Tag: BIM
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Future of Commercial Renovation: Why BIM and Point Cloud Stay
Commercial renovation projects are no longer just about tearing down walls and adding new finishes. In 2025, the construction industry faces increasing demands for speed, accuracy, and cost efficiency. Owners and contractors alike seek methods that reduce errors, avoid costly rework, and enable seamless collaboration. Two technologies—Point Cloud data and Building Information Modeling (BIM)—are leading…
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From Fluff to Framework: Finland’s MEP BIM Revolution
As I’ve written previously, Finland will start implementing BIM-based building permitting in 2026. The national RAVA3pro project laid the groundwork for the new process by creating the necessary IFC data definitions for BIM models, including those for building services. A recent article in the Finnish Building Services Magazine (Talotekniikkalehti) featured the groundbreaking work of Markus…
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From BIM to BMI: What AEC Leaders Are Overlooking in the AI Era
Gulnaz Aksenova recently shared with me a research paper that discusses business model innovation (BMI) in AEC consultancies in the age of AI. She and co-author Rich Synott CEng FICE refer to several timely studies and examine why and how BMI is necessary to achieve a competitive advantage through the use of AI. Boosting efficiency…
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From BIM to Building: Finland’s Push to Digitalize the Construction Supply Chain
The way the construction industry manages product data throughout a project’s lifecycle is far from lean. The process involves manual re-entry at each step and repeated quantity takeoffs using the same data by designers, contractors, and manufacturers. We could prevent this costly and unnecessary work by systematically managing product data. At the May 20 Round…
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Making BIM Data Actionable with Knowledge Graphs
BIM has long been promoted as the central digital representation of a construction project, encompassing everything from geometry to schedules, costs, and specifications. That’s possible, but are there better alternatives? Even experienced BIM practitioners acknowledge that managing all design and product data within a modeling software is not feasible. Models become huge when trying to…
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Making BIM Data Actionable with Knowledge Graphs
BIM has long been promoted as the central digital representation of a construction project, encompassing everything from geometry to schedules, costs, and specifications. That’s possible, but are there better alternatives? Even experienced BIM practitioners acknowledge that managing all design and product data within a modeling software is not feasible. Models become huge when trying to…
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BIM, Email, and AI: Rethinking Project Information Management
In this episode of the AI AEC Show by AEC Business, I sat down with Carl Veillette, Chief Product Officer at Newforma. With a career that began in architecture and evolved into co-founding BIM Track, followed by joining Newforma, Carl brings a unique perspective on how the industry can better manage the explosion of construction…
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From Bids to Build: How Contractors Can Win with BIM
I recently spoke with the CEO of a mechanical contractor and asked whether their installation teams are already using BIM models. “Every day,” he responded. “They want to check the placement of ducts and other components on a 3D model before starting the installation.” That’s just one example of how Building Information Modeling impacts construction…
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BIM in brief 9.5.25: DCW reveals main stage speakers
A round-up of BIM, information management and digital construction stories you might have missed in the past month, including the reveal of the main stage speakers at Digital Construction Week. DCW: big names, big issues on the main stage Digital Construction Week has revealed the 14 speaker sessions on its main stage with big names…
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Skema.ai: Reimagining BIM with Reusable Intelligence
Welcome to another edition of the AI AEC Show! In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Marty Rozmanith, Co-founder and CTO of Skema.ai. Marty is an authority on AEC tech; he was instrumental in the development of Revit and now leads the charge at Skema, the company behind what they call the…