#025 - Brian Nickel - BIM and manufacturing

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On today's show we have Brian Nickel, founder and CEO at Allied BIM. Brian has vast experience in the design sector as an architect, MEP designer and as Montana State University teacher teaching BIM. His company Allied BIM enhances MEP, modular, and prefabrication construction firms by connecting design, fabrication, and field teams with easy to use workflow and allows tracking of the overall fabrication process.  In this episode, we talk about: Building a startup Design Building Information Modelling   Future of fabrication --------------------------------------- Brian Nickel - CEO & Founder of Allied BIM   Adjunct Instruction of Montana State University --------------------------------------- Today's Sponsor: Beta Construction and technology network platform - connecting the tech industry with traditional partners. Check www.the-beta.com --------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00:00 --> 00:01:30 - Intro 00:01:30 --> 00:02:13 - BETA sponsor 00:02:13 --> 00:05:01 - Brian’s history 00:05:01 --> 00:08:20 - Beginning of plumbing for the mechanical industry and the birth of Allied BIM 00:08:20 --> 00:10:25 - Introducing Allied BIM 00:10:25 --> 00:12:11 - Allied BIM’s target users 00:12:11 --> 00:14:55 - Brian’s advise for people embarking to the contech world 00:14:55 --> 00:16:33 - Understanding and partnering with competition within the industry 00:16:33 --> 00:18:20 - Brian’s thoughts on future of pre-fabrication in construction 00:18:20 --> 00:20:50 - Explaining LODs in the design process 00:20:50 --> 00:22:43 - Automation in the production process 00:22:43 --> 00:25:33 - Accessibility of the fabrication equipment 00:25:33 --> 00:27:04 - Teaching at Montana State University 00:27:04 --> 00:29:18 - Automation as a key to attract future students of the construction industry 00:29:18 --> 00:33:02 - Progress on digitalisation and automation 00:33:02 --> 00:34:26 - Is Allied BIM suited best for the US market only? 00:34:26 --> 00:37:47 - Brian’s view on how to run a business 00:37:47 --> 00:39:20 - Book recommendation 00:39:20 --> 00:44:49- Driving point in Brian’s start up journey 00:44:49 --> 00:45:32 - More about Brian 00:45:32--> 00:45:48 - Outro

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On today's show we have Brian Nickel, founder and CEO at Allied BIM. Brian has vast experience in the design sector as an architect, MEP designer and as Montana State University teacher teaching BIM. His company Allied BIM enhances MEP, modular, and prefabrication construction firms by connecting design, fabrication, and field teams with easy to use workflow and allows tracking of the overall fabrication process. In this episode, we talk about: Building a startup Design Building Information Modelling Future of fabrication --------------------------------------- Brian Nickel - CEO & Founder of Allied BIM Adjunct Instruction of Montana State University --------------------------------------- Today's Sponsor: Beta Construction and technology network platform - connecting the tech industry with traditional partners. Check www.the-beta.com --------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00:00 --> 00:01:30 - Intro 00:01:30 --> 00:02:13 - BETA sponsor 00:02:13 --> 00:05:01 - Brian’s history 00:05:01 --> 00:08:20 - Beginning of plumbing for the mechanical industry and the birth of Allied BIM 00:08:20 --> 00:10:25 - Introducing Allied BIM 00:10:25 --> 00:12:11 - Allied BIM’s target users 00:12:11 --> 00:14:55 - Brian’s advise for people embarking to the contech world 00:14:55 --> 00:16:33 - Understanding and partnering with competition within the industry 00:16:33 --> 00:18:20 - Brian’s thoughts on future of pre-fabrication in construction 00:18:20 --> 00:20:50 - Explaining LODs in the design process 00:20:50 --> 00:22:43 - Automation in the production process 00:22:43 --> 00:25:33 - Accessibility of the fabrication equipment 00:25:33 --> 00:27:04 - Teaching at Montana State University 00:27:04 --> 00:29:18 - Automation as a key to attract future students of the construction industry 00:29:18 --> 00:33:02 - Progress on digitalisation and automation 00:33:02 --> 00:34:26 - Is Allied BIM suited best for the US market only? 00:34:26 --> 00:37:47 - Brian’s view on how to run a business 00:37:47 --> 00:39:20 - Book recommendation 00:39:20 --> 00:44:49- Driving point in Brian’s start up journey 00:44:49 --> 00:45:32 - More about Brian 00:45:32--> 00:45:48 - Outro

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