC industries. Rebecca is founder and "Chief dot joiner" at Building People (http://www.buildingpeople.org.uk/) and brings us a really interesting discussion around her journey whilst creating a platform to connect initiatives in the construction industries. As always, enjoy the show and please leave your comments below.For more information on aecHive: https://aechive.net
2020-12-0249 min
aecHiveRachel Hartley and Adam Menter - Building Innovation Communities in AECRachel Hartley and Adam Menter from Autodesk joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about the Autodesk group network and the impact that it is having on Autodesk communities across the globe. Please share your views in the comments below.
2020-12-0244 min
aecHiveAlain Waha - The projects that are worth it, get fundedAlain Waha, Global Head of BIM at Buro Happold and CEO at Cogital, joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries.Alain is a long time innovator across multiple industries. In this podcast he shares his views on what innovation means to the AEC industries and discusses how to "do" innovation. Of particular interest is a concept of an innovation "flywheel" that describes momentum of adoption across the technology lifecycle and how this is the key to project success. Please leave your comments below.
2020-12-0246 min
aecHiveRavi Wood - Lessons shared are lessons learnedRavi Wood, BIM Manager and architect at Gresham Smith, joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries.Ravi shares his views on why standards are difficult to implement and therefore challenge broader adoption, particularly in North American regions. Each building is bespoke but why are we making our processes pertaining to digital construction bespoke? He reasons that we should not recreate the wheel but share in the lessons from implementing BIM on projects and move forward together.Please leave your comments below.
2020-12-0242 min
aecHivePaul Doherty & Patrick Sharpe - Keep Calm and Embrace Absurd ConstructionPaul Doherty & Patrick Sharpe from DigitGroup joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries. Enjoy the show and please leave your comments below.
2020-12-021h 05
aecHiveJohann Tuckler - Keep asking questions!Johann Tuckler, BIM Manager at MottMacDonald joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries.Johann believes that the fundamentals of BIM need to be done right and wants to help where possible - He encourages you to link with him and ask a question on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johann-tuckler-bimmanager/Please leave your comments below.
2020-12-0256 min
aecHiveAlberto Tono - Innovation Happens TogetherAlberto Tono, co-founder of Deep Learning Italia and founder at San Francisco Computational Design Institute joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries. Enjoy the show and please leave your comments below.Join the tribe at the aecHive community platform at https://aechive.net
2020-12-021h 02
aecHiveVaughan Harris - New rules of engagementVaughan Harris, founder and BIM Maverick at the BIM institute, joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries.Vaughan shares his views on BIM and the drivers for digital construction adoption in Africa. He believes that people should invest in their knowledge of the processes involved with digital construction and shares his views on how education is the key to innovation.Please leave your comments below to continue the conversation.
2020-12-0249 min
aecHiveKP Reddy - We are the disrupters for AECKP Reddy, enineer, entrepreneur and VC at Shadow Ventures, joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries.In this show, KP shares his AEC innovation journey from engineer to VC, what he thinks is required to disrupt AEC and how to get there as a founder. Planning is the key. Expect hell, rejection and be willing to persevere at all costs. No really its fun! Once you go entrepreneur you dont go back!Get in touch with KP and the team at Shadow ventures for more information and please leave your comments...
2020-12-0249 min
aecHiveKris Lengieza - Making innovation projects workKris Lengieza, director of business development at Procore joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.With a background in construction, Kris really understand the industry and how it works. Prior to joining Procore, Kris worked for a US based general contractor where he became a customer of Procore and also an advocate for technology and the value its part would have in the future of the construction industry. Combined with his interest in technology platforms, Kris plays a leading role in the evolution of the Procore marketplace where Procore are pioneers...
2020-12-0248 min
aecHiveAndrew Abernathy & Doug Elliott - Drink your own cool-aid!AEC industries and innovation veterans, Andrew Abernathy, principal at Amteah group and founder of 867 foundation along with Doug Elliott, founder of Carthage Intellectual Capital Management join hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.Doug and Andrew believes that Ideas are your assets. Sharing their recipe for success based on their life's work, this podcast is jam packed with information about how to create an intangible asset; complete with some surprising revelations about the value of ideas and how to make them succeed in AEC; a discussion ensues about the lifecycle of an...
