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Budowlany

Communication during the design is a real problem - especially in terms of marking corrections. It is time consuming (these processes are usually held during the meetings) and imprecise (telephone consultation). I'm engaged in project formation special application for architects. Ultimately, it will be simultaneously - database (specialists from different industries) and tool, to let designers to work on the Internet.

I'd like to ask you, have you ever use some similar app? Feel free to discuss :)

 
Sep 16, 10 5:00 am
Helsinki

Isn't this being done through the use of BIM models and shared databases?

Sep 17, 10 6:13 am  · 
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Budowlany

It's something diffrent. The basic task of that tool is to improve communication between designers.

Have you ever had the situation, when something in project was wrong because of problems with communication?

Sep 18, 10 5:23 am  · 
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Helsinki

Yes... Most of the time there's something wrong because of problems with communication.

I've sometimes thought that a good tool would be like a large easy-to-use blackboard where everybody's input would be seen at the same time by all - something that is marked up before/during/after meetings. A big thing would be a low threshold for using it, regarding necessary skills - now many databases and shared models can be a bit tricky for all of the possible users.

Another thing that could facilitate good and frequent use would be a sliding scale of specificity for the tool - many things are left unsaid/unmarked in meetings because they are guesses or somehow hard to define in "memospeak" - you just withold some information because it is hard to formulate it so that it would fit into the matrix of an official memo or the minutes of a meeting. If a tool would allow some "woolly" ways of transcribing ideas and problems, more information would be disseminated than through the usual channels that require exactness and crisp language. Of course - woolly things can be understood in many ways, and there should be discussion and specifications then afterwards, but to get the ball rolling would be of the highest importance.

Sep 18, 10 7:43 am  · 
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Budowlany
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interesting... Problem with communication? :)

Sep 19, 10 4:33 am  · 
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Helsinki

Looks like a discounted-price seat.

Sep 19, 10 12:58 pm  · 
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Budowlany

Very, very discount price...

Can someone give an examples of errors caused by bad communication?

Sep 19, 10 1:17 pm  · 
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jmanganelli

is what you're describing like newforma, like trelligence affinity, or like bluebeam's online collaboration tools?

Sep 19, 10 5:55 pm  · 
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