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5 Ways BIM Can Help You Reach LEED Certification

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Green Building Council released data showing that global green building continues to double every three years. As the leading benchmark in green building, LEED-certified projects are resource-efficient and save money. Tracking LEED credits in BIM can help a project reach its goals. Viewpoint’s LEED Gold certified U.S.

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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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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.

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The New Competitive Advantage: A Business Case for Sustainable Construction 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Going green pays off for today’s building owners. Buildings that implement green or sustainable practices typically see lower energy costs. ” But beyond benefits for owners, green construction practices can reap significant rewards for contractors. What is their culture like?”

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The lifecycle of a detail – BIM and butterflies

DebunkTheBIM

And to do this using a description of the lifecycle of a (fairly) typical construction detail. You can bring in the ‘magic painters’ that will paint the dots on the butterfly early in, but with little use, if your caterpillar is still merrily chewing on the green leaves.

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How Autodesk Docs Underpins Whole City Builds

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Not only will the city benefit from integrated 5G services such as smart irrigation, smart waste management and smart lighting for the whole city, it will also use clean energy and offer smart green transportation. We’re using Autodesk Docs as our main document management system for submission reviews and so on.

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A red rag to the BIM bull?

DebunkTheBIM

Remember my post on colours in BIM? Colours are everywhere and their impact on us shouldn’t be under-estimated. Even without a lot of scientific knowledge on the subject we ‘know’ (from some personal experience) that colours can affect our mood, make us work well or feel tired, calm down or irritate ‘up’. Smart colour coding?

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