From CAD to BIM: The evolution of construction technology
Construction Dive
JANUARY 16, 2024
Construction industry news, trends and jobs for building professionals who want mobile-friendly content.
Essential BIM Terminology
Viewpoint Construction Technology
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
Often just considered 3D design, building information modeling (BIM) also acts as a collaborative work platform. Viewpoint’s software integrates with BIM to enhance collaboration. To harness BIM to its fullest potential, it’s important to know what each party is taking about. BIM Levels. BIM Glossary.
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Olson Plumbing & Heating - Embracing Benefits of BIM
Contractor Magazine
JANUARY 20, 2022
Faced with the sprawling Centennial High School job, Olson’s CAD department recommended recruiting a relatively new entity in the BIM arena, Uponor BIM Services, to help coordinate the project.
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XSCAD: A blog looking at the offshoring of CAD, BIM and MEP pre-construction services
Construction Marketing Ideas
MARCH 28, 2018
We’re coming to the end of the reviews for the 2018 Best Construction Blog competition, with XSCAD Pre-Construction 3D + BIM Solutions having the last, but certainly not the least spot among the entries receiving reviews.
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Stay HOME – Learn BIM: Days 1 and 2
DebunkTheBIM
MARCH 26, 2020
So, being a believer of the concept, that learning even a little bit of BIM can do good for anyone working in construction, I’m going to write a bit every day on the topic, at least while this lock-down is on and am capable of writing/posting. I will not try to explain (yet again) what BIM is, or is not. There is problem number one.
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BIM for FM
Job Order Contracting
JUNE 8, 2017
BIM for FM. BIM for Facilities Management – 12 Reasons. 12 Good Reasons to Adopt BIM for Facilities Management. Current 3-D BIM software targets sophisticated users who focus upon design yet are ill-suited to support or engage in Facilities Management functions.
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Tech Toys: MIT, Autodesk roll out new tools, BIM software advances
Construction Dive
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
InfraWorks rolled out updates, Vectorworks announced 2019 editions of its BIM and CAD software and facility managers can now give contractors and other stakeholders access to online insurance certificates.
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Korte welcomes BIM/CAD Technician Katie Corey
The Korte Company
DECEMBER 9, 2014
There’s another new face at The Korte Company, and this time it’s a BIM/CAD Technician. We’re excited to welcome design professional Katie Corey. Katie is a Collinsville, IL native who recently graduated from the University of Missouri.
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Sharing BIM with your Construction Team
Carol Hagen
FEBRUARY 19, 2013
The pervasiveness of BIM has proved to bring complexity in communications for extended construction team mebers. BIM in a Browser. BIM in a Browser. One way to allow viewing of your project BIM views is in a browser. Render 3D BIM in a PDF. Another solution is to share your model using Bluebeam Revu CAD.
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Plotting on the go: 3D-printed mechanical compass can print CAD drawings with high precision
BD+C
DECEMBER 5, 2014
Dezeen shares the project of design student Ken Nakagaki , who has adapted a device to work with computer aided design (CAD) software to replicate digital files on paper. Architects Building Owner BIM/IT Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers Building Team'
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BIM is dead, please do not resuscitate!
DebunkTheBIM
OCTOBER 19, 2019
If there are similar rules for establishing viable crops of BIM around the global AEC industry, they’re better be longer than 30 years. Even a decade or so ago, I could see that BIM was nothing like an emerging success story. May I call them BIM-doom-deniers?
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Over 275 Partners Now Integrate with Autodesk Construction Applications
Autodesk Construction Cloud
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Project managers can add the alwaysAI Partner Card to their Autodesk Build Insights or BIM 360 Project Home dashboards for real-time insights into productivity, operations, and safety. Now, project managers can visualize 3D models generated in Metaroom directly into Autodesk Build Insights or BIM 360 Project Home dashboards.
