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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. Call me arrogant.

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LEAN Job Order Contracting Intro 4

Job Order Contracting

Owner leadership without excessive reliance upon “JOC consultants” Focus upon best value outcomes. Building Information Modelling BIM in the Construction Industry – Technical Report TR-1405. Construction Cost Workbook – 2002 – Conference on the International Comparison Program World Bank.

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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!

DebunkTheBIM

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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Don’t bet on the ‘goody-two-shoes’ type clients (building owners) to get BIM going.

DebunkTheBIM

Many BIM arguments focus on piloting BIM through these projects. They can be pretty hard work (if you are their consultant) but they also tend to make things happen. Thinking of his redeveloped historical bank building on Cuba street in Wellington into a Burger King still gives me the shivers.

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

ENR Construction

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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Fledgling businesswoman demands $ 1M US “industry-guilt-tax” from 2 construction giants!

DebunkTheBIM

To the question of what if the companies targeted by this tax refuse to pay up, she expresses confidence that a refusal will be an unlikely scenario, as both giants know that the alternatives will hurt much, much, much more. zolna.murray@gmail.com [link] ++ (852) 6597 8683'

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Why construction should stop thinking of software as a cost

Lets Build

The route of how we get there might be different but we shouldn’t be changing these key objectives,” explains David Philp , Global BIM/IM Consultancy Director at Aecom and Head of B.I.M at UK BIM Task Force. If your workers can use a smartphone and log in to mobile banking, they can surely use an app to manage their projects.

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