Each advancement in the progression of design and construction technologies has pushed the other forward, creating a dynamic interplay that has significantly shaped the industry.
Examining the ways collaboration is essential to widespread BIM adoption - from competitors working as collaborators to the embrace of new data standards.
Many states are already moving to approve models as the official engineering document of record. What is the impact on bidding, construction, and inspection?
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a concept reaching near ubiquity in the construction industry, with organizations like the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)promoting the use of BIM for Infrastructure and BIM for Bridges to their member agencies.
Before we can understand the hype about IFC and why it’s important, we must first understand the context of digital information exchange within the built environment.