I run a 3D visualisation company, I have also 10 years as an architectural technician. I got into using Autocad and computers about
15 years ago. One thing that strikes me as lacking in every architect I have ever met is there lack of understanding regarding how to look after information. The architect is employed by the client to get a building built. This role requires a substantial ability to organise and look after the information that needs to be issued and received and re-destributed to the various organisations usually involved in constructing a building.spend so much time changing and fiddling with the design, that very little time is given over to actually creating a full set of coherent working information. At no time will the architect say to themselves that they have finished fiddling with the design and its time to update and synchronise all the data for the project. When it comes to actually constructing the project there are so many conflicting bits of information that the architect can't remember which actual bits of information are the right version. This causes delays and problems on site while design isses are re-resolved.This is why I think most construction projects run over cost and over budjet. There have also been some project where parts of the building have been built before the drawings have been issued. I believe that most architects are only interested in designing buildings rather than dealing with all the boring aspects of getting the building built. As more and more documents and data are required to construct a building I beleive that a new role for someone who cares for and manages the quality of the data the building is going to be built from will come in to being.