TRXL 224: 'Everything Is Going to Change', with Martyn Day
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Mar 24, 2026 Martyn Day, co-founder of X3D Media and AEC technology commentator, outlines how AI and automation are rewriting architecture and engineering. He discusses accelerating engineering solvers, tokenized AI costs, cloud vs local data, and why BIM 1.0 may devolve into drawing output. Short sentences cover real-time agents, new pricing models, and the workforce skills firms will need to survive.
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Hire People Who Can Explain Problems To AI
- Do hire or develop staff who can precisely decompose problems and write clear specs so AI can build reliable tools.
- Martyn emphasizes value in people who can translate project needs into prompts and instruction sets for AIs and agents.
BIM 1.0 Becomes A Drawing Conduit
- BIM 1.0 will increasingly act as a drawing conduit while modern AI-friendly systems run the intelligence outside authoring tools.
- Martyn predicts models will be processed in newer systems and pumped back into Revit primarily for drawing output.
Run Real Time Clash Agents On Local Servers
- Try running real-time agents on local servers to catch clashes and quality issues continuously rather than weekly batch checks.
- Martyn suggests local servers avoid token and bandwidth limits and enable constant agentic clash detection.