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 ...

Daptve leads in product design and engineering, offering product development, 3D scanning, and Scan to BIM for ...

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 ...

FIRSTLY, I would like to personally thank all our colleagues and building information model (BIM) enthusiasts who read and noticed my article published last Sept. 28, 2021 titled "BIM adaption for the ...