Kimon Onuma, founder of Onuma, a cloud-based BIM provider, points out a broader issue: Most of the exchanges being defined are based on exporting a file from one tool—in a format such as IFC—and then ...

Join us from 11am on Tuesday 1 December as we discuss the topic of BIM Interoperability with a panel of industry experts. Interoperability is crucial in BIM to ensure that project teams are able to ...

ROCKVILLE, Md. - The Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) announced that it has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National ...

Building information modeling (BIM) standards, objects, software and more will be the focus of the National BIM Conference sponsored by the buildingSMART alliance and AEC Science and Technology. The ...

Over the last several years, owners have begun to grasp that BIM can deliver more than just 3D models and better trade coordination. As a result, many organizations now require BIM data deliverables ...

Although globally there are numerous case studies that demonstrate the value of BIM implementation, an organisation will only really appreciate the full extent of the inherent benefits of BIM when it ...

According to the Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz), GCC countries are on track to spend $137.4bn between 2011 and 2020 just on new road and railway projects. Productivity in the construction industry ...

Experts say version two of the nation's first consensus standard for the setup and exchange of building information models advances the use of BIM by providing a road map and common language for model ...