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Why It’s Time for Contractors to Adopt Collaborative BIM

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Building Information Modeling (BIM) isn’t a new concept in construction. Despite its benefits, however, BIM adoption isn’t as widespread in construction as some might think, according to recent industry findings. The 2017 report found the industry hasn’t made much progress in this regard. BIM Could Soon Be Necessary.

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Is a BIM Mandate Coming to the US?

Viewpoint Construction Technology

As we discussed in a recent blog post , the JBKnowledge 2017 Construction Technology report found that building information modeling (BIM) adoption in the United States has been fairly slow, with only 27 percent of construction companies having a BIM department. So will the United States ever have a BIM mandate?

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AIA contract document updates include new BIM, digital data provisions

BD+C

The AIA Documents Committee has revamped standard contract documents regarding Building Information Modeling (BIM) and other digital data. The first standard forms for BIM were released a decade ago, and much has changed regarding BIM practices since then.

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Construction Document Information Management

Job Order Contracting

Construction Document Information Management is central to productivity improvement. Construction Document Information Management. 2017, Cholakis, P. Streamlining Construction Document Information Management processes is an essential step towards improving productivity, quality, and overall value for all stakeholders.

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2015 BIM Experience Survey - Preliminary Results

Construction Dive

Building information modeling (BIM) is a controversial topic. BIM champions have been extolling its virtues of design efficiency, construction cost and time savings, and maintenance economies for owners. Yet BIM has not become as widely used as expected in the United States. So what seems to be the issues holding BIM back?

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LEAN Job Order Contracting and Cloud Facilities Management

Job Order Contracting

Newsletter Novem ber 2017. Can you share your BIM models securely in real-time? Streamline, simplify and automate the your construction document management and create a competitive advantage for your organization. Advanced document management. Advanced BIM data management. Four BT, LLC lemsys. Mail: info@4BT.US.

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Move quickly from design to fabrication with Autodesk Advance Steel 2017

BIM & Beam

Yesterday we announced the release of Autodesk ® Advance Steel 2017. The latest version of Advance Steel adds a host of new features and enhancements that help improve productivity and usability, and allow fabrication documents to be drafted and documented more easily to support BIM enabled workflows.