Some things never change do they?
I was just looking back at some old postings and re-read with interest my thoughts on ‘time to tender’, and I really can’t believe that nothing much has changed, or has it…..
Probably, as back then I was referring mainly to cds and dvds.
Now they are a thing of the past too and its all shared files/folders and portals.
Was it only 5 years ago that I made those comments?
The thing is despite everyone’s best endeavours (like that phrase – well the legal boys do) we are still in much the same place. Well us on the receiving end of what is churned out by professional design teams that is.
You see there still is no standard way in which information is distributed, filed or catalogued on any project, let alone two projects that might even be the same!
Why can we not get our act together and issue things in a sensible and logical fashion?
Everytime I receive a link to a download I click to get the information wondering how long its going to take me to understand what I’ve been sent, let alone what might be missing.
Will BIM give us some form of structure, will the professional bodies get together and put some order to things. I just don’t see it………….. I’d just better get on with it I suppose and deal with……………it’s just that it’s such a waste of time and resource, and that’s what irks me!
If you’ve time take a look at the Government Construction Strategy document for 2011 that I referred to, and then look at the 2016 version. Apparently we are now going to make 33% savings as opposed to 20% savings!