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What Is OSArch and Why It Matters With Duncan Lithgow

The OSArch community aims to provide support for a community and ecosystem of software that respects the digital freedom of the industry and its users. This digital freedom allows collaboration to occur, and is increasingly important as the industry and next generation of digitally savvy professionals leave academia to join us in our journey to improve the built environment. In particular, we help support four types of digital freedom, which are known as the four essential freedoms. When the OSArch community talks about free software, we are not referring to price (which is a common misconception), we are talking about software that provides these four freedoms, of which price is not a factor. The freedoms are:

1️The freedom to use software as you wish for any purposes, whether it be educational, commercial, R&D, in any context with no time limit, no arbitrary vendor restrictions, or any other rules governing your usage.

2️The freedom to study how the software works, and change it so it can do what you want. We want to promote digital learning and the freedom to customise software for your workflows, your data, your environment, with no restrictions.

3️The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others. We need our tools to be shared to work together on the built environment. Sharing tools with others helps upskill and improve the abilities of the entire industry.

4️The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others. By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes.

A precondition to provide these four freedoms is to ensure that we are able to do all the work we need to do in the AEC industry using open source software. Satisfying this precondition means the license of the software must be an FSF-approved license or an OSI-approved license. Access to, and the freedom to change this code empowers and puts the users (that's you!) in control over the data in the built environment, instead of vendors.

Duncan Lithgow is a Constructing Architect and ICT Specialist at Henning Larsen Architects in Skanderborg, Denmark. At the same time, Duncan is one of the most active contributors in the OSArch community.

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Over 400 students have finished the first ifc.js crash course

Many of them have built amazing apps as you will see in this vide. The next course starts today in few hours, if you did not take the first one, do not miss it this time again! 👉👉 https://bit.ly/3ql56tp

IFC.js is a JavaScript library to load, display and edit IFC models in the browser. This allows developers of architecture and construction applications to work in IFC effortlessly and focus on the functionalities that add value to their business.

Antonio González Viegas is an architect and programmer based in Spain. His specialty is solving problems through code. He loves to learn new things, especially if they have to do with 3D, buildings or video games. Currently, Antonio is working as a BIM Software Developer @ Autility.

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Supercharge Your IFC Workflow with Anker

Learn How You Can Supercharge Your IFC Workflow with Anker.

Harsh and Saleem from Reope are showing me the power of the tool they have been working on for a while: Anker. Anker is basically a web-based database platform that can be linked with BIM tools for managing data easily and efficiently.

Reope is a consulting and software development company based in Oslo, Norway, and they proudly like to call themselves architects and engineers who code.

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Artificial Intelligence in Construction

Håkon helps me understand better how AI works or it should work, and it's impact on the built environment.

Håkon is a serial entrepreneur who aims to disrupt the built environment and make it more sustainable, using the most advanced technologies and paradigms (AI, AR, Linked Data, 5G etc).

I4 Technology is a new type of consulting company in the Norwegian Construction Industry started by Håkon Reisvang. The primary focus is to help the industry by implementing new tools such as artificial intelligence and robot technology in construction projects.

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I love IFC it's a BIM app made by BIMrras using the IFC.js framework. Sign up for it and try it here 👉 https://iloveifc.com/

BIMrras Podcast, the First Collaborative Podcast about BIM in Spanish, where 3 crazy architects discuss everything related to Building Information Modeling, digital transformation and technology applied in Construction.

BIMrras is published every 1st and 15th of the month, uninterruptedly, since January 2018.

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BIMrras - Spanish BIM Podcast

BIMrras Podcast, the First Collaborative Podcast about BIM in Spanish, where 3 crazy architects discuss everything related to Building Information Modeling, digital transformation and technology applied in Construction.

BIMrras is published every 1st and 15th of the month, uninterruptedly, since January 2018.

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ifcXR - Mixed Reality App Built with IFC.js by Craig Liesinger

Here is what an Open Source project can lead to: people from any industry can build whatever app they need using the free open source library IFC.js. The only limitation is your imagination, because IFC.js is growing, becoming more robust and adding more features every month, if not every week.

Craig Liesinger is working as a Digital customer experience & field sales productivity manager for Ecolab, in Vienna, Austria. The fact that he's not working directly within the Construction Industry did not stop him to build his app which targets AEC, and this is just an example of the potential of having such tools as IFC.js at our disposal. Well done Craig, amazing work!

Here you can have a look at his app, ifcXR: https://bit.ly/3y0UNOn

Now, off you go and build your revolutionary app using IFC.js!

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Becoming a BIM Coordinator with Ignacy Lozinski

In today’s episode, I am talking with Ignacy Lozinski, about his extensive online training called BBC - Become BIM Coordinator. The main goal of this training is to help students learn the secrets of BIM Coordination in-depth and give them the necessary knowledge to become BIM Coordinator.

This isn’t just another online course about BIM, but the thoroughly structured composition of training materials that guide the students through various aspects of the BIM Coordinators job, from fundaments to advanced topics. The training is packed with a lot of practical knowledge from a real practitioner in that field. The next edition of the BBC will be released in autumn 2022.

Check how you can change your BIM career here ⇾ https://bit.ly/3zPZIo1

Ignacy Lozinski is a BIM Coordination Specialist, BIM Developer, and a co-founder of the BIM Corner blog who lives and works in Oslo, Norway. His mission is to create high-quality practical online training that helps AEC professionals reach their goals and change their careers

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Dissecting IFC With Thomas Zwielehner

What is the point in using IFC and learning more about it? Do we have any better alternatives? In this episode, Thomas and I are diving deep into the IFC rabbit hole, trying to provide some perspective about some critical aspects of IFC. We cover misconceptions, challenges and much more.

Thomas Zwielehner is a trained Architect working as a Lead BIM Consultant, in Vienna, Austria. He is very passioned about IFC and through his social media accounts he's trying to spread knowledge about it, and push the industry forward. As he says: the IFC documentation can be tedious to read, the ifcdoctor tries to make it easier to digest.

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A Day in The Life of a BIM Coordinator with Aleksandar Kesonja

Aleksandar is showing me how he is working in any given day and what tools he is using as a BIM Coordinator. Aleksandar Kesonja is a BIM Coordinator at BaneNOR, the Public Railroad Administration in Norway.

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