On today’s show we have Brian Nickel, founder and CEO at Allied BIM.
Brian has vast experience in the design sector as an architect, MEP designer and as Montana State University teacher teaching BIM.
His company Allied BIM enhances MEP, modular, and prefabrication construction firms by connecting design, fabrication, and field teams with easy to use workflow and allows tracking of the overall fabrication process.
In this episode, we talk about:
- Building a startup
- Design
- Building Information Modelling
- Future of fabrication
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Brian Nickel – CEO & Founder of Allied BIM
Adjunct Instruction of Montana State University
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Today’s Sponsor: Beta Construction and technology network platform – connecting the tech industry with traditional partners.
Check www.the-beta.com
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 –> 00:01:30 – Intro
00:01:30 –> 00:02:13 – BETA sponsor
00:02:13 –> 00:05:01 – Brian’s history
00:05:01 –> 00:08:20 – Beginning of plumbing for the mechanical industry and the birth of Allied BIM
00:08:20 –> 00:10:25 – Introducing Allied BIM
00:10:25 –> 00:12:11 – Allied BIM’s target users
00:12:11 –> 00:14:55 – Brian’s advise for people embarking to the contech world
00:14:55 –> 00:16:33 – Understanding and partnering with competition within the industry
00:16:33 –> 00:18:20 – Brian’s thoughts on future of pre-fabrication in construction
00:18:20 –> 00:20:50 – Explaining LODs in the design process
00:20:50 –> 00:22:43 – Automation in the production process
00:22:43 –> 00:25:33 – Accessibility of the fabrication equipment
00:25:33 –> 00:27:04 – Teaching at Montana State University
00:27:04 –> 00:29:18 – Automation as a key to attract future students of the construction industry
00:29:18 –> 00:33:02 – Progress on digitalisation and automation
00:33:02 –> 00:34:26 – Is Allied BIM suited best for the US market only?
00:34:26 –> 00:37:47 – Brian’s view on how to run a business
00:37:47 –> 00:39:20 – Book recommendation
00:39:20 –> 00:44:49- Driving point in Brian’s start up journey
00:44:49 –> 00:45:32 – More about Brian
00:45:32–> 00:45:48 – Outro
