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Essential BIM Terminology

Viewpoint Construction Technology

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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Kieran Timberlake, PE International develop BIM tool for green building life cycle assessment

BD+C

Kieran Timberlake and PE International have developed Tally , a new analysis tool to help BIM users keep better score of their projects’ complete environmental footprints. Standards Codes and Standards'

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BIM, Value Management, Life-cycle Cost Management

Building Information Management

BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Unfortunately, too much emphasis has been placed upon 3-D visualization and other technology components vs. the process of life-cycle management. Consequently, the need for value management emerges. INTRODUCTION.

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” Evidence-based ” Life-cycle Federal Facility Management, BIM, and the Status Quo – NIBS, FFC

Building Information Management

Key Topics / Take Aways: Identify and advance technologies, processes, and management practices that improve the performance of federal facilities over their entire life-cycle, from planning to disposal. Requirements for facility life-cycle management, efficient repair/maintenance/sustainability, BIM.

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The Reasons BIM is Going Nowhere Fast

Building Information Management

Department of Energy, the Institute and others should encourage cities and smaller communities to adopt and enforce updated model codes. Government should develop incentives for state and local governments to require water metering of all buildings and to adopt and enforce comprehensive “green” building or plumbing codes.

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Metrics for BIM – Total Cost of Ownership and Facility Life-cycle Management

Building Information Management

BIM Metrics. If you think the value of BIM is in pretty 3D pictures, don’t both to read the attached article… there is too much for you to learn. Remember… “you can’t manage what you don’t measure.” ” Metrics/Cost Models. ??

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Enabling real-time collaboration in Egyptian construction

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Not only that, but the fact that there are no conflicts between different versions being worked on by different teams also saves huge amounts of time, stress and rework, says Ahmed Nafea, Building Information Modelling (BIM) manager in Polar Management, the project management arm of Redcon.