Danielle Dy Buncio, Co-Founder and CEO of VIATechnik, joins us to discuss why VDC is far more than a BIM exercise, how digital twins are transforming building operations and what the next generation of AEC leaders needs to understand about business to make technology stick.

Key Takeaways:

00:00 Introduction.

16:20 VDC aligns people, process and technology around project objectives, not just BIM adoption.

17:03 Owner alignment through VDC turns project delivery problems into measurable competitive wins.

21:09 Digital twin adoption starts by asking what questions an owner needs to answer about their building.

27:30 AI chat interfaces on building data let owners query their facilities in plain language.

37:15 Ordering from the model, a trade contractor eliminated its entire overtime budget on a Hawaii project.

43:24 Understanding what leadership measures makes technology pitches far more likely to succeed.

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Resources Mentioned:

“An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth” by Chris Hadfield:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316253030

VIATechnik's digital twin platform:

https://www.viatechnik.com/capabilities/operations/digital-twin/

Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University:

https://cife.stanford.edu/

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