1st Edition
The Impact of Building Information Modelling Transforming Construction
Biography
Ray Crotty worked in a variety of management control roles on North Sea projects with Bechtel, Phillips Petroleum and Shell, before going on to spend 10 years with Bovis. He devised and implemented the extranet-based document management and communications systems – the earliest known project collaboration system – used on the Bluewater project in Kent, England. He founded C3 Systems Ltd in 1999 to develop the Bluewater ideas and to generalise their use in the industry. He was a founding member of the UK chapter of BuildingSMART (formerly IAI).
"...provides a clear and carefully articulated overview and direction of the use of BIM in the construction industry. If everyone were to read this book, we would all be much wiser about BIM and current shifts and changes in the construction industry."
– Construction Management and Economics"Ray Crotty is a construction industry veteran with a long-standing involvement in IT. As a founder of the UK chapter of BuildingSMART, he was at the forefront in debates about interoperability, and he writes knowledgeably about Information Foundation Classes and other initiatives in his account of the development of cad and bim, and includes some useful case studies." – Building Design
