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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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State of the Art in BIM Execution Plans and the CD-BIM

BIM & Beam

This session will present the new National Institute of Steel Detailers (NISD) curriculum for the Certificate of Development in Building Information Modeling (CD-BIM) and the program's sample BIM Execution Plan. The curriculum is geared toward students as well as seasoned professionals new to BIM. Time: 2:00 - 3:00pm ET.

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Bentley’s inaugural Chief Donald J. Burns Memorial Research Grant awarded to University of Texas Group

BD+C

Burns Research Grant for 2012 has been awarded on its behalf to Dr. Ofodike Ezekoye and Austin Anderson, of the University of Texas Fire Research Group (UTFRG), by the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) Scientific and Educational Foundation.

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Our Top 10 Construction Blogs from 2022

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Check out this blog to learn more about upcoming and ongoing projects like Sound Transit 3 in Seattle, Washington, the Texas Central Project, and others. . BIM Demystified: How to Make BIM an Every-team Tool. In fact, fewer than half of all construction firms use BIM in the field, which is something that should be addressed.

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BIM-in-The-Cloud Has New Competition With Newforma | ENR.

ENR Construction

ENR Texas & Louisiana. BIM-in-The-Cloud Has New Competition With Newforma. Autodesks Acquisition of Vela Systems Puts Mobile BIM On Fast Track. -- Advertising --. This is a major trend in project delivery: deploying platforms that achieve true BIM-in-the-cloud functionality, including generative capacity, he says.

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4BT’s Best Value Job Order Contracting Solution

Job Order Contracting

Our team members are located across the United States, including California, Arizona, Texas, Midwest, Southeast, and the Northeast. Cost data was truly reflective of local market conditions, by locally researching all construction labor, material, and equipment costs. 4BT’s business location is Houston, TX.

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Projecting the future:BIM Focus on Images? Legalities?

Carol Hagen

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the hottest construction tool and has been embraced by General Contractors, Mechanical Contractors Architects, etc. ConsensusDocs has addressed BIM extensively in their contract documents and large scale complex projects certainly are reaping the rewards of BIM everyday.

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