“We will be bringing in new talent to the team who will help us build up our BIM capacity and expertise. I must have a recruitment budget in place for those reasons.” CAD manager to the CAD team
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We have to have an allowance for that, plus we will need new, experienced BIM staff to work in the team. “Some of the staff may be resistant to the changes we are making. This could (possibly) alienate users, but the business has to come first, especially before January 1, 2016.īuilding an efficient CAD/BIM team CAD manager to director level
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The Revit software has to be implemented to take advantage of the BIM productivity it provides. We have to win contracts by using Revit, not AutoCAD.”Īgain, the CAD manager is having to make some big decisions. We WILL be moving forward for the sake of the business. “We will be keeping some AutoCAD workstations for legacy reasons, but ALL of you will need to be Revit savvy within the next six months. The CAD team may not like it, but it will have to be done.” CAD manager to the CAD team
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“It is a sensible decision to stick with our incumbent reseller and stay with the same brand of software, in this case, we upgrade from AutoCAD to Revit and stay with Autodesk. This must be addressed within the year to ensure a long-term BIM strategy, with appropriate staffing for the organisation.ĭeciding on commercial CAD/BIM software CAD manager to director level Some staff (especially long term AutoCAD users) do not want to make the transition to BIM. The CAD manager is pushing hard for a budget from the directors as this is a necessary requirement, but is prepared to cut staff and rationalise the team if needed. Are you ready for that? I need to know who is in and who is out so that I can make sure the team is ready for the changes ahead.” This will mean a complete change of software and how we work. We have to get ourselves ready and able to handle BIM next year. “We are moving forward with the transition from CAD to BIM. The budget must be put in place as soon as possible so that I can get things moving and assess and rationalise our current CAD team.” CAD manager to the CAD team We have to be BIM ready by this time next year. It is losing us money and potential contracts. “We have to shift our focus from just using CAD. This includes CAD practices such as the one above, which work on government contracts.Īdvertisement Addressing the BIM 2 requirement CAD manager to director level This is a pretty common scenario but with the imminent BIM legislation changes in the UK, this particular practice must move forward with software, hardware and implementation and training.īy Januall organisations involved with government departments must be at a minimum, at collaborative Level 2 BIM. The team is currently using Autodesk AutoCAD for all of its work and is up to date with the latest version, due to an active Autodesk subscription agreement. A CAD manager is in place who acts as liaison between management at director level and the users in the CAD team. Based in London, UK, it has fifteen core users, with anywhere up to twenty-five users when contract CAD personnel are brought in to make up capacity. The second part can be read here.Ī medium sized, multi-disciplinary CAD practice, involved in architecture, structure and services, which often works with external contractors.
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This is the first in a series of three articles about making the move to Revit.
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