A NOTE FROM THE CEO
I attended the first meeting of the buildingSMART alliance in Washington, DC. This is a US-focused alliance of people from all aspects of the building industry, including architects, engineers, construction companies, government agencies, owners, and technology vendors such as Nemetschek. In many ways, it is a resurrection of the IAI-North America under the leadership of the National Institute for Building Sciences. For those of you working in the United States building industry, this is the new umbrella organization that hopes to set standards for Building Information Modeling.
There have been many such organizations over the past decade, each one trying to introduce technology solutions for its small slice of the market, but most with little effect on the greater building industry. I think what has happened over the past two years, however, is that there has been a rapid convergence of these groups with some common goals. Most of these goals center around how to communicate building information more efficiently and completely between interested parties.
At long last, there's recognition that this is much more than just data schema like the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC), but it will require all members of the building process to agree on what information is important and how to organize that information. There's clearly a long way to go, but I'm happy to see the US organizing itself comprehensively to get the right people talking. Nemetschek will play an active role supporting the buildingSMART alliance and integrating its standards into VectorWorks products. In addition, we can help bring our know-how of how problems are solved in other parts of the world to make sure we concentrate on new solutions rather than reinventing the wheel.
Sincerely,
Sean Flaherty
CEO, Nemetschek North America
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Introducing Darick DeHart, a Features Manager at Nemetschek. He has spent over 11 years developing software for NNA and is currently the design lead for VectorWorks Landmark. He is also active in the design and implementation of symbols, walls, and other Architect features. Darick grew up not far from Nemetschek's offices, and is blessed with three lovely daughters who, fortunately for them, take after their mother.
If I could be someone famous for a day, I would be...
Roger Federer. Any sports star would do, but I love playing tennis so why not start at the top.
My biggest guilty pleasure is...
At the end of the day I definitely need a little Tivo-time to unwind, and I don't feel at all guilty about it, honest.
If I were a cartoon character, I would be...
Speed Racer, my friends gave me that nickname in college and they used to call my wife (then girlfriend) Trixie.
The thing most people don't know about me is....
I'm terrible at yard work; I can't imagine what my neighbors are thinking when I tell them I'm one of the chief developers for a landscape design package.
When I was young I...
Worked for a construction company that built concrete foundations. I learned lots of great phrases like: 'throw the rest away.' – as in - halfway through lunch the foreman would come out and say 'lunch is over now, throw the rest away.'
If I won a million dollars, I would....
Spend as much as I could in three days, throw the rest away, and return to my normal life. (This is probably the exact opposite of what I would actually do.)
My greatest fear is....
Sean will find out how much time I spent working on this questionnaire.
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