57: Revit, APIs, and Custom Software with Majd Makhlouf

Revit tools, the future of BIM, and how to problem solve are all discussed in in this episode of Fire Code Tech. Majd joins the interview from Estonia and shows great passion for all things BIM. 

Bird Tools Website:

https://www.birdtools-developers.com/index.html

YouTube Channel: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjDIGX1bwzw

Transcription

Hello. Welcome to the solo cast of fire code tech in these episodes. It's just gonna be me, your host, Gus Gagliardi. There's gonna be a range of topics, but I'm gonna talk about specific technologies, installation, standards, codes, and how they work as well as some other interesting topics that don't neatly.

Inside of the context of a normal interview. Hello, all welcome to episode 57, a fire code take on this episode, we're speaking with mod. Mo is a mechanical engineer with a background in programming and all things Revit. On this episode, we talk about MOJ and the company. He works for bird tools, which stands for building information, research and development, which is a very interesting company with some custom.

Tools for Revit users. If you enjoy Revit or anything on the more technical side of design, you're gonna really enjoy this episode. Maj and I talk about APIs design and how automation is gonna play a role in the future. What does the future of Revit look like and what are some ways that we can develop and improve the software or what competitors are looking to do to capture the market share.

Don't forget to subscribe. So you never miss an episode and follow us on social media. also, if you could do me a huge favor, you wanna support the pod, please go and give a five star review on apple podcasts. Let's get into the show. Well, ma thank you for coming on the podcast. Welcome to fire code tech.

Thank you for having me guys. And, uh, it's a pleasure to be here. I'd like to get the interviews kicked off with asking the individual about their background and just to get a little bit of context about, um, their career and their, uh, valuable experience for the listeners. Would you tell us about that?

Yeah, definitely. So, uh, I'm a mechanic engineer with, uh, back in MEP engineering and a master's degree in mechanical engineering and, uh, Before starting. Uh, so I'm founder at, uh, building information, researchers and developers, which is a company behind who is a company, uh, located in Estonia before that I've worked as an MEP engineer and I've been manager for several years, uh, and, uh, I have experienced with, uh, Mainly.

So my background is an meep one and I have experienced, I've worked on several, uh, MEP projects from, um, commercial buildings, uh, big transportation buildings, such as natural stations and, uh, air airport. And, uh, um, and um, most of my work was an EP engineering and, uh, bin management. So. uh, we found rabbit, uh, a couple of years ago back, uh, back when I was still an engineer.

And, uh, most of our work shifted from AutoCAD to rabbit and, uh, that's where we started to find new ways to do stuff and to automate stuff and to compensate, lack, uh, that. Maybe rapid has, or maybe that we feel that we need to implement. And, um, I started enjoying that and, uh, that's what led me to start, uh, my development journey and, uh, that.

All of that. That was the, uh, creation of Bluetooth and, uh, the company. So that's, uh, summary of my background. So very cool. Very cool. I appreciate the high level overview of your background. That's interesting to hear that you have a mechanical engineering background and you've somehow wondered, uh, really become invested in this.

BIM or Revit space. It seems like sometimes I see people who are, uh, like BIM managers or who are very invested in Revit. They come from more of a computer or software background. So that's interesting to me that you have a, a mech