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Building Information Modeling (BIM) Estimating Sustainability 
Construction Placements
JULY 11, 2025
Construction Estimating Services: The Complete Guide to Accurate Cost Estimation and Project Success in 2025 In today’s data-driven construction landscape, using reliable resources is key.
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UK Construction Blog
JUNE 24, 2025
New technologies like AI, BIM, and IoT are helping manage projects better by saving time, cutting costs, and reducing risks. Sustainability is also a big focus; new rules in the EU require all new buildings to be zero-emission by 2030. While green buildings cost more to build, they can cut long-term operating costs by up to 40%.
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How to Streamline Payment Applications & Lien Waivers Through Innovative Construction Technology
UK Construction Blog
JULY 15, 2025
Data reveals that 50-80% of construction site problems stem from missing or delayed information, creating cascading effects across entire project timelines. This connectivity ensures everyone works with current information, reducing misunderstandings and project delays. Communication breakdowns plague construction sites daily.
For Construction Pros
JULY 18, 2025
Concrete contractors have also been struggling with the pervasive challenge of data fragmentation and inconsistent information flow directly impacting field productivity and increasing costly reworks. This involves leveraging BIM (Building Information Modeling) for detailed concrete designs, connecting those models directly to the field.
Jonas Construction
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Legislation money from the CHIPs Act continues to encourage tech manufacturers to build facilities in the US. Sustainability is in the Spotlight Sustainability will also be a major part of the construction outlook in 2024. Similarly, the IRA Act is injecting money into various infrastructure projects. In the U.S.,
Construction Dive
JULY 21, 2025
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ENR Construction
JULY 3, 2025
Meanwhile, building contractors and the heavy/civil engineering sector both reported employment declines. July 3, 2025 Contractors added an estimated 15,000 jobs overall in June, marking constructions second-strongest monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics this year. Graphic by ENR Art Dept.
ENR Construction
JULY 10, 2025
AI “teammates” such as Jarvis act as personal assistants, centralizing communications, automating tasks such as ordering and delivering information on everything from delivery delays to facility shutdowns.
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ENR Construction
JUNE 13, 2025
investment while Volvo is adding part of a $261-million investment in Pennsylvania By Jeff Yoders Under its Building America plan, John Deere will invest $20 billion in U.S. build the aforementioned new excavator factory in Kernersville near its existing operations there at the former Deere-Hitachi joint venture; expand its Greeneville, Tenn.
ENR Construction
JULY 3, 2025
billion to build border security infrastructure. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the bill cuts $4.5 touts the budget reconciliation package from the House floor ahead of the 218-214 vote to pass the bill. touts the budget reconciliation package from the House floor ahead of the 218-214 vote to pass the bill.
ENR Construction
JULY 3, 2025
billion to build border security infrastructure. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the bill cuts $4.5 touts the budget reconciliation package from the House floor ahead of the 218-214 vote to pass the bill. touts the budget reconciliation package from the House floor ahead of the 218-214 vote to pass the bill.
ENR Construction
JULY 7, 2025
billion budget for the 2025 fiscal year includes $50 billion in “critical” projects such as building two new electrified tunnel tubes in Baltimore, said Jennifer Mitchell, executive vice president of strategy and planning. Speaking to the issue of megaprojects often exceeding cost and schedule estimates, Arthur V.
Civil + Structural Engineer
AUGUST 4, 2023
Transcend’s market-leading generative design software, the Transcend Design Generator (TDG), fully automates the conceptual and preliminary design of critical infrastructure assets, enabling asset owners to reduce design costs and timelines and prioritizes the incorporation of innovative and sustainable technologies.
Civil + Structural Engineer
MARCH 20, 2024
Enhancements and Further Open Standards Adoption Boost Collaboration Performance WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the introduction of 2024 versions of its Tekla ® software for constructible Building Information Modeling (BIM), structural engineering and steel fabrication management.
Autodesk Construction Cloud
DECEMBER 21, 2023
We don't always throw around the word "revolutionary," but building information modeling (BIM) has truly been that over the last few decades. At its core, BIM represents an all-encompassing strategy for creating and managing information about a built asset. What is a BIM dimension? What is 3D BIM?:
Building Information Management
OCTOBER 16, 2012
Information drives cost savings and higher efficiency. How and when we access information will forever alter day-to-day and strategic business practices for Owners, AEs, Contractors, SubContractors, Business Product Manufacturers, Building Users, Oversight Groups, and the Community. Building Information Modeling Framework.
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 13, 2022
A Relationship-based Approach to Sustainable Facilities Management is needed to meet current and emerging economic and environmental requirements. While there is a lot of talk about centralizing information, data must be current and actionable, as well as in a common format that everyone can easily understand. Activity Dashboard.
Autodesk Construction Cloud
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
This month, we have more than 35 product releases across Autodesk Construction Cloud platform and products, including Autodesk Build, Autodesk BIM Collaborate, Autodesk Takeoff, ProEst, BuildingConnected, Assemble, and BIM 360.
Building Information Management
JULY 16, 2012
July 16th, 2012 – NIBS Report - National Institute of Building Sciences Consultative Council . Per the NIBS Consultative Council there are four areas where our industry needs to focus highlights four in order to improve buildings and infrastructure. Sustainability. The building community needs mechanisms (e.g.,
Building Information Management
AUGUST 6, 2012
3D visualization software products currently promoted as BIM (Building Information Modeling) are not solutions for this task. Operative elements associate with leveraging big data for BIM (BIM defined as efficient life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology) include: - Transparency.
