Remove Environment Remove Estimating Remove Security Remove Visualization
article thumbnail

School Safety is In the Making

BD+C

Over the past 40 years, building and design professionals have studied how the built environment can help improve student retention rates, learning outcomes and psychological wellness. Many schools have taken measures to keep students safer, such as adding security guards, surveillance systems, metal detectors and more.

Safety 52
article thumbnail

Construction Classification Criticality – A Draft White Paper

Job Order Contracting

. – Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Facilities Management, & Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment. Physical asset models should NOT be confused with 3-dimensional (3D) visualization, which is merely one of several methods of representing and working with information.

Drafting 100
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

BIM Construction Cost Estimating – Top Ten List

Building Information Management

First and foremost BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. While the industry is currently fixated upon 3D visualization tools, aka Revit, Archicad, Bentely… they only represent components of a BIM solution. Here’s a list of BIM Construction Cost Estimating Requirements: 1.

article thumbnail

Life-cycle management of the built environment – To BIM or Not to BIM?

Building Information Management

Buildings, roads, dams, electrical grids… are with us for a very long time and linked to the success and failure of just about everything… education, health, national security, transportation, habitat, sustainability, national and local economies and more. That said, we are not acting as stakeholders of our built infrastructure.

article thumbnail

BIM and Cloud Computing – Get Beyond 3D Visualization and Focus Upon the “I”

Building Information Management

Both technologies also embed associated business process rules and components which will enable enhanced life-cycle management of the built environment, alignment of structures with organizational mission, and better consideration of general community impacts. The availability and integration of secure technology to promote collaboration and.

BIM 78
article thumbnail

Forget “BIM”, and Get on Board with BLM – Building / Built Environment Life-cycle Management

Building Information Management

BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. That said, BIM has been preoccupied with 3D visualization to the extent that many/most feel that Revit, Archicad, et al are all that’s needed to implement BIM. RSMeans Strategic Partner.

article thumbnail

Next Generation Cloud Construction Cost Estimating and Efficient Project Delivery Solution in Beta

Building Information Management

4Clicks Solutions, LLC is currently beta testing Ceasel, a next generation cloud computing application to enable collaborative construction cost estimating and associated efficient project delivery. Agility  Our work and natural environments are changing at an accelerated pace. Collaboration  True cloud computing (vs.