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How BIM Helps General Contractors Win More Business

Construction Business Owner

How BIM Helps General Contractors Win More Business. One technology in particular—building information modeling (BIM)—is leading the way. BIM is an intelligent, 3D model-based process that helps general contractors become more accurate and efficient. Why BIM Is the Key to Staying Competitive With Owners. Greg Ragsdale.

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30+ Construction Industry Statistics for EMEA

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Construction industry statistics and data are increasingly important as they help accelerate decision-making on and off the construction site. And while project data is ideal for decisions in the present, relevant industry statistics can light a path in the dark for future decisions. See statistics by topic: General Outlook.

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How BIM, Robotics and 3-D Printing Will Improve Efficiencies on the Jobsite

Construction Business Owner

Department of Commerce and the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the industry is less productive than it was in the 1960s. Multiple sources have documented that overall productivity in the construction industry has decreased throughout the last few decades. Despite all the tools and electronics on jobsites today, data from the U.S.

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A Relationship-based Approach to Sustainable Facilities Management

Job Order Contracting

BIM Model Integration, Information Viewing/Access. Quantitative Performance Metrics/Reporting & Statistics. While the below list looks impossible to achieve, it’s really not. Reach out to see how… Proven Cost Control Solution. Activity Dashboard. Asset/Component Management. Automated Estimate Comparison. Bid Management.

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100+ Construction Industry Statistics

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Construction industry statistics and data are playing an increasingly important role in the building sector. Below, we’ll provide you with all the important construction industry statistics you need to understand the current state of affairs. Workforce Statistics. Undoubtedly, the construction industry is very complex.

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DebunkTheBIM: A BIM traitor or the Devil's BIM advocate?

DebunkTheBIM

I consider myself to be a model-based construction information practitioner (shortened to a ‘BIM- meddler’) rather than an ‘expert’ or even ‘specialist’ Wednesday, June 27, 2012. A BIM traitor or the Devil’s BIM advocate? We see BIM. Apples for apples? A fruit salad, maybe.

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Today’s Global BIM is in worse shape than the one we started off 20 years ago (Note to myself: Brace for hate-mail)

DebunkTheBIM

‘What is BIM?’ – is probably the most off-putting intro question to anyone listening to a BIM presentation that a speaker can pull up, yet it comes up time after time at BIM conferences and lectures. I used to like the word ‘approach’ for it, being a ‘language’, ‘a set of tools and processes’.

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