Tag: BIM
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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…
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The BIM Quality Problem: What’s Broken and How We Can Fix It
I’ve discussed BIM quality with contractors, quantity surveyors, and software developers. Invariably, they complain about the quality of BIM models they receive, especially from architects. If we want to automate digital workflows, the information quality of models is critical and should be ensured to a much higher standard than it is today. Poor Modeling Is…
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Beyond BIM: Building Empathy in AEC
Construction focuses on the most tangible and physical aspects of our environment. Yet, it is often described as a people-oriented business. If people are essential, psychology should be as important a research area as building information modeling or AI. Still, we mainly discuss technology, design, regulations, or financials at construction meetups. A delightful exception to…
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Incorrect asbestos records: ‘BIM as a basic approach would have averted this issue’
A selection of readers’ comments about news and issues in the industry from across the CIOB community and social media. The Housing Ombudsman found inconsistencies in One Housing’s asbestos data Hundreds of incorrect asbestos records found at housing association Sadly, it’s not uncommon to hear of poor information management leading to this and similar disasters.…
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From Risk to Reliability with Solibri’s Cloud-Based BIM Model Validation
BIM quality assurance is essential for designers, contractors, and owners. For over 25 years, Solibri has been dedicated to ensuring model quality within open standards. It now offers the world’s leading model checker in the cloud for both Revit and OpenBIM. Errors in design data that go unnoticed until construction or handover create considerable extra…
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Can BIM Models Become 95% Smaller?
When I started my computer-aided design journey in the 1980s, we could do amazing things with software and hardware that now seem ridiculously underpowered. Today, we have thousands of times more computational resources, but not enough for BIM, as many feel. I talked with Antonio González Viegas last Friday about this dilemma and what he…