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If banks were truly running the global AEC, all construction sites would be paperless by now!

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Banks generally like to keep a close relationship with the AEC industry. Apart from small scale works and cash-jobs here and there, anything to do with creating buildings in large parts of the world involves banks as financiers or partners. Paper as a medium rules the AEC while the banks have all but banned it from their processes.

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BIM by numbers

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These claims I make based on the (previously mentioned in this blog) product demonstration I had the pleasure of attending recently. Funnily enough, in principle, I’d love to have a ‘BIM by numbers approach’ in place. I just think, it is a long way ahead for most companies doing anything BIM these days.

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BIM-in-The-Cloud Has New Competition With Newforma | ENR.

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Banking & Credit Crisis. --> Companies. BIM-in-The-Cloud Has New Competition With Newforma. Autodesks Acquisition of Vela Systems Puts Mobile BIM On Fast Track. -- Advertising --. Accessing BIM models on projects by construction teams "can be a challenge for mere mortals to master," Batcheler says. Gulf Oil Spill. -->.

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For one of the many HK contractors that have been caught up in the 65Bim MTR BIM experiment* here is a chance to redeem themselves!

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The winning fee will needed to be paid in 4 equal instalments at the first days of October, November, December 2013 and January 2014 through direct credit into our bank account. Contractors involved on the massive ‘also-BIM-mandated’ Qatar Rail project will be invited to join in those future forums. * [link] ** [link]'

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Give ‘Real BIM’ a chance to be a Game-changer in AEC! ‘Real BIM’ could be the weapon for changing the game in the global AEC. There still are small fish with professional integrity surviving within the global waters of the AEC consultancy market wanting to strike back against the over-franchisers, purely business oriented BIG fish practising ‘Pretend BIM’ and redefine how the AEC is run; Real BIM could be the answer.

DebunkTheBIM

Yet, I will not spend much time on explaining the difference between Real and Pretend BIM. I have long given up on BIM and on the professional integrity of the global AEC. Not that the ‘Pretend BIM’, alive and kicking and moving from strength to strength is much worried about me not supporting it. Give BIM a chance?

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CW: Report Claims Caltrans Ignored Bridge Safety Issues | ENR.

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Banking & Credit Crisis. CW: Report Claims Caltrans Ignored Bridge Safety Issues. Description: CB&I offers $3 billion to buy Shaw; newspaper claims Caltrans ignored safety issues on Bay Bridge. Gulf Oil Spill. Building Types. Construction Methods. Sustainability. Haiti Reconstruction. Economic Stimulus. Safety & Health.

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Sewage Treatment Innovation Promises Big Net Energy Gain | ENR.

ENR Construction

Banking & Credit Crisis. Description: A new advance in microbial fuel cell technology claims to produce enough energy from wastewater, to power treatment plants can. Gulf Oil Spill. Building Types. Construction Methods. Sustainability. Haiti Reconstruction. Economic Stimulus. Safety & Health. Project Delivery. Economic Stimulus.