Digital Disruptions in the AEC Industry with Jose Oliveira | AG 56

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Jose Oliveria talks Digital Disruptions

In this episode we have with us the founder of DiRoots, Jose Oliveira. He is a BIM and Automation Strategist. DiRoots is a BIM digital consultancy firm based in UK and they specialize in the development of custom Autodesk, Bricsys, Bentley add-ins, web-based applications and much more. Some of their top products which they’ve created are the SheetLink plugin for Revit which helps in import/export of Revit data. FamilyReviser which helps in managing of Revit Families, DiRoots Dynamo package which includes useful tools to automate monotonous Revit tasks and also a free Dynamo Course for Beginners (link below). Jose is a graduate from the University of Salford where he did his MSc. in BIM and Integrated Design. He has more than 10 years of continuous experience in the AEC and manufacturing industries. He is also known for his creative, unconventional ideas and vision of the Industry’s future. In this episode he talks about his journey into BIM, custom software development process, creation of various plug-ins for Revit, how DiRoots has leveraged machine learning & AI and a whole lot more.

Podcast Shownotes

00:00 - Introduction 03:10 - How he got into BIM? 04:52 - Getting into the BIM Space despite being in a different background 06:55 - About DiRoots and the skill sets he picked up on 13:19 - Process of creating a plugin 16:09 - Example of what a plugin does? 19:12 - Point cloud automation-scan to BIM 24:43 - Autodesk Monopoly & Expanding creation of plugins apart from Revit 28:09 - Shift to Web based applications 31:10 - Transition to remote working 32:22 - Tools used for data management 33:46 - Implementation of AI & ML into DiRoots 36:58 - Future of BIM 41:53 - Startup in the AEC Industry 44:21 - Tech unicorns getting into the AEC Industry leading to design automation 46:14 - Future Goals 47:56 - Reason behind starting DiRoots 50:16 - Challenges of running a firm 52:40 - Burnouts 53:44 - Mentors in Life 55:28 - Daily Routine 56:52 - Travel 57:45 - Fitness 58:04 - Books that inspired him 59:47 - Advice for people who want to get into the AEC Industry 01:00:57 - Thank you

Notable Mentions

The Fourth Industrial Revolution by Klaus Schwab

DiRoots Plugins

FamilyReviser OneFilter ParaManager ProSheets ReOrdering SheetGen SheetLink TableGen

DiRoots e-learning

Dynamo Basics | Training Course Dynamo Advanced Course

Connect with Jose Oliveira

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