The BIM Student

On this episode, we will be talking to Brent Mauti. Brent is currently the Chief Technology Officer at Turner Fleischer Architects. He is a licensed architect in Ontario and Alberta who has focused on BIM throughout his career.  Brent's passion is to focus on lifecycle BIM interoperability and cross-platform synergy.  Brent is also a professor at George Brown College and Algonquin College. We will...

Ian is an associate at Entuitive, a future oriented and technology driven Structural engineering company that adopted #BIM in its inception years. He has had significant involvement in a variety of commercial, residential, institutional, and educational buildings in the Canadian and Middle Eastern markets using BIM technologies, focusing especially on geometrically complex structures. His depth of...

Roddy is a Registered Architect in the province of Alberta and also a non-practicing Lawyer. After a glorious career at Stantec, in 2017 Roddy founded Holo-Blok, a company that is dedicated to fix the broken practices in Architecture and is leveraging Technology massively in doing so. His expertise in BIM and Integrated Project Delivery have allowed him to develop novel practices for project deliv...

Check out the next episode of ‘The BIM student’.  Our guest is Yigit Karanfil. Yigit is a Design Technology Manager at HOK, where he actively works with clients and project teams to determine requirements and #buildtechnology workflows to deliver projects successfully. Also as an active member of CanBIM community, he has been working with Design and Engineering Think Tank since 2015. Yigit has exp...

Dennis has been involved with BIM and the corresponding software through research, analysis and discussion since 2003. His professional experience lends itself well to increasing efficiency in an office and improving on existing practices. Possessing experience in multiple disciplines (Structural, MEP and Architectural), and having taught many companies in BIM and Visual programming for Revit, Den...

Arash is the perfect combination of academic awareness and industry exposure and holds a Ph. D. in construction engineering and management technologies and co-founded the Building Innovation Research Centre at the University of Toronto. He is an entrepreneur and innovator who co-founded AECO Innovation Lab in pursuit of engaging the immense talent in our academia to solve the problems of the #aeci...

Brandon Searle has background in Civil Engineering and Technology Management and Entrepreneurship. He has also worked with Opus International Consultants that later became WSP as asset management consultant. While with WSP, he worked toward an M.Eng. focusing on infrastructure management and completed a broad collection of courses in economics, project management, business, finance, and engineerin...

Leslie Wright is someone who has a firsthand experience and has actively participated in digital transformation in AEC.  He has witnessed the change from paper to data rich models He has been an Architectural practitioner working on variety of project for several years. Past 5 years he has worked with City of Windsor’s building department as a plan’s examiner and now Digital Transformation Special...

Alena’s career path has not been straightforward. Her focus in optimization motivated her to pursue Construction Management training shortly after she received Master’s degree in Architecture. Alena entered Canadian construction industry as a pursuits coordinator but due to her interest in technology and optimization, she shifted to BIM path and had worked in various Virtual Design and Constructio...

At the end of season 1 we have a three series recap episodes. In these I will talk about my takeaways from these guests.  Full Episodes of each guest  Brent Mauti : https://youtu.be/2LR2LFOm5Z8 Ian Trudeau : https://youtu.be/dIhjnzR83Tc Roddy Handa : https://youtu.be/_aKytLYi3sQ

At the end of season 1 we have a three series recap episodes. In these I will talk about my takeaways from these guests.   Full Episodes of each guest  Yigit Karanfil : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9_jURrUXaY&t=162sDennis  Dixon : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGmzaGkVuvQ&t=11s Arash Shahi : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ_sC7U30t8&t=9s

This is the last episode of this season.  In this episode I am going to talk about my takeaways from our last three guest, Brandon , who talked about Industry partnership with Academia, Leslie Wright, who talked about BIM adoption in municipalities and Alena Tokareva who talked about a General Contractor’s perspective on BIM and what designers and consultants need to know.

Rick has over 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur in delivering software and web-based information services. Rick started in the late 1980’s developing a business for an environmental law publishing company that had a side interest in construction lead publishing.  Next, he turned his attention to the construction industry and launched ConFax Publishing, the first information service to...

This episode Chetna talks to Nicole Mater of Proving Ground ,  about how #AEC professionals can use data as a medium for telling their design stories..!!  Nicole has been at the forefront of R&D, firm operations, and quality assurance efforts throughout her career. Until very recently, she worked as a practicing architect and Lead Designer on a diverse range of project types; most re...

This episode Chetna talks to Brian Skripac - Director of Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) at Design Build Institute of America (DBIA), Brian is responsible for shaping how VDC brings optimal benefits to design-build’s “whole team” approach to project delivery.

Continuation of the episode E2212.   Find Part 1 here: https://anchor.fm/thebimstudent/episodes/E2211--GCs-vs-Consultant---Whos-BIM-game-is-better-----Part-1-e1llr0d

Ever since I started this podcast, I have talked to many professionals about their experience, and their BIM adoption journey. Some of those were Project Designers and consultant and some of them were general and specialized contractors. I have realized that many times there is a lot of communication gap between the ones who use the technology to design and the ones who use the technology to const...

Geza R. Banfai is a Counsel with McMillan LLP, practicing infrastructure – construction law and mediation. He is the recipient of the 2016 Award of Excellence in Construction and Infrastructure Law from the Ontario Bar Association, and was named the 2017 Toronto Construction Law Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in Canada. He is a Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers, and is lis...

Geza R. Banfai is a Counsel with McMillan LLP, practicing infrastructure – construction law and mediation. He is the recipient of the 2016 Award of Excellence in Construction and Infrastructure Law from the Ontario Bar Association, and was named the 2017 Toronto Construction Law Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in Canada. He is a Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers, and is lis...

Annik is a partner at McMillan LLP whose practice is focused on the construction, infrastructure and development industries. A practicing engineer before becoming a lawyer, Annik acts for all industry stakeholders, including general contractors, owners, architects and engineers. She is frequently sought after for her expertise in contract drafting and negotiation and regularly advises her clients...

Suman has an architectural background with expertise in BIM Lifecycle Management. She  is a creative thinker, a problem solver, and loves to learn, explore and educate. Her passion for BIM evolves from the gaps she noticed in the industry in the early stages of her career and hence, she now with her knowledge and expertise is continuously working on developing workflows and processes to reduc...

Since its founding in 1939, the Ontario General Contractors Association (OGCA) has strived to be the leading advocate for our members to help them build a better Ontario. Representing a diverse group of professional general contractors, the OGCA informs, advocates and elevates member successes. Our members represent some of Canada's safest and most innovative general contractors. Together, we acco...

Magdalena has more than 20 years of international experience in the design, construction and facility management technology implementation in Europe, the Middle East and Canada. She is the Founder and CEO of GET-TECH Innovative Solutions: consulting, service and software provider optimizing design, construction, and operation processes in buildings and infrastructure. In her role at Get-Tech she o...

Leonard Ivey is the Co-founder of Softdrive, a cloud application helping AEC firms with their computer performance problems, remote work and supply chain issues.

With more than 20 years’ experience in architecture, engineering, construction, and IT, followed by 10 years at Autodesk as the Director of Product Management for Revit and the Director of Product Strategy for AEC Generative Design, Anthony has always sought to improve building practices through the strategic application of advanced technologies. As co-founder and COO of Hypar, he helps accelerate...