Tag: BIM
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From BIM to Site: A Digital Chain for Takt Production
How do you measure the performance of a takt construction project? That was one of the research themes presented at the Building 2030 summer seminar in Espoo, Finland. The Finnish Building 2030 consortium held its summer seminar last Thursday and Friday. The event was the culmination of Building 2030 Week, which my company had helped…
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BIM gains ground in the Republic of Ireland
The BIM mandate is being phased in over four years in the Republic of Ireland. From January 2024, it applied to the design team on projects worth more than €100m. A year later, it was extended to contractors and the supply chain on projects worth more than €100m and to the design team on projects…
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USACE Buffalo district commits to BIM across construction projects
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: As the federal government pushes for greater technology adoption in the permitting process, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District has implemented building information modeling across its design and construction projects, according to an…
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New Automated Model Simplification Method for BIM
The Franco-German software manufacturer CoreTechnologie (CT) presents a new methodology for the automated simplification and conversion of 3D models in the Building Information Modeling (BIM) process. The current version of the 3D_Evolution Simplifier conversion tool significantly enhances performance in the project development process. Planners, designers and engineers in the fields of architecture, construction, mechanical engineering…
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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…