The CADDle Call

It's our 100th episode and we're doing something a little different today. We're discussing how ZenTek Consultants got its start and provide feedback on the problems we faced - what worked, what didn't, and what's important - to help other entrepreneurs in their endeavors.

Ken D'Amato, CEO and co-founder of SmarTwin, joins us to discuss working with Digital Twins and how they integrate into BIM (Building Information Modeling) data.

In this episode, we're discussing a new concept that's rising quickly in the design & construction industries. We'll cover what Technology Mentoring is, how it works, who benefits from it, & where you can find it.

In this episode, Tim Yarris, AutoCAD Civil 3D Product Manager, and Ramesh Sridharan, Autodesk Infraworks Product Manager, join us to discuss how the automation tools in the Geotechnical Modeler (available in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2022) and how they simplify geotechnical work in both 2D and 3D. The Geotechnical Modeler has a simple interface, easy-to-learn features, and generates great visual outputs of soil & boring samples in seconds.

In this episode, we're discussing BIM (Building Information Modeling), what it is, what it isn't, and how to best integrate into your designs and builds.

Technical Support is a vital for staff because it provides then with help when they're having issues with the processes of the system. This is not to be confused with Software Support which deals with issues with the system itself. Efficiency, time, money and productivity all decline quickly when staff doesn't have the proper technical support the moment they need it. In this episode, we'll discuss ways you can ensure staff has access to proper support when they need it.

Over 50% of every single work week in construction firms in spent searching through construction documents for the necessary data. In this episode, we discuss how to intelligently set up your construction PDFs so that you can save time, money and aggravation on every single project, every week.

In this episode, we look at the concepts of live (in-person or online) training and recorded on-demand training, and discuss the pros and cons of each.

Named User Licensing is a "new" concept in software licensing that allows software development companies to maximize profits at the expense of their users. In this podcast, we discuss alternative options that are more cost effective and ensure you aren't being taken advantage of by the larger software developers.

Firms are losing their best employees at an alarming rate and finding suitable replacements is becoming difficult, if not impossible. So how can management deal with it in a effective manner?