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Why It’s Time for Contractors to Adopt Collaborative BIM

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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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5 Ways BIM Can Help You Reach LEED Certification

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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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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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Why It’s Time for Contractors to Adopt Collaborative BIM

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The JBKnowledge 2017 Construction Technology Report, which covers topics such as software adoption and IT investment.

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How to Implement Construction Software in Your Business

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That’s why it’s critical to start endorsing the use of construction software as a step forward towards the modernisation of the construction industry. Challenges for Implementing Construction Software. Using construction software they would be completely redundant and save on the overhead wages bill. Conflict of interest.

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

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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. According to a Zion Market Research report, the market for Building Information Modeling was around USD 3.52 billion in 2016 and is expected to reach approximately USD 10.36

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Why construction should stop thinking of software as a cost

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Taking all the above into consideration, it becomes clear that construction-specific software can have a powerful impact on the sector if used in the right way. McKinsey reports that from 2011 to 2017 construction technology companies have managed to accumulate approximately $10 billion in investment. at UK BIM Task Force.

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