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What to Look for in Construction Design Software
Lets Build
JULY 15, 2022
Vectorworks Architect is a 2D drawing and 3D CAD construction design software that offers fast rendering speeds, easy-to-use features, and high drawing efficiency. This construction design software offers a lot of customizable options and is an all-in-one solution for drafting, annotating, and 2D, 3D, and BIM modelling.
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Does a BIM Requirement Stop You From Bidding?
Carol Hagen
JANUARY 10, 2012
Building Information Modeling (BIM) has become an industry standard on complex construction projects. As more Construction owners reap the benefits of BIM, more projects add a modeling component. Get Educated on BIM. Consider Outsourcing while You’re Learning BIM. So what is a smaller subcontractor to do?
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Cloud Service Aims to Bridge the BIM-to-Gaming Gap
ENR Construction
DECEMBER 19, 2018
11 a partnership with the virtual reality platform vendor Unity Technologies to leverage a new cloud service, Tridify Convert, that lets developers rapidly import BIM and 3D CAD files into Unity with its Industry Foundation Class-formatted BIM data intact.
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47 CAD Shack: BIM Lawsuit goes after MEP Firm
CAD Shack
MAY 25, 2011
BIM Lawsuit goes after MEP Firm. I came across this article recently in Architectural Record regarding a lawsuit in which the contractor used BIM against the design team and won. Labels: BIM. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine.
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40 CAD Shack: Quantifying BIM in AUGI World
CAD Shack
NOVEMBER 29, 2010
Quantifying BIM in AUGI World. Check out my article in AUGIWorld magazine on Quantifying BIM. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. CAD Shack VIPs. IFC-BIM Exchange Forum. BIM Board of Omaha. CAD Shack Blog Buddies.
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CAD Shack: The New Nightmare 20 Years later
CAD Shack
JULY 11, 2012
Labels: BIM , Neat-O , Rant , Resources , Revit. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. CAD Shack VIPs. IFC-BIM Exchange Forum. BIM Board of Omaha. CAD Shack Blog Buddies. RobiNZ CAD Blog. The MEP CAD Engineer.
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CAD Shack: Overriding Dimensions in Revit
CAD Shack
DECEMBER 25, 2011
I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. CAD Shack VIPs. IFC-BIM Exchange Forum. BIM Board of Omaha. CAD Shack Blog Buddies. RobiNZ CAD Blog. The MEP CAD Engineer. Whos afraid of the Big Bad BIM? BIM Manager.
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AIA, CSI, and NIBS publish updated national CAD standard, includes new BIM module
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
The nation’s leading computer-aided design (CAD) standard has been updated. The American Institute of Architects (AIA), Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) and National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) released the newest edition of the United States National CAD Standard (NCS). read more.
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CAD Shack: Happy 7th Birthday to CAD Shack
CAD Shack
DECEMBER 19, 2011
Happy 7th Birthday to CAD Shack. 7 years today I got frustrated with an editor that changed an article of mine, and I started the CAD Shack Blog so I could write what ever I wanted, when I wanted. CAD Shack, always keep thinking that way., CAD Shack VIPs. IFC-BIM Exchange Forum. BIM Board of Omaha.
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Behind the Build: Interview with Don Juan De Guzman, BIM Director at Silicon Valley Mechanical
Autodesk Construction Cloud
APRIL 20, 2023
As Building Information Modeling Director at Silicon Valley Mechanical , Don looks after all things BIM at the company. We touched on several topics, including creating an empowering work environment, the evolution of BIM in construction, and the challenges that technology helps overcome. That’s one of my biggest frustrations.
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Are CAD/BIM software developers/suppliers acting too smug?
DebunkTheBIM
MARCH 13, 2011
I managed to create an impression of fighting a war with all CAD/BIM related software developers/suppliers. I wrote about this before, somehow everyone missed it: My problem with software suppliers in CAD/BIM field is largely with what they do not DO, given the responsibility they have found themselves burdened with.
