Three-dimensional information, such as that provided by building information modeling, allows all members of the Building Team to visualize the many components of a project and how they work together.

Before the advent of computer aided design (CAD) systems to coordinate building designs, hand-drafted prints were the standard. As the advantages of using CAD systems became better understood and ...

For many design teams, logging into multiple applications a day to access BIM information is the norm. Yet the information contained in each of these applications tends to be siloed, making it ...

In Part 1 of ISO 19650, BIM is defined as the “use of a shared digital representation of a built asset to facilitate design, construction, and operation processes to form a reliable basis for ...

Building Information Modelling, known as BIM, has slowly but surely become a key component of modern construction processes. After many conversations with engineers and project managers who use BIM ...

Those companies that are embracing the technology, however, are discovering new ways to save time, improve efficiency, and protect their field workforce on a construction project. Here are five ways ...

The concept of building information modeling has been around since the 1970s. It only seemed to have a relatively huge acceptance in the construction industry in the early 2000s. Since then, BIM ...

Architectural firm Iglesias Leenders Bylois Architects (ILB Architects) has begun to incorporate the use of building information modeling (BIM). The greatest advocate is architect Meindert Leenders, ...

Like most heavy-duty BIM users, I experienced that “Eureka!” moment when I became a true believer in the power of this new technology. My epiphany came several years ago, during a nine-hour ...