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Thabelo Netshivhungululu

Apr 2, 2026

5:01
So just to give you a little bit of a background, in South Africa, when we adopted
5:05
BIM, using software is like Revit, which allows us to create this information models, right? Initially, the industry moved over from like a 2D flat environment to producing 3D models for like quite a long period, right? And what that created in the industry, you'd have, surprisingly enough, you'd have architects with different standards, right? So let's say, Loazi, you own a couple of malls or shopping centers.
5:36
You'd receive this shopping center in a different format, right? from another, and then your second shopping center will come in a different format.
5:45
At the end of the day, you wouldn't be able to manage, you'd eventually be able to manage your buildings, but that's a lot more effort to run your buildings because you don't have a standardized set of information that you're receiving.
5:57
So what happened in the industry a while back, like I think almost 10 years ago in the UK, the government mandated a standard.
6:07
to control this information that's being received in a built environment, right? That obviously trickled globally and became an international standard for digital delivery.
6:19
ISO 19650, right? The standard forces, architects, engineers, et cetera, to follow system to deliver information.

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11:39
yes yes yes yes that's your information systems

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