Tarek Ghazzaoui discusses the 10 types of office people that professionals working in BIM in the AEC field deal with, based on his personal experience.
Author: Tarek Ghazzaoui, Eng.
Tarek Ghazzaoui, Eng.
Tarek is a building engineer with experience in Design Technology since 2010. He is passionate about helping AEC firms manage change and leverage the use of technology and computational design to improve organizational cultures, tackle complex workflows and overcome challenging designs. Tarek worked with and managed interdisciplinary BIM teams up to 70+ members on major construction projects in Canada, ranging from $200M to $2.2B, including airports, hospitals, sports complexes, factories as well as residential, commercial and mixed-use projects. He is a professional member of OIQ, ASHRAE and PMI, and speaks several languages (fluent in English, French and Arabic, intermediate in Russian and beginner in Mandarin Chinese).
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BIM Cartoons – The PM’s misunderstanding of the BIM manager.
BIM Cartoons – The architect’s vs structural engineer’s design.
BIM Cartoons – New year resolutions.
Tarek Ghazzaoui shares some trust lessons that he learned from his experience with his rescue dog, Stella, that are applicable in the BIM and the AEC industries.
BIM Cartoons – BIM terminology on the same page.
BIM Cartoons – BIM terminology on the same page.
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BIM Cartoons – All about that BIM Wash.
BIM Cartoons – The alternative hierarchy of some BIM teams.
BIM Cartoons – Can you please sync? Vat should I sync about?
BIM Cartoons – Did you onboarding the new hire on BIM? As in, waterboard with BIM?
Tarek Ghazzaoui shares his experience about the notion of training and why it’s important, as well training modes, types, categories and groups. He also shares how to evaluate employees.
BIM Cartoons – Can you please relinquish elements in the model, for the 4th time?
BIM Cartoons – John recently joined our engineering team. His specialty is blaming the architect.
BIM Cartoons – BIM is like tax collection. If you don’t go to it, it will come to you.
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Tarek Ghazzaoui announces a new initiative, BIM Cartoons™, which are satirical cartoons about BIM projects and the workplace. He also discusses its vision, its topics and its publishing schedule.
Tarek Ghazzaoui discusses the current challenge with BIM executives, its root causes, potential solutions and his personal experience with Canadian and American executives.
Tarek Ghazzaoui discusses how to secure BIM buy-in from different leadership roles, why buy-in is important, the levels of buy-in, the buy-in process and personal anecdotes aboiut the topic.
Tarek Ghazzaoui discusses the measures of BIM effectiveness and its results. He also outlines the 3 traits of effective BIM professionals and his top 5 nightmare BIM professionals.
In this article, Tarek discusses the BIM industry, current issues, the global dilemma, the solution, a case study and some his final thoughts.
In this article, Tarek discusses what BIM Execution Plans (BEP) are, why they are important, the do’s and don’ts, top 5 pitfalls, questions and answers about BEPs and some final thoughts by Tarek.
In this article, Tarek discusses what BIM Execution Plans (BEP) are, why they are important, the do’s and don’ts, top 5 pitfalls, questions and answers about BEPs and some final thoughts by Tarek.
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