In last month’s article I wrote about the need for consulting engineers during this period of reoccupancy. This month’s article is focused on the next important topic: data. It seems lately that every company out there has some innovate digital twin or BIM modeling solution that will solve all your problems. The challenge lies in the question, “What problem?”
Having worked on hundreds of smart buildings, I can tell you that the access to data and models is not a problem. “Smart buildings” have massive amounts of data. What they do not have is context and structure. Now, some would argue that this is even more of a reason why digital twin, analytics, and BIM modeling must be applied to new and existing buildings.