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Definition of BIM – Building Information Modeling – Defintions from Various Sources

Building Information Management

‘Building Information Modelling (BIM) is digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility creating a shared knowledge resource for information about it forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life cycle, from earliest conception to demolition.” ” – RICS.

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Why Projects Fail

Job Order Contracting

2006, Gibson, et al, 1994, Haley). There are several maturity models that describe the degree of maturity of an organization and/or associated projects. The various capability maturity models (CMM) can be applied to virtually any industry or market segment. These are helpful in determining current and future levels of progress.

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Trends in Construction: 3 Ways Technology is Changing Commercial Construction

HardHatChat

Here are just a few ways technology plays a critical role at Englewood Construction in how we not only manage the construction process, but also provide the best possible service for our clients: 1) Efficiency: In the old days, pre-2006, clients sent a physical set of plans when they wanted us to bid a construction job.

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BIM Strategy for the Built Environment

Building Information Management

More importantly, the information relates to the intended objects (components) and processes, rather than relating to the appearance and presentation of documents and drawings.More traditional 2D or 3D drawings may well be outputs of BIM, however, instead of generating in the conventional way ie.

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Revit OpEd: In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity

Revit OpEd

As Ive written before , just make it easy to "draw on paper". As I wrote in my reply there, RTN is sleight of hand while RPN is really altering the entire model and related views to change orientation. ► 2006. ► December 2006. (14). ► October 2006. (5). ► September 2006. (10).

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don't think: Do Revit: A Tale of Two Normals

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As anyone who has used Revit to model geometry knows it does not really seem to care about "normals", which if youre familiar with most other 3D modeling software you know exactly what Normals are, even in Sketch-Up! To achieve the result in the third image its is all about how you draw the arc that creates the sphere.

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What drives what…BIM as an enabler?

DebunkTheBIM

Like the good old ‘Red bull’ ad, they imply ‘it gives you wings’, ‘unleashes the creativity from within’, lets you fly freely without the constrains of the drawing, paper based or digital! I’ve been involved with a project for a year now that had ‘obviously’ been designed using a digital model. designer and a faceless surface modeller.

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