Why Outsourcing is Good

I'm not talking about outsourcing call centers to India.  One of the themes I picked up on at the IRgA this year is the desire for stakeholders in the AEC industry to outsource certain business processes and also to rent equipment and services.  There were several architects, including David Watkins the key note speaker, who identified things that they were doing but we would rather outsource or rent.  This included 3-D Printing equipment, CAVEs, Video Conferencing, and administering BIM data.

Note none of these services include putting toner on paper, but are very valuable to the construction industry.  These presenters believed that reprographers (as service providers) could offer these services.