Hello. I have just recently graduated from university and earned myself a bachelors degree in Architecture, and I have taken an interest in becoming a CM. I knew that this was possible, but I wasn't exactly sure how I would go about going to said field with my degree as I had no one to consult to about this.
While I was jobhunting last year around mid to end 2020 after graduation, construction firms were still not taking in new employees but I was really lucky to get a job as a BIM modeler in a state owned business in the tourism sector. Thus, I'm now working alongside the owner for a project, and am currently responsible for being the sole BIM modeler in the entire company. My boss, the project leader, has said that he's planning to get me to make my own team of BIM people to work for this tourism company, a BIM specialist group if you will, in which I will coordinate the people working under me. I'm also being trained in the standard for BIM practice by a BIM consultant.
My question would be if this is a good career choice, as I've read from multiple websites that it's possible BIM adoption is going to be commonplace in the industry that you no longer need people specializing in it. I'm still new in the construction industry, and I have scarce knowledge about the on goings of BIM and the scale of its importance, so I can't get a clear picture of the future of this "BIM specialist group" my boss was telling me about. That said, I was also looking into becoming a CM originally, so I was wondering if my career right now would contribute to my path to becoming a CM. The reason I chose this job in the first place, aside from wanting to get a job during a global pandemic, was because I was aware that CM masters degrees usually have some involvement of BIM, so I reckoned this might still be in line with being a CM. I'd love to get some thoughts on this.
I was a Digital Design Specialist as a BIM modeler for a major arch firm 14 years ago and gradually worked my way into design after 8 years. Sure you can do it, it's a pigeon hole to be sure, but a good pigeon hole to be in - Try SOM, Digital Design Specialist - It's hard to get in but worth it
There is a huge amount of work getting done in technology and bim sector. Digitization of Arch industry is underway. Check out new articles and follow people on linkedin to see what's happening.
Programming and AI are the needed skills these days. Bim is changing and so is architecture
Revit is a fairly basic requirement for most hires nowadays, at least where I work. But we still have a BIM expert or two on board because while anyone can draw a building in Revit etc, not everyone has the knowledge or personal need to manage software, content libraries, workflows, etc and IMO it's not something any old IT person can do unless they understand how architects work. From what I've seen a good BIM mgr can help keep the rest of the team drawing away without worrying about all that behind the scenes stuff they don't care about. This is all just my personal experience, though.
Possible career path from a BIM modeler
Hello. I have just recently graduated from university and earned myself a bachelors degree in Architecture, and I have taken an interest in becoming a CM. I knew that this was possible, but I wasn't exactly sure how I would go about going to said field with my degree as I had no one to consult to about this.
While I was jobhunting last year around mid to end 2020 after graduation, construction firms were still not taking in new employees but I was really lucky to get a job as a BIM modeler in a state owned business in the tourism sector. Thus, I'm now working alongside the owner for a project, and am currently responsible for being the sole BIM modeler in the entire company. My boss, the project leader, has said that he's planning to get me to make my own team of BIM people to work for this tourism company, a BIM specialist group if you will, in which I will coordinate the people working under me. I'm also being trained in the standard for BIM practice by a BIM consultant.
My question would be if this is a good career choice, as I've read from multiple websites that it's possible BIM adoption is going to be commonplace in the industry that you no longer need people specializing in it. I'm still new in the construction industry, and I have scarce knowledge about the on goings of BIM and the scale of its importance, so I can't get a clear picture of the future of this "BIM specialist group" my boss was telling me about. That said, I was also looking into becoming a CM originally, so I was wondering if my career right now would contribute to my path to becoming a CM. The reason I chose this job in the first place, aside from wanting to get a job during a global pandemic, was because I was aware that CM masters degrees usually have some involvement of BIM, so I reckoned this might still be in line with being a CM. I'd love to get some thoughts on this.
Thank you in advance!
I was a Digital Design Specialist as a BIM modeler for a major arch firm 14 years ago and gradually worked my way into design after 8 years. Sure you can do it, it's a pigeon hole to be sure, but a good pigeon hole to be in - Try SOM, Digital Design Specialist - It's hard to get in but worth it
Also, If you haven't learned already, I would learn c++, Python, more recent programming languages,Grasshopper and Dynamo
There is a huge amount of work getting done in technology and bim sector. Digitization of Arch industry is underway. Check out new articles and follow people on linkedin to see what's happening.
Programming and AI are the needed skills these days. Bim is changing and so is architecture
Revit is a fairly basic requirement for most hires nowadays, at least where I work. But we still have a BIM expert or two on board because while anyone can draw a building in Revit etc, not everyone has the knowledge or personal need to manage software, content libraries, workflows, etc and IMO it's not something any old IT person can do unless they understand how architects work. From what I've seen a good BIM mgr can help keep the rest of the team drawing away without worrying about all that behind the scenes stuff they don't care about. This is all just my personal experience, though.
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