James Bowles

Working with construction teams to improve the management of time, carbon, cost, + safety.

[James Bowles @James4D]

#4D for programme communication:

1. Complex #construction
2. Constrained urban site
3. First class project team

Another model from our archives, working with the brilliant @WeAreMcAlpine at 21 Moorfields, London for @LandsecGroup

More real-world examples coming soon

[James Bowles @James4D]

Construction is tough. We face:

Cost overruns💰
Safety challenges⚠
Adversarial environments😠

Improved planning and control is the solution. Use 4D planning to:

Plan as a team💡
Reduce risks ☑
Manage time🕑

[James Bowles @James4D]

4D planning is not complicated. It's a method that pays for itself many times over if you're doing it correctly. Don't focus on the outputs. Just start.

▶ Hire skilled modellers
▶ Make a basic plan for using it
▶ Do a pilot project (a complex one)

[James Bowles @James4D]

4D and reality capture ▶

Described as 'Google Earth on steroids', @sensat_ai helps project teams to see their infrastructure project and more confidently make the right decisions. Imagine this with ultra-detail 4D on top...

[James Bowles @James4D]

Bigger is better!

Don’t build ultra-high detail 4D models and then only review them on small screens. We've partnered with @MissionRoomLtd on recent projects, with brilliant results:

⚡ @Bentley_SYNCHRO interaction
⚡ Greatly improved engagement
⚡ Teams can work as teams

[James Bowles @James4D]

@AshleyBIM @xyz_reality For 4D and AR, it's early days. Lots of previous trials using Hololens and phone AR, but this will be more interesting using XYZ. No doubt it'll be contractor driven at first.

[James Bowles @James4D]

What happens when you combine ultra-high detail 4D models with Engineering Grade AR™ ?

Awesome results.

1️⃣ Contextual safety reviews: see your planned work on site
2️⃣ Real-world look ahead planning
3️⃣ Incredible on-site trade co-ordination

Check out @xyz_reality

[James Bowles @James4D]

Large construction projects often go over time & budget. One cause for this - interdependency & variability of large networks of linked activities. 4D can help resolve this this by providing visual clarity.

[James Bowles @James4D]

@iriacarreira Did it help you write this tweet?

[James Bowles @James4D]

@CaseyRutland @AshleyBIM @bondbryanBIM @mo_shanaa The ZERO Board, ZERO Next, and some guest authors from the ZERO Playbook. We'll invite from our side Casey. We're going to need a bigger event 🤔💡

[James Bowles @James4D]

@bondbryanBIM @AshleyBIM OK fantastic. Let's meet up in a few weeks. @AshleyBIM ... what do you think, another playbook module in the measurement or digital pillar?

[James Bowles @James4D]

@BuildLaw_ArtTea @zer0construct Thanks May, great to catch up albeit briefly yesterday. ZERO growing fast and its been an amazing journey so far!

[James Bowles @James4D]

@zer0construct @archinate It's already gone out to tender. Construction begins 2040 "Futuristic forested monorail optimistic zero carbon city --ar 10:15"

[James Bowles @James4D]

@theCIOB Hi @theCIOB ... any chance that we could catch up about the work we're doing here in https://t.co/Y5WI43gSwc ? It would be good to share ideas and combine forces!

[James Bowles @James4D]

@TheB1M Good to see "net zero emissions". How have the (presumably very large) embodied emissions been dealt with?

[James Bowles @James4D]

@robertklaschka @liccle_em @AshleyBIM @for59j54 @zer0construct It's (one of) the worst for doing this. To the detriment of everything we do. @ZERONext_Gen

[James Bowles @James4D]

@AshleyBIM @liccle_em @for59j54 @zer0construct 😏 it starts at different times for us all... and you know it when you reach it

[James Bowles @James4D]

@for59j54 @AshleyBIM @zer0construct I did not flinch

[James Bowles @James4D]

@for59j54 @zer0construct Thanks for this John. You're very welcome in ZERO any time, we've just completed round one of our topic workshops and more coming soon. Would really value your views and insight. Register here - https://t.co/8lAfCJJTHY