BIM has been paying off for AE firm NELSON. “Once a team becomes proficient in the BIM process, we see better margins for projects completed in Revit,” says John “Ozzie” Nelson, Jr., President/CEO.

An unfortunate fact of the architecture and engineering professions and the construction industry is that, between every stage of the process—from planning and design to construction and ...

Building information modeling (BIM) technology represents a massive shift in the architecture, engineering and construction sectors. Designed to visualize data and streamline building projects, it ...

BIM, as shown in the illustrations above and below, covers geometry, spatial relationships, geographic information, quantities, and properties of building components. BIM can be used to demonstrate ...

For many of us who have participated in the rapid growth of BIM, It is tempting to see it as just one more technology development in the project delivery process, but its real impact is quickly ...

Adaptive reuse has long been an attractive alternative to new construction in gridlocked regions, as a way to bring life back into a defunct area or to optimize the operational and commercial ...

According to a story by Geospatial World, BIM can improve safety on the job site. For construction companies to keep workers as safe as possible, technology like building information modeling (BIM) ...

After decades of slow productivity growth, the building and construction industry is ready for major developments thanks to digital technology. The simulation of design and all its complexities is ...

The Autodesk BIM 360 Layout mobile app connects Building Information Modeling (BIM) to the construction layout process using BIM 360 cloud service. The app and BIM 360 web service streamline the ...

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 ...