When I hear a great performance by a world class orchestra, I find myself in awe of the musicians’ precision and the resulting music. However, though it appears flawless to an unsophisticated listener ...

For 20 years, contractors and architects have been increasing their use of building information modeling to reduce conflicts, provide comprehensive material takeoffs and deliver beautiful 3D ...

The demand for BIM-based projects in the region is growing, but how is the industry ensuring that its workforce is up to speed with the technology involved? The irrepressible march of Building ...

Today’s complex MEP systems require new methods of delivery. iTech’s MEP BIM manager Charles Blaschke explains how BIM can solve these problems and demonstrates how iTech has used BIM on a large ...

Any sports fan can name players who, in one magnificent game or season, put their teams on their backs and carried them to victory. For many years, an analogous phenomenon has been played out in the ...

Like the weather, everyone in the AEC industry is talking about using BIM models for operations and maintenance, but no one—well, almost no one—is doing anything about it. That’s because there’s a ...

Like most heavy-duty BIM users, I experienced that “Eureka!” moment when I became a true believer in the power of this new technology. My epiphany came several years ago, during a nine-hour ...