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Stay Home Learn BIM: week 3 – Be wary of the Bully BIM! (bonus Easter Egg Hunt)

DebunkTheBIM

There is one type of BIM, that I call the Bully BIM. It is a bit of a ‘below-the-belt punch’ kind of BIM approach. Those reports shoot the entire BIM movement in its foot and make building modelling as a field look dumb. It is called ‘Clash Detection’. At its essence, it is a well-intended concept. And it doesn’t.

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The tale of two BIM-stillborns and the relativity of time in developing global BIM to a useful level

DebunkTheBIM

Many based on and around BIM. This time thing, that we were doing things 10+ (If not 20) years ago that others nowadays call new and revolutionary brings me to the topic I really wanted to write about, and that is ‘how important time is (or is not) in getting BIM really working within this industry?’ Nothing less.

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Making Sense of the Construction Tax Landscape

Viewpoint Construction Technology

The complimentary Viewpoint Tax Symposium featured keynote presentations from leading construction tax experts – including Moss Adams, LLP , Marcum LLC and BRAYN Consulting. A Tax Review. In the kickoff event, held Feb. 5 in San Francisco. Tax incentives for research and design can help construction companies to continue to innovate.

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don't think: Do Revit: AEC Media Day: Update 2 - BIM 360

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AEC Media Day: Update 2 - BIM 360. For Autodesk BIM 360 is focused on providing a robust set of collaboration and coordination tools that help all the stakeholders in a building project share and "see" all the data related to a project and provide a scalable, enterprise quality set of products that are secure and easy to use.

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Revit Beginners: A builder's perspective on BIM

Revit Beginners

A builders perspective on BIM. Contractors are starting to take a serious look at the BIM movement. If youre curious about what theyre up to (bim) x is a new blog with a focus on BIM for contractors. National BIM Standards. GSA BIM Resource. BIM & BEAM. BIM Videos. Revit Zone.

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DebunkTheBIM: Have you got any idea how silly you look and sound?

DebunkTheBIM

I consider myself to be a model-based construction information practitioner (shortened to a ‘BIM- meddler’) rather than an ‘expert’ or even ‘specialist’ Saturday, May 19, 2012. …as you try nonchalantly to bluff yourself through the maze of BIM related questions around the boardroom table?

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Revit Beginners: BIMtionary

Revit Beginners

His posts include tiers of BIM Implementation and a Revit Implementation Checklist. National BIM Standards. GSA BIM Resource. BIM & BEAM. BIM Videos. Revit Zone. All Things BIM. CAD vs BIM. HOK Green BIM. Find Consultants. Other BIM Software. BIM Conferences.

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