Structural engineers are using building information modeling in greater numbers, according to a recent survey. Yet few firms report that they are sharing BIMs with contractors. Two-thirds of the ...

Athird of the engineers surveyed in recent market research on building information modeling say they get a negative return on BIM investments; a fifth say they break even. The perceived return on ...

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.

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) ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

Two construction science professors have received an industry grant to apply building information modelling (BIM) to a real-world project in San Antonio, TX. While most faculty at Texas A&M University ...

With capital construction projects growing more complex and schedule pressure intensifying, owners and builders are demanding ...

Features of BIM software – including visualisation, clash detection, coordination, and quantity take-offs - combine to improve project outcomes, reduce risks, and enhance collaboration among project ...

You would have had to be living under a rock or in a coma not to have heard about building information modelling (BIM) if you work in construction. When Dubai Municipality became the first public ...