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 6, 2012
Cloud Computing and BIM - TME Article 2012. Technologies such as Building Information. Modeling (BIM) and Cloud Computing. BIM and Cloud provide the digital. The increasingly competitive financial. and environmental landscape requires. public and private institutions to further. management practices.
Building Information Management
AUGUST 29, 2012
BIM is the life-cycle modeling and management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Forget the 3D visualization distraction for a moment and let’s focus on the important component of the BIM acronym; the “I” for information. BIM’s SLOW START. INTRODUCTION.
Building Information Management
JANUARY 17, 2012
BIM and the Cloud – SAME 2012 – 4Clicks Solutions LLC – PDF. BIM - CLOUD COMPUTING. . BIM (Building Information Technology) and THE CLOUD (Cloud Computing) are disruptive technologies converging to significantly alter traditional construction and facility management practices.
Building Information Management
OCTOBER 1, 2012
BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. I am “mad as hell” at how 3D visualization vendors have marketed BIM. Collaboration and longer term relationships are primary components of JOC an will be required of BIM.
Building Information Management
MAY 15, 2012
First and foremost BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. While the industry is currently fixated upon 3D visualization tools, aka Revit, Archicad, Bentely… they only represent components of a BIM solution. Here’s a list of BIM Construction Cost Estimating Requirements: 1.
Building Information Management
JUNE 5, 2013
BIM, Building Information Modeling, actually consists of three M’s… BIM3 if you will… Modeling, Models, and Management. Major culture change across all stakeholders must take place before BIM can be understood, let alone practiced, on a widespread basis. all in one application.
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 6, 2014
Building Information Management, Model and Modeling. The benefits include centralized and visual communication, early exploration of options, sustainability, efficient design, integration of disciplines, site control, as built documentation, etc.–effectively Forget design-bid-built, and even design-built.
Construction Marketing
MAY 17, 2023
These tools enable construction professionals to rethink every aspect of project planning, execution, and collaboration, whether it be through the use of project management software, virtual reality (VR), or building information modeling (BIM). QR codes have emerged as a valuable asset in promoting safe practices.
Building Information Management
JUNE 27, 2012
Key Considerations for a Successful BIM Strategy. Phasing – Impossible to Implement BIM all a once. Implement Projects – Integrated Project Delivery (Job Order Contracting – JOC – renovation, repair, sustainability, minor new construction, IPD – new construction). Organizational Resources.
Autodesk Construction Cloud
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Professionals will be empowered to overcome challenges and maximize sustainability, efficiency, and innovation. This is where APTIM—a global provider of services to the government, commercial, industrial, and energy and utility markets—came in and restored the buildings for use. 3) Model coordination and collaboration.
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Autodesk Construction Cloud
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Keynotes, meetups, sessions, and networking kept everyone engaged, informed, and overall created our best AU yet. The Future of BIM Is Information Led by speaker Håvard Vasshaug, CPO and Co-founder, Anker, this industry talk covers some of the biggest hurdles in productivity for the construction industry.
Autodesk Construction Cloud
JANUARY 11, 2024
These technologies can also streamline the design review process and help teams produce more accurate estimates, thus "reducing budgets and timeline deviations by an estimated 10-20% and engineering hours by 10-30%." Building trust and confidence in AI will be a gradual process. billion by 2032.
Building Information Management
MAY 16, 2013
Building Information Modeling, BIM, is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. As such, the core requirements of BIM include collaboration, standardized information, multiple domain competencies, and several supporting interoperable technologies. No so much.
Civil + Structural Engineer
DECEMBER 10, 2024
At the same time, the global population is expanding rapidly, creating a growing demand for new buildings, roads and other infrastructure. These hurdles, along with economic ups and downs and the ever-growing importance of sustainability, has necessitated that industry professionals rethink conventional practices with help from technology.
Autodesk Construction Cloud
APRIL 22, 2022
Sitting on the grounds of a former petrol station was the COP house – a wooden cottage modelling a much more sustainable form of housing. The wooden roof, floor and walls are designed to capture sunlight and body warmth – limiting the need for heating throughout the building’s lifecycle.
Building Information Management
MARCH 8, 2013
A recent study by NBS provides a snapshot of BIM (Building Information Modelling) implementation within the UK’s construction industry. 71% of respondents to the NBS survey agreed that BIM represents the ‘future of project information’ 39% confirmed that they were now actually using BIM.
Building Information Management
DECEMBER 14, 2012
BIM, the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology, requires a fundamental change in how the construction (Architects, Contractors, Engineers) and facility management (Owners, Service Providers, Building Product Manufactures, Oversight Groups, Building Users) sectors operate on a day-to-day basis. .
Autodesk Construction Cloud
JULY 19, 2023
A Journey to BIM Over a decade ago, SBE started using 3D design solutions for their buildings, infrastructure and electromechanical projects and turned to Autodesk’s Revit , Civil3D , and Inventor solutions. SBE transitioned their approach to focus on BIM, recognising the need for holistic information management.
Building Information Management
JANUARY 14, 2013
The focus upon the 3D component of BIM is, in many ways, an unfortunate distraction. The cost to capture, store, and process information is falling to near zero… mass storage (terabytes) for everyone, and an increasingly plentiful supply of powerful cloud-computing based applications available as plug-ins.
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
Discrepancies in construction delivery methods and contracts lead to the failure of BIM, or many/most facility renovation, repair projects. The business strategy leading to the integration of previously disparate competencies, business processes, technologies, and teams is the primary