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  • International BIM Awards Competition - Building Information Modeling is quickly becoming the back bone of the Architectural, Engineering, Construction and Facility Management industries. As the transition progresses and projects are designed and constructed using BIM tools ... Click Here...
  • McGraw-Hill Construction Presents National Conference on Business ... MarketWatch (press release) – USA NEW YORK, Aug 27, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The rapid emergence of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) ... Click Here...
  • Everything You Need To Know About The Future Of BIM | The LOdown By Lisa Pierce In 2005, when building information modeling (BIM) was being introduced to the mainstream architectural community a survey by the AIA showed that 85 percent of. Click Here...
  • Construction Technology Keeps Your Business Strong Constructech Magazine - Carol Stream,IL,USA Specifically, he covered hot topics such as green, BIM (building information modeling), IPD (integrated project delivery), GPS (global positioning system), ... Click Here...
  • What's the BIM Deal? Cadalyst Magazine - Santa Ana,CA,USA If you're at all into CAD you've seen the acronym BIM, short for building information modeling, all over the place the past few years. ... Click Here...
  • Project a learning curve for unemployed architects St. Louis Post-Dispatch Over the past 30 years, the architectural community has moved from drafting boards to computers to the digitalized Building Information Modeling that now ... Click Here...
  • Profs To Help Software Speak Common Language Media Newswire (press release) Studies have shown that problems related to exchanging information among building information modeling software used by architects and energy analysis and ... Click Here...
  • BIMBoy: First Wisconsin, now Texas mandates BIM for state projects Building Design & Construction By Jeff Yoders Apparently, even Building Information Modeling is bigger in Texas. The Texas Facilities Commission announced yesterday that it is requiring a ... Click Here...
  • Turner's Utilization of BIM and Lean Construction on Middle ... PR Newswire (press release) ... reported that the use of an innovative combination of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Lean construction practices on the 555000 sq. ft. ... Click Here...=
  • ASHRAE research targets tying together BIM and energy efficiency Building Design & Construction Ensuring that a common language of “energy efficiency” is spoken by both building information modeling software used by architects and energy analysis and ... Click Here...
  • Post-recession activity a concern for construction industry ... Daily Commercial News - Toronto,Ontario,Canada Turning his focus to new technologies, Smith said that Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the way of the future, adding that those contractors who don't ... Click Here...
  • Skanska to Reconstruct the 11th Street Bridges and Interchanges in ...Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA ... execution of this type of project in which Skanska is responsible for design and construction will be supported by Building Information Modeling (BIM). ... Click Here...
  • Architects urged to adopt BIM Daily Journal of Commerce - Portland,Oregon,USA In Oregon, as in most states, using building information modeling, or BIM, is optional. Wisconsin this month went further, requiring architects and ... Click Here...
  • 'You can say that logistics are our business' | Growth ... The birth of the U.S. Green Building Council, creation of building information modeling, the use of design-build to deliver projects, these are all developments that have taken place in recent years that are transforming the way we work ... Click Here...
  • Losing your BIM virginity and the Giants 300 Building Design & Construction (subscription) - New York,NY,USA By Jeff Yoders Building Information Modeling is a lot like teenage sex. Everyone WANTS to be doing it and can't stop talking about it. ... Click Here...2
  • Effective BIM Architecture Designs for Building Construction at ... BigNews.biz (press release) - Natick,MA,USA Building Information Modeling - BIM is a building design methodology characterized by the creation and use of coordinated, internally consistent computable ... Click Here...
  • BIM Strategies Webinar Series Provides Tools to Help Grow Your ... PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the future of the construction industry. WPL Publishing and Construction Project Controls & BIM Report will present a ... Click Here...
  • Harvey Berman: Green building lawsuits begin to surface Michigan Business Review - MLive.com - Ann Arbor,MI,USA Harvey Berman is a partner at the law firm of Bodman LLP practicing in its Ann Arbor office. He is chair of the firm's Construction Practice Group and ... Click Here...
  • BIM and Laser Scanning for As-built and Adaptive Reuse Projects ... Amerisurv - Frederick,MD,USA Terrestrial laser scanning technology in the context of building information modeling (BIM) processes bode well in addressing both areas. Click Here...
  • Never mind the recession. It's an exciting world in high-tech Daily Commercial News - Toronto,Ontario,Canada In the construction industry, BIM (Building Information Modeling) is about to change the way buildings are designed and constructed, Carrick says. ... Click Here...
  • Wisconsin DSF Now Requires the Use of BIM on Certain Projects USGlass News Network (USGNN) - Stafford,VA,USA Effective July 1, Building Information Modeling (BIM) is now required on certain construction projects by The Wisconsin Department of Administration, ... Click Here...
  • Inside the BIM revolution PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA Two-day event at USC will bring together leading figures in Building Information Modeling, a new technology that is transforming the construction industry ... Click Here...
  • Are Subcontractors Ready for BIM? « The Blog of Miller Clapperton By millerclapperton There is a growing sense of frustration with the current method of construction and one of the proposed solutions is to utilize Building Information Modeling (BIM) to produce a platform for coordinating the disparate products on a ... Click Here...
  • BIM offers efficiency, cost savings, observer says SmartBrief - Washington,DC,USA Construction firms are finding that increased efficiency and cost savings are two key benefits of using building information modeling software. ... Click Here...
  • Interested in building information modeling? Take a survey SmartBrief - Washington,DC,USA ... McGraw-Hill Construction and 17 other construction associations in the US and Canada on the use of building information modeling. ... Click Here...
  • Specification writers get bigger role with BIM - Building information modeling will allow some specification writers to become involved in the design process at an earlier stage, according to some industry observers. "I see BIM as a bonus for the spec writer," notes Tom Dunbar, past president of Construction Specifications Canada. With BIM, many specification writers will play a larger role in the process, he notes. Click Here...
  • Five-dimensional BIM catches on in construction industry - The design process in the construction industry is moving toward five-dimensional building information modeling software. Observers say the 5D software, which was launched about a year ago, has the ability to account for cost as a factor in a project. Click Here...
  • Industry groups take steps to speed adoption of BIM, IPD SmartBrief - Washington,DC,USA The construction industry's growing demand for building information modeling has also increased demand for integrated project delivery. ... Click Here...


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