topic Re: Have TW2 changed practice? in Teamwork & BIMcloud

Have TW2 changed practice?

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:14:46 GMT

I expected dozens of adds "looking for architect, remote work,
knowledge of TW2 ArchiCAD required..." but nothing really happened...

why?

is it to soon?

is it bad campaign for such a GREAT thing?

Re: Have TW2 changed practice?

Link — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:08:53 GMT

I would think this is more of a reflection of tough global economic times rather than the usability of Teamwork 2.

Plus the reality is that just because we have the technical ability to let people join our projects remotely, we still need people who we can trust with our data. And someone not only very skilled with ArchiCAD, but also well versed in local regulations and standards. This often involves building relationships slowly and may even employ other methods initially (eg. Separate files, hotlinked modules, etc) before being granted full access to a live model.

Having said that I have seen ads for remote teamworking on the ArchiCAD Twitter account, so maybe try following that?

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Have TW2 changed practice?

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:35:16 GMT

If tough global economic times slows your business you should cut
your expenses , good way to do it is by hiring cheaper workers,
TW2 allows you to look worldwide for good and cheap employee...

Whenever you are hiring someone you have trust issue whether you are
together in office or remote...

Local regulations are something that you learn during a couple of projects...

Tnx for a Twitter suggestion...

Re: Have TW2 changed practice?

Rob — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:00:00 GMT

...good way to do it is by hiring cheaper workers, TW2 allows you to look worldwide for good and cheap employee...

This is just a wishful thinking at the moment. It does not really work because a project is not just about drafting. It is about finding resolutions by communicating to consultants, clients, builders, suppliers etc at the same time. Ironically you have brought one of the major points why I would not rush to such hiring practices (even having the technology on hand) ...that is:

Local regulations are something that you learn during a couple of projects...

Who would pay for your learning time and error fixing (that is errors you would inevitably make) not knowing the local code?

Re: Have TW2 changed practice?

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:43:58 GMT

Rob wrote:

This is just a wishful thinking at the moment. It does not really work because a project is not just about drafting. It is about finding resolutions by communicating to consultants, clients, builders, suppliers etc at the same time.

It depends how big is your company, if you have project managers, senior architects, junior architects, drafters than it could work
if you are "one architect will do it all" than it won't work...

Rob wrote:

Who would pay for your learning time and error fixing (that is errors you would inevitably make) not knowing the local code?

I learned my local code mainly by good reference and just a few spoken instructions
So, few good PDF references, extra effort and non paid extra hours is the key