About the author  ⁄ Desirée P. Mackey, S.E., P.E.

Desirée Mackey is Senior Project Engineer and BIM Manager at Martin/Martin in Denver, Colorado. Desirée is extremely active in the BIM community as a regular speaker at many conferences, as co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Building Information Society, as the Chair of the Structural Engineers Association of Colorado’s BIM Committee, as the Program Manager for the RTC (Revit Technology Conference) North America Committee, and a past Vice President and board member for the AUGI (Autodesk Users Group International).

The Industry Now and in the Future

Building Information Modeling (BIM) has moved the structural engineering industry to a time where changes and improvements have become constant. Structural engineers are continually adapting and improving, and the development plateau is nowhere in sight. The first big step was to adopt a three-dimensional (3D) software, such as Revit or Tekla. Switching software was a huge jump, and some structural engineers are still figuring out how to operate within that new tool.

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