“The Whole Building Design Guide (www.wbdg.org) in cooperation with the buidingSMART Alliance and the National BIM Standard Project Committee is pleased to introduce a new section on Building Information Modeling. These pages will explore BIM concepts and link to BIM-associated initiatives, publications and events.”
One of the interesting pages on the WBDG site is the [...]
With the completion of the National BIM Conference on May 20-22, 2008 in Anaheim, California, they have posted some of the presentations that were given. They are still posting some of them, so you may want to check back every so often.
http://www.buildingsmartalliance.org/news/presentations.php
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A Clue: [...]
The latest release of JBIM is out…
The National BIM Standard of The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) is pleased to announce the second issue of the Journal of Building Information Modeling, an essential information source on business, standards and technical issues related to BIM. This publication is part of our continued effort with Matrix [...]
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Finally - someone is publishing information about how much BIM is being used.
This is from the Interoperability in the Construction Industry SmartMarket Report - a 36-page printed report (available as hard copy or FREE PDF) that reviews the results of research conducted by McGraw-Hill Construction Analytics during late-Spring 2007.
This is from a very [...]
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Bentley BIM Approach/Features Preferred Over Revit 58 to 38 Percent in BIM Survey
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I was part of the press conference where they annonced some of the results.
“A quantitative analysis of the recent BIM survey showed that 58 percent of building professionals preferred the approach and features of Bentley BIM solutions while 38 percent [...]
Here is some very interesting news… Autodesk rocks the BIM world again…
Acquisition to Enable Construction, Plant Design and Marine Design Customers to Leverage Building Information Modeling and Digital Prototypes for Increased Productivity and Collaboration
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., May 31 - Autodesk, Inc. today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire NavisWorks, a privately-held [...]
My final installment on the BE Conference 2007 in Los Angeles
The conference comes to a close and ti was quite a training event. Learning everywhere you turn. The Platform Team did the Wednesday keynotes and discussed the two platforms that the firm was focused on: Microstation and ProjectWise.
ProjectWise includes Navigator, StartPoint and [...]
Another packed day…
First I heard from the Bentley BIM team on how BIM is changing the industry and how we can all tap into this movement or get left behind. Client demands and competition among architects to gain a leg up have impacted us.
Then it was on to some training in Bentley Architecture. [...]
Day One of the Bentley conference comes to a close. There were many classes to choose from today and many ways to get more info.
Bentley Architecture for Users Part I
Bentley Architecture for Users Part II
Well managed information in distributed teams - for CAD Managers
BIM Based Integrated Practice
The ProjectWise Experience
Much more expected tomorrow - but [...]
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