Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas award recognizes use of BIM to convert healthplex into licensed acute care hospital. The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of the Carolinas recognized the WakeMed North Family Health & Women's…
Trimble to Acquire Building Data to Expand Constructible Model and BIM Content Offering for Construction
LAS VEGAS - Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Building Data based in Rocklin,…
Safety Still First! BIM Takes Rule No. 1 to the Next Level
By John Turner As the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry evolves, with new technologies leap-frogging our capabilities forward…
Better BIM: Laser Scanning Improves Accuracy and Speed in Onsite Data Acquisition
By Chew Beow Kwan Building information modeling (BIM) first came about in the 1970s, but its methods have been refined considerably since then. Widely used by city planners, architects and civil engineers today, BIM enables stakeholders to better make high-impact…
IoT Paves Its Way Into Commercial Construction
Have you ever sat in a meeting and suddenly wondered if you closed your garage door in the morning? It tends to leave you in a bit of a panic, making it difficult to concentrate on the task at hand. Those days are long gone since the introduction of the…
BIM Processes Are Impossible to Ignore
The adoption of building information modeling (BIM) technologies across all architectural and engineering project types worldwide has reached an inflection point. Implementing BIM advancements is now vital for remaining competitive. This interview with Harry…
Rethinking Rail Signal Design
Global consulting engineering firm Hatch Mott MacDonald had used a conventional CAD-based system to design rail signal systems when serving its public and private clients around the world. However, this approach had serious limitations in an industry where…
Managing the Model: Why Do A/E Firms Hate BIM?
It’s possible that “hate” in this column’s title is too strong a sentiment—perhaps “have indifference toward BIM” is more appropriate. I spend a lot of time talking to owners and department managers at A/E firms, and a common chorus I repeatedly…
Repurposing Buildings and Urban Infrastructure for a Smarter City
The smart city has many emerging definitions and the concept is touted to be the one, that will shape cities of future. All ‘smart city’ definitions encompass the idea of a sustainable, livable, intelligent and green city with continued economic growth…
Structural Solutions: The State of the Engineer Address
Adversities and challenges, particularly when they don’t end well, provide the opportunity to reflect on decisions and figure out what happened. Governments have “state of the union” addresses that explain perceived difficulties in the market as well…
