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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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How to use BIM to drive productivity and profitability in construction projects?

Lets Build

According to a Zion Market Research report, the market for Building Information Modeling was around USD 3.52 billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of slightly above 19.45% between 2017 and 2022. The rapid adoption of BIM in the construction industry comes as no. billion in 2016 and is expected to reach approximately USD 10.36

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5 Ways BIM Can Help You Reach LEED Certification

Viewpoint Construction Technology

It involves a lot of components, but thanks to building information modeling (BIM), it’s not as complicated as it sounds. BIM provides architects, contractors, and engineers an accessible platform to easily collect LEED data and analyze green building benchmarks as part of the design and build process, before the construction phase.

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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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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. Read more.'

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Structural Steel Connections in Revit 2017 and Advance Steel 2017

BIM & Beam

Watch and learn how you can define fully parametric steel connections in your Revit 2017 models, and how the Advance Steel Extension for Revit helps to bridge the gap between design and fabrication.

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