ABSTRACT
One of the key disciplines in the construction discipline mix is the technologist. A technologist is one who can implement, understand and communicate the new requirements in a salient, appropriate manner, stressing who is the bearer of this news and who can guarantee it safe passage, to those who can best be served by better-informed design, whether they are clients, users or society at large. Technics illustrates the collective theories, techniques and technologies that characterise paradigms of choices and practices. To achieve the full potential of the new technologies, it is necessary to understand project information flows across all stakeholders. Building information modelling (BIM) is not only an authoring tool for architects and engineers, but also an analysis tool for all stakeholders in the building programme procurement process. Even within the procurement process, better methods of conveying intent, having just-in-time, relevant, filtered information and placing the construction process are needed.
