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2015 BIM Experience Survey - Preliminary Results

Construction Dive

Building information modeling (BIM) is a controversial topic. BIM champions have been extolling its virtues of design efficiency, construction cost and time savings, and maintenance economies for owners. Yet BIM has not become as widely used as expected in the United States. Read more.'

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Why It’s Time for Contractors to Adopt Collaborative BIM

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Building Information Modeling (BIM) isn’t a new concept in construction. Many contractors have been using this 3D design method for years now to improve collaboration, often with impressive results for efficiency and ROI. Meanwhile, a quarter of companies only have one or two employees trained in BIM.

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Is a BIM Mandate Coming to the US?

Viewpoint Construction Technology

As we discussed in a recent blog post , the JBKnowledge 2017 Construction Technology report found that building information modeling (BIM) adoption in the United States has been fairly slow, with only 27 percent of construction companies having a BIM department. So will the United States ever have a BIM mandate?

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An Snapshot of International BIM Status and Goals

Building Information Management

Requires IFC BIM in its projects and intends to have integrated model-based operation in future. Standard: Collaborative production of architectural, engineering and construction information. Mandatory BIM for government projects. Requires IFC BIM for new buildings. 3 BIM pilot projects running.

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Enhance Your Mobile Tech Strategy with the ACC App (Previously PlanGrid Build) 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

That’s why we’re thrilled to announce that the PlanGrid Build mobile app is now Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC)! We estimate global infrastructure investment needs to be $94 trillion between 2016 and 2040. In addition to making information simpler to find, this helps reduce rework from having inaccurate or outdated data.

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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.

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Reality capture, BIM and AI – Imerso, XYZ Reality and PointFuse

Extranet Evolution

Nemetschek has led a financing round for Norway’s Imerso, whose platform combines reality capture, AI and BIM – areas also targeted by UK players XYZ Reality and PointFuse. Imerso’s cloud-based platform automatically analyses the captured 3D scan data against the plan in BIM.