
Digital twins, BIM certification, the golden thread and myths about BIM. These were the key topics that grabbed your attention this year among the 36 opinions we published.
Here are the top five most popular opinions of 2022, from fifth to first.
Five things I’ve learned about digital twins
Dean Douglas, a researcher at BIM Academy, shared the fruits of his PhD research into digital twins. He said: “We need to be looking at how we incorporate data scientists, computer programmers, data analysts and app developers into the industry’s workforce.”
Beware of BIM certification
Certification has its role to play, but beware the commercialisation of it. That was the warning from David Shepherd, the House of Commons project BIM leader. He said: “The ensuing efforts to monetise certification have turned standards compliance into a feeding frenzy of commercialism.”
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