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Innovative Approaches to Industrial Construction Project Management
Construction Marketing
APRIL 11, 2023
Incorporate the Latest Project Management Software Computer-animated design (CAD) technology revolutionized design when it was introduced decades ago. Modern projects are incorporating building information management (BIM) software. Many industrial project managers have probably been using BIM software for a while.
New Version of National CAD Standard Features a Slew of Enhancements
Construction Dive
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
There is a veritable laundry list of new features included in the latest version of the national standard for computer-aided design (CAD) -- a standard intended to help architects, constructors, and operators coordinate efforts by classifying electronic design data consistently and making information retrieval easier.
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CAD Shack: National BIM Standard Needs Help
CAD Shack
FEBRUARY 15, 2011
National BIM Standard Needs Help. The building SMART alliance is asking for help from its members to form what I hope will be the meat of the National BIM Standard. Labels: BIM , Rant , Resources. I seriously don't mean to dig here because I believe in BIM standards, but it would be cool if we could just get it done.
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DebunkTheBIM: The Abu Dhabi Municipality is asking for CAD files.
DebunkTheBIM
JANUARY 18, 2012
I consider myself to be a model-based construction information practitioner (shortened to a ‘BIM- meddler’) rather than an ‘expert’ or even ‘specialist’ Wednesday, January 18, 2012. The Abu Dhabi Municipality is asking for CAD files from applicants of building permits. at 8:45 AM. ► February.
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The inverted (alternative) BIM triangle
DebunkTheBIM
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
So, when I first saw the illustration, I thought that it was meant to be describing the development of BIM from a set level in time to a much higher level over time. It included CAD too, so I assumed the start-time was that of the emergence of CAD and related to ‘real (actual) time’.
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63 CAD Shack: CAD Works Content Browser
CAD Shack
JUNE 10, 2010
CAD Works Content Browser. Im grumpy because I want a Bell and Gossett Revit family quick and I do not want to install CAD Works Revit add on to get it. This may mean that I am old and set in my ways, and I should just get over the fact that I need to install CAD Works Content Browser to get this family. CAD Shack VIPs.
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U.K. National BIM Survey Released 2012 – BIM in UK as Confusing as in the US?
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 8, 2012
Latest BIM Adoption Figures for the UK. Highlights: BIM Awareness. Organizational Use of CAD. Attitudes towards BIM. 78% agree the BIM is the future of project information, though how that future will look is uncertain, with 4 out of 5 agreeing that the industry is not yet clear enough of what BIM actually is.
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CAD Shack: Revit LT - Hootenanny!
CAD Shack
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. CAD Shack VIPs. IFC-BIM Exchange Forum. BIM Board of Omaha. CAD Shack Blog Buddies. RobiNZ CAD Blog. The MEP CAD Engineer. Whos afraid of the Big Bad BIM? BIM Manager.
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40 CAD Shack: New Favorite Error
CAD Shack
AUGUST 17, 2012
I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. CAD Shack VIPs. IFC-BIM Exchange Forum. BIM Board of Omaha. CAD Shack Blog Buddies. RobiNZ CAD Blog. The MEP CAD Engineer. Whos afraid of the Big Bad BIM? BIM Manager.
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CAD Shack: Update to my CAD Work Content Browser Post
CAD Shack
JUNE 23, 2010
Update to my CAD Work Content Browser Post. I recently posted about the CAD Works Content Browser , see that article by clicking here. I got some great feed back from the folks at CAD works. Below is an excerpt from an email I received from Joel Karr a BIM Software Architect at CAD Works. CAD Shack VIPs.
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CAD Shack: East Coast CAD Kicks it up a Notch
CAD Shack
DECEMBER 10, 2010
East Coast CAD Kicks it up a Notch. East Coast CAD has had Fabrication for AutoCAD MEP software for years, but it added MEP Fabrication Version 1.0 See East Coast CAD announcement here. See East Coast CAD announcement here. Labels: BIM , Neat-O , Resources , Revit MEP. CAD Shack VIPs. IFC-BIM Exchange Forum.
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40 CAD Shack: Speed Up Cropping
CAD Shack
AUGUST 15, 2011
I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. CAD Shack VIPs. IFC-BIM Exchange Forum. BIM Board of Omaha. CAD Shack Blog Buddies. RobiNZ CAD Blog. The MEP CAD Engineer. Whos afraid of the Big Bad BIM? BIM Manager.
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CAD Shack
JUNE 7, 2011
As the Founder and President of the BIM Board of Omaha (commonly known as BIMbo), Imagine my surprise this morning when reading Zach Krons blog Buildz and seeing the image below. I shouldnt blame anyone but myself for naming a progressive group of BIM enthusiasts looking to push the envelope such a clever and humorous name. at 7:50 AM.
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When a BIM-mer looks for a new job.
DebunkTheBIM
DECEMBER 5, 2012
It is not the same for a BIM-mer to look for a new job, as it is for an architect, for example. Yes, it is easier in a way, BIM-mers are ‘doers’ – can earn their keep even in the toughest of times, while architects. Same goes for an engineer, a CAD-die, a construction manager, QS, almost anyone working in the AEC. One by one.
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“BIM is struggling in USA” The Role of BIM Minions in spoiling the Global BIM initiative’s potential to succeed
DebunkTheBIM
JANUARY 9, 2015
“BIM is struggling in USA” is the title of an article by Mr. Iftikhar A. Nowadays, I rarely react to such obvious BIM-baits as this, LinkedIn promoted article appeared to be – still, the blatant generalisation the title implied enticed me to read it. Gaur addressed the wider BIM community with a request: “I am interested in BIM.
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CAD Shack: Rotating While Worksharing
CAD Shack
SEPTEMBER 3, 2011
I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. CAD Shack VIPs. IFC-BIM Exchange Forum. BIM Board of Omaha. CAD Shack Blog Buddies. RobiNZ CAD Blog. The MEP CAD Engineer. Whos afraid of the Big Bad BIM? BIM Manager.
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45 CAD Shack: What's New Revit MEP 2013?
CAD Shack
MAY 3, 2012
I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. CAD Shack VIPs. IFC-BIM Exchange Forum. BIM Board of Omaha. CAD Shack Blog Buddies. RobiNZ CAD Blog. The MEP CAD Engineer. Whos afraid of the Big Bad BIM? BIM Manager.
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CAD Shack: Revit 2012 Family Standards
CAD Shack
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
Shawn Zirbes is the Chief Technical Officer for Integrated Content Solutions and CAD Technology Center. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. CAD Shack VIPs. IFC-BIM Exchange Forum. BIM Board of Omaha. CAD Shack Blog Buddies.
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The measure of a BIM infiltration coefficient for a BIM-active entity
DebunkTheBIM
APRIL 10, 2014
I’ve been taking it easy with BIM lately. One can say, I got totally BIM-med out over it, an unhappy culmination of two decades of vigorously pursuing an elusive professional target with at best- mixed results. I now got myself a job that has nothing to do with BIM. I now got myself a job that has nothing to do with BIM.
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59 CAD Shack: The Most Excellent Revit Template
CAD Shack
AUGUST 9, 2012
I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. CAD Shack VIPs. IFC-BIM Exchange Forum. BIM Board of Omaha. CAD Shack Blog Buddies. RobiNZ CAD Blog. The MEP CAD Engineer. Whos afraid of the Big Bad BIM? BIM Manager.
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CAD Shack
NOVEMBER 9, 2009
Some weeks back I was planning on having lunch with a CAD/BIM manager from a competing firm HDR. I spent quite a bit of time at his firm consulting, and we still like to get together to discuss CAD and BIM issues. The BIM Board of Omaha. Labels: BIM , How To , Rant , Resources , Revit. CAD Shack VIPs.
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