166: ‘Dirty Little Secrets’, with Parley Burnett and Chris Shafer
A conversation with Parley Burnet and Chris Shafer.
Parley Burnett and Chris Shafer join the podcast to talk about the hidden inefficiencies within the AEC industry. We discuss the automation of industry standards, educating software users in real-time, streamlines processes, the importance of BIM model health, eliminating technical debt and the ROI associated with these things, and more.
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About Parley Burnett:
Parley is the CEO of ICONIC BIM and original visionary of the product Guardian. Parley has spent many years working in the AEC industry believing in a better, more proactive approach to managing BIM standards, model protection and best practices. Today, Guardian is used by leading firms worldwide and it has proactively guided users into a better workflow several million times. Previously, Parley has lead product and customer success efforts at UNIFI Labs, worked as a BIM manager, lead large content development efforts for manufacturers and served on several different BIM standards committees. He enjoys the challenge of solving large, complex problems in simple ways. Parley has also taught several Revit courses at Montana State University and enjoys sharing his passion for better processes.
About Chris Shafer:
Chris has nearly 20 years of experience as an architect and leading large firms in their adoption of Design Technologies and Revit. Chris recently joined Guardian to help digital design and BIM leaders better support their staff in their use of Revit. Prior to Guardian, Chris Shafer was a Senior Project Architect and the Digital Delivery Leader for HDR Architecture. As the Digital Delivery Leader, he led global teams in North America, Australia, and Germany developing and implementing firm-wide digital design technologies, standards and processes. In addition to working with Guardian and HDR, he has also worked with Perkins+Will and CBT Architects in Boston.
