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BIM execution plans: specify the information you need

How an owner's information needs can become clear BIM deliverables, with examples of area requirements, door ordering and a shared execution plan.

From BIM model to reliable cost estimate

Examples from Solibri, ISY Calcus and Anker show how model quantities and properties should be checked before they are used in an estimate.

Reusing building materials requires planned logistics

Examples from Oslo and the Molde region show how dismantling, transport, storage and documentation need to be planned for building material reuse.

Digital property portfolios: start with rooms and areas

See how rooms, zones and areas can connect BIM and property management, with examples from Tindx and Skogli Digital.

Fewer digital time-wasters in construction projects

Specific work tasks can guide improvements and dialogue with IT suppliers when duplicate entry and moving documents waste time.

Lean, takt, Scrum and VDC: how do the methods fit together?

See how clarifying needs, design and production planning can support each other, with examples from Contech's presentations on VDC and flow.

Product information from ordering to operations

Door ordering, product identification and electronic order confirmations show how information can follow building products through the value chain.

Scanning and 360-degree images for site visits and dialogue

Choose photographic surveys, point clouds or model-based panoramas according to what the customer, consultant or owner needs to understand and assess.

A regular cycle of learning and progress

Short gatherings every two weeks make it possible to learn, share and make the next decision while experience is fresh.

Contech Norway returns to the network

We are building on the idea from Molde: a meeting place where sharing knowledge leads to practical change.

Safe AI starts with shareable data

Value emerges when data organisation, access, responsibility and human oversight work together.

A digital property portfolio

Sindre Gundersen from Tindx shows how room and area data from BIM can support a portfolio overview using Anker and Power BI.

How design thinking, Scrum, takt and Lean fit into VDC

See how design thinking, Scrum, takt and Lean can support understanding needs, design and production flow within VDC.

Automated BIM validation with Anker

See how Anker checks properties in IFC models and displays results in Power BI, from rule configuration to an overview of missing information.

A building materials reuse centre for Molde

Visit Ombygg at Økern and watch Thomas Berge Foyn's presentation on reuse in the Molde region, with examples of dismantling, transport and storage.

A BIM Execution Plan as a foundation for flow

Sindre Gundersen shows how a BIM execution plan connects information needs, model requirements and deliverables in a construction project.

Retrospective Europe Tour

Niklas Modig, Jason Schroeder, Spencer Easton and Felipe Engineer-Manriquez share experiences of Lean, takt, Scrum and learning in practice.

Boot Camp Molde 2021 with Jason Schroeder

A visual look back at teaching, exercises, takt planning and community during Boot Camp Molde 2021 with Jason Schroeder.

Contech Norway with Jason Schroeder

Jason Schroeder explains Lean, stability and construction site flow, with whiteboard examples, a panel discussion and personal work planning.

Why owners need to define information requirements

Sindre Gundersen uses door ordering to explain why building owners need to clarify information needs and properties earlier.

What does ISO 19650 mean for building materials merchants?

Frode Ødegård discusses digital ordering, goods receipt and product information in the context of ISO 19650 and building materials trade.

ISO 19650 as a framework

Knud Mohn from NTNU explains information requirements, common data environments and the connection between projects and operations through ISO 19650.

When Construction Met Tech

Consto and Christie & Opsahl demonstrate digital time-wasters in construction projects and discuss improvements with Nivero, Axbit, Autility and Serit.

Digital strategy for construction and property

A presentation on connecting an organisation's tasks, information needs and technology in a digital strategy for construction and property.

Customer-friendly BIM

Sindre Gundersen shows how Revit, Twinmotion and Momento360 can share 360-degree images with customers through a QR code.

Contech #19: The possibilities of barcodes

Contech #19 explores GTIN, digital order confirmations and door requirements with GS1, XL-BYGG Dale Malo, Angvik Utvikling and Smart Molde.

Digital property management needs more than BIM

Sindre Gundersen explains how BIM, sensors, operations and business systems can support different roles in property management.

From old drawings to an integrated building operations platform

Follow the path from old floor plans through scanning and BIM to room and zone data that can connect to building operations.

Contech #18: Platforms need to talk to each other

See how machine data, BIM and municipal data can be used across systems in Contech #18, with examples and discussion.

A virtual home presentation with scanning, VR and 360-degree photography

A silent virtual tour shows how a home scanned with Matterport Pro2 can be presented as a continuous film.

Contech #16: The digital value chain

Contech #16 connects municipal digitalisation, Digital Roadmap 2.0, information management and a practical door-ordering task.

Contech #15: Digital value chains and reality capture

Lars Christian Fredenlund and Kjetil Greiner Sæter demonstrate product information, 3D scanning and checks of existing buildings.

Contech #14: IFC and digital twins

Watch presentations from Catenda and VISCO on IFC and digital twins, and a discussion of 360-degree site visits and Smart Molde.

Contech #13: BIM meets IoT

Contech #13 explores BIM and sensor data, digitalising existing buildings, 360-degree site visits and a city model for Smart Molde.

Cost estimation with 5D BIM

See how Sindre Gundersen checks model quantities and connects BIM to cost estimates in Solibri and ISY Calcus.

Contech #12: Pandemic experiences, Trello, 5D BIM and Airthings

Watch Contech #12 on shared digital workspaces, model quantities for estimating and sensor data in buildings, featuring Trello, Solibri, ISY Calcus and Airthings.