Dean Southee of RPG weighs in with his thoughts about BIM

The following was posted in the “Reprographics Group” discussion area on LinkedIn, sometime yesterday, and was posted by Dean Southee, who is with RPG. RPG is based in Maryland. If you are a member of the LinkedIn Reprographics Group, you may want to take a couple of minutes to comment on Dean’s post. (Dean and I worked together, many years ago, at Rowley-Scher Reprographics).

“BIM . . . aka, death of a salesman. On the horizon, in a not so distant world looms a virtual environment that will eliminate the need for the traditional reprographic shop as we know it today.

High volume printing, planrooms, document management will become a thing of the past as the ultimate collaboration of BIM evolves into the mainstream, uniting Architects, Engineers, GC's, Subcontractors, Fabricators, Owners and Asset Managers alike. 

What then becomes of the traditional rperographic salesman? Will he/she adjust, or go the way of the typesetting saleman? 

I recently heard a Budweisser regional manager taliing about how they were experiencing losses and made adjustments to become profitable again. The 'adjustments' involved technology changes that elininated around 700 jobs in one plant, leaving around 100 jobs. So, what happened to the 700 employees that were let go? You think Yuengling or Shiner might be hiring? Or are they going in the same direction as Budweisser?

And, did I even spell Budweisser correctly? 

Back to reprographics . . . . . anyone know how to make money hosting and/or managing a BIM model?”

Fantastic document for learning about BIM

At an event organized by CoreNet Global in Atlanta, GA this past November (Nov 6th to 8th), an incredibly detailed, yet easy to comprehend, presentation titled, “Leveraging Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the Workplace”, was given, and, yesterday, I came across a copy of that presentation, which I’d like to share with visitors of Reprographics 101.

The presentation file is approximately 60 pages long, so not intended for those with a short attention span! But, please note that this presentation is an excellent way to learn about BIM; what is it, how do A/E/C industry participants work with it, etc. If I was still in the reprographics business, reading this file would be a homework assignment for our sales team members.

“Leveraging Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the Workplace”

Moderator:
William Jegher, Ernst & Young Real Estate Services

Speakers:
Brian Kimsey, GSA
James Katz, Johnson Controls, Inc.
Dr. Jordan Brandt, Horizontal Systems
KP Reddy, ARC BIM Services
Robin Ellerthorpe, HOK

Click on this link to access the presentation document:

http://tinyurl.com/7em6sfo

KP Reddy, founder of RCMS Group and former Vice President of BIM Services for American Reprographics Co (ARC), departs ARC to pursue new opportunity

I just learned about this, so consider this “breaking news”. KP’s last day at ARC was this past Friday. As I understand it, Dilo and Suri were very supportive of KP’s decision to pursue other opportunities.

The first time I met KP Reddy was right after he gave a presentation – about BIM – at the IRgA Convention held in Pittsburgh. Only several months later, KP sold RCMS Group to ARC. That transaction took place in September 2009.

New Year brings new direction for KP. I don’t yet know what new opportunity KP has decided to pursue, but I wish him the best of luck and success with whatever it is he’s decided to do. He’s definitely one of the smartest individuals I’ve ever had the pleasure of getting to know.

For those of you who are not aware of this, KP’s book – “BIM for Building Owners and Developers: Making a Business Case for Using BIM on Projects” - is now for sale on Amazon.com

The following information comes from KP Reddy’s profile on LinkedIn:

KP Reddy was most recently the Vice President of BIM Services for ARC (NYSE:ARP). ARC is the largest Global Construction Information Management Company in the World.

Formerly KP was Chief Executive Officer of RCMS Group. A nationally recognized expert on construction technologies, including Building Information Modeling (BIM), he is a sought-after speaker and industry advisor. 



Before founding RCMS Group, KP was Vice President of Operations and Chief Information Officer for Verso Technologies (NASDAQ). While at Verso, he was involved with nearly a dozen mergers and acquisitions of technology companies. 



Prior to Verso, KP served as Chief Technology Officer of Cereus Technology Partners (NASDAQ), which he founded in 1997, and acted as President and CEO until its acquisition in 1999. During his tenure at both Cereus and Verso, KP was deeply involved in technology projects which included software development and data management.

He began his career as a Project Engineer and Business Development Manager for Law Engineering and Environmental Services (now Mactec).



KP is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelors of Science degree in Civil Engineering. He is an active Alumnus of the Georgia Institute of Technology, serves as a Mentor Member for The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE) Atlanta, is an advisory board member for Midtown Bank & Trust, AMPIRIX and serves on the board of directors for several privately held companies. KP also serves on the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) BIM Task Force and the NBIM Board of Direction.