Before the advent of computer aided design (CAD) systems to coordinate building designs, hand-drafted prints were the standard. As the advantages of using CAD systems became better understood and ...

In today's fast-paced competitive construction market, it's no longer enough to execute a project in the real world of girders, sheet metal, pipe, and racks. These days, requests for proposals (RFPs) ...

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a phrase currently being thrown around the construction industry a lot. You might have heard it, but you might not know what it ...

Building Information Manufacturing (BIM) technology is most commonly used for planning and designing infrastructure, but companies are using it for another area that all construction firms deal with: ...

Getting BIM models to the field on mobile platforms has hit some speed bumps in the past, but a new BIM viewer from Procore is the latest attempt to put full 3D building models in the hands of site ...

Building Information Modeling (BIM) offers a novel approach to design, construction, and facility management in which a digital representation of the building product and process is used to facilitate ...

Three-dimensional information, such as that provided by building information modeling, allows all members of the Building Team to visualize the many components of a project and how they work together.

BIM could throw up all kinds of legal issues around liability when a project goes wrong. A clear implementation plan is needed from the outset Last year Building briefly reported on the first claim to ...