Response to Reading and Probe 2 Assignment

In the AIA Report on Integrated Practice, Jim Bedrick and Tony Rinella explore how BIM changes the design process: improving it, streamlining it, speeding it up, etc. They make a point that the former design and construction process went back and forth from 2D to 3D several times before completed, but because communication happened on paper, 2D was always a constant. While they try to say that with BIM we have moved past that, communicating between disciplines with 3D models, in essence we are still communicating in a 2D image on a screen. No it isn't paper. But it is 2D. What has changed is the amount of information that accompanies those images. Responses become quicker, speeding along the entire process. As long as each component discipline has the capability to interact through BIM. Thus is become imperative for a more widespread adoption of BIM. Otherwise those without capabilities or adequate knowledge of the technologies could potentially slow the collaborative design and construction process to a halt.