2020-12-0246 min
aecHiveClive Jordan - Stopping the evil BIMClive Jordan, Co-founder of Plannerly joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.Clive believes that through integrating processes we can unite BIM expectations across all silos in our design and construction industry. Clive was part of the team that founded Vico Software, created the world’s first fully integrated 4D and 5D BIM datasets, defined the first LOD (Level of Detail/Development) Model Progression Specifications (MPS) and also helped establish the world’s first BIM contract.Over his 20 year BIM journey Clive has interned as an Architect, earned a 1st class Civi...
2020-12-0246 min
aecHiveNathan Wood - What happens when AEC can't get what it needsNathan Wood, CEO & Founder at SpectrumAEC and Executive Director at the Construction Progress Coalition joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about change and the benefits of innovation in our built environment.Early on in his career, Wood recognised that industry stakeholders shared the same problems when working on construction projects. His experience showed these were not unique to his company and were common to all companies he worked alongside. Wood decided to do something about it when he set up the Construction Project Coalition and consulting firm, AEC Spectrum to give the construction industry exactly what...
2020-12-0256 min
aecHiveGavin Crump - New paths and perspectivesGavin Crump, founder and BIM Consultant at BIM Guru, joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries.Gavin shares more about his unique systemic and technical approach to creating solutions for advanced BIM workflows. Check out his content over at the Aussie BIM Guru: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCry22yTdpgEDdzIZig7NSMQLike all of our guests, Gavin likes to share! Connect with Gavin on LinkedIn at the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavincrump/We look forward to talking with Gavin again in the future. As always, please leave comments below...
2020-12-021h 02
aecHivePierre Venter - Emerging patterns in AEC innovationAEC industry veteran, Pierre Venter, a self employed digital information manager and architect joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.Pierre shares his insight to the trends and changes that has happened in the industry over his decades of experience. He shares a fascinating insight to the evolution of working processes, from paper based information management and coordination to collaborating around 3D models in real time enabled by emerging hardware and software technologies. Enjoy the conversation, comment below or create a blog based on what you hear at the aecHive(https...
2020-12-0252 min
aecHiveRoundtable Discussion - Open Information Container Initiative(OICI)This is the recording of the second* roundtable discussion that has taken place amongst a group of digital construction leaders whom come together to discuss an open initiative around the enablement of information to flow freely between solutions used in the digital construction process.* This discussion does not require knowledge of the first discussion but if you would like to listen, please see this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrSKm0X8w-cParticipant selection was based on a range of experience from industry, academia, standards development and system integrators and each participant shared their view on the topic. The...
2020-12-021h 49
aecHiveSimon Moreau - Balancing innovation and outcomesSimon Moreau, technical manager at Bouygues Immobilier and chief innovator at bim42.com joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in our built environment.With a comprehensive background in AEC, Simon has held positions including structural engineer, BIM manager and now technical manager at Bouygues Immobilier. Simon shares his practical perspective on innovation in AEC where he has tamed his context and inherited a deeper understanding of the AEC technology landscape as a result. This podcast shares how to achieve a greater understanding of how to capture the value of the AEC technology landscape perhaps...
2020-12-0257 min
BIMvoiceBIMvoice#25🎙️Ralph Montague (Misconceptions about BIM, standards, BEPs)Ralph talks about misconceptions about BIM, standards, BEPs and much more.
Ralph Montague is the Director of ArcDox, a BIM consultancy based in Dublin, Ireland, Board member of the Ireland's National BIM Council, Chair of the Irish BIM National Mirror Committee, Board member of Construction IT Alliance, Coordinator of the Revit Users Ireland Group, co-host of the AEC Hive podcast and the AEC hive community, a community platform for AEC innovation
ArcDox is a specialist consultancy practice, providing professionally managed BIM (Building Information Modelling) services to the construction industry, to Enable and Support the Implementation...
2020-10-281h 46
aecHiveJim Quanci - Dances with elephantsJim Quanci joins host John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries. His blog titled "dances with elephants" is available to consume here: https://dances-with-elephants.typepad.com/blog/about-the-author.html
2020-09-0844 min
aecHiveChris Tisdel - Lets Pick A Fight With The Status QuoChris Tisdel joins hosts Ralph Montague and John Egan for a discussion about innovation in the AEC industries.
2020-09-081h 00
Property Roundup on iPropertyRadio: The property conversation starts hereEp.36 iPropertyRadio: Property Matters, October 8th 2019Joining us in studio this week are Ralph Monague, architect and director at ArcDox, and Angela Seoige, UX Designer, to talk all things BIM, AecHive, barriers to digital transformation of construction and the importance of UX design as proptech matures.
2019-10-0950 min