The Podcast Roundup – Episode 078 – June 30th – July 6th, 2019.

The BIMsider’s favourite Podcasts, Vodcasts and Videos from the world of AEC and BIM – for the week of June 30th – July 6th, 2019.

I’m going to start this week’s Podcast roundup off with a new podcast from the AEC Business podcast about robots and architecture!

Robotics for Architecture and Construction – An Interview with Lauren Vasey

2) Podcast – From The Architech Show Podcast

EPISODE 81 – INTERVIEW WITH JOHAN HANEGRAAF

Summary from the Podcast website:

“Joe and Willis sit down with Johan Hanegraaf from Arkio (http://arkio.is) who was at BiLT ANZ showcasing Arkio which is a design app that allows multiple people to collaborate in VR and AR using a variety of devices.”

3) Podcast – From The ConTechCrew Podcast

The ConTechCrew 176: Making AR & VR Approachable with John SanGiovanni from Visual Vocal

Summary from the Podcast website:

“Notice We’re experiencing difficulties beyond our control with our YouTube channel. If you normally watch our show rather than listen to the audio, you can watch the unedited version of episode 176 on Periscope! (Don’t worry, we’ll update the shownotes as soon as YouTube is back in action!)

Episode 176 is an episodes of firsts. Our guest, John SanGiovanni of Visual Vocal demonstrates how Visual Vocal sets the bar for AR & VR for construction! John is also our first ever guest with a background as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle! Tune-in to learn to learn the details of John’s turtle past, Visual Vocal, and ConTech News topics of Alexa’s permanent recording storage, jobsite hydration, disposable IoT satellites, Spotr and more!”

4) Podcast – From the BIMrras Podcast (Spanish Language)

039 Cost management in BIM with Fernando Valderrama

Summary from the Podcast website:

“Cost management in BIM: In this episode we had the presence of Fernando Valderrama , strategic consultant of RIB Spain , to do his hand a review of the evolution of cost management in construction and the evolution of the computer tools used for this work.

We spoke with Fernando from the early use of programmable calculators to the latest automated measurement and budgeting applications used in BIM workflows.”

5) Video from The B1M YouTube Channel

The Tech Giants are Coming for Our Homes | The B1M

Summary from the YouTube Channel:

“The likes of Amazon, Google, Samsung, Apple and others are all competing for smart home dominance – but what drove so many of us to invite these multinational corporations into the highly personal spaces where we live?”

6) Podcast – From The IoT Podcast

Episode 223: How Amazon treats your Alexa data

Summary from the Podcast website:

“This week Kevin and I read and discuss the letter from Amazonresponding to inquiries about how it keeps and handles data. We go in-depth because it’s important to discuss the tradeoff between services and privacy. We also discuss a company leaking smart home data, the FTC settlement with D-Link and a smart home hub for apartments that can be hacked. After the bad news, we move to analyze HPE’s goal of selling everything as a service by 2022 and Kevin’s experience trying out Olisto, an IFTTT-like service. There are few news bits to cover, and then we answer a listener question about how to set up Amazon or Google accounts when two people with their own accounts move into the same house.”

7) Video – From the BIMsmith YouTube Channel

How to Create Complex Wall Types in Revit

Summary from the YouTube Channel:

“Want to get more out of your Revit walls? Here are some tricks to get the most out of Revit’s built-in wall features. In this video, we’ll take two similar wall types, stack them together, modify their layer constraints, and then add various profiles to create one complex but useful wall type which will save you a lot of time while drafting and detailing various wall conditions.”