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BIM by numbers

DebunkTheBIM

The word correctly portrayed the information needed to be collected to fully describe the ‘ingredients’ and ‘steps to be performed’ for a building element, it was more the dangerous suggestion of a ‘BIM by numbers approach’ it tended to reinforce, that I did not like.

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BIM-in-The-Cloud Has New Competition With Newforma | ENR.

ENR Construction

Banking & Credit Crisis. --> Companies. BIM-in-The-Cloud Has New Competition With Newforma. Autodesks Acquisition of Vela Systems Puts Mobile BIM On Fast Track. -- Advertising --. Accessing BIM models on projects by construction teams "can be a challenge for mere mortals to master," Batcheler says. Gulf Oil Spill. -->.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

The Business of Construction Risk Management » The Fundamentals of Building Information Modeling (BIM). Building Information Modeling (BIM) is no different. Before jumping into BIM with both feet, let’s work on some fundamentals. BIM changes that and even more. BIM is also a process. Home » Blogs.

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BIM in the ‘chain-stores’ business

DebunkTheBIM

In the mid nineties I was involved in the documentation of a dozen local branches of an international bank. How does this sit with the ‘BIM evolutionary theorists’ viewpoint? Surely, if any field, the franchises’ should’ve jumped on the bandwagon of BIM by now?

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If banks were truly running the global AEC, all construction sites would be paperless by now!

DebunkTheBIM

Banks generally like to keep a close relationship with the AEC industry. Apart from small scale works and cash-jobs here and there, anything to do with creating buildings in large parts of the world involves banks as financiers or partners. Paper as a medium rules the AEC while the banks have all but banned it from their processes.

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Announcing the Panelists at Construction Americas 2015 Expo

Construction Marketing

Century Bank Arena at the FIU OHL School of Construction in Miami. A Technology Panel will cover such topics as construction software, the latest in BIM, and more. Details below: ( From Construction Americas Press Release ) Miami, Fla.—January

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Job Order Contracting Information

Job Order Contracting

Building Information Modelling BIM in the Construction Industry – Technical Report TR-1405. BIM, LEAN Construction, and a Common Data Environment (CDE) – A strategic tool for sharing information and managing a team within a BIM / LEAN Construction Delivery environment. They also select the construction delivery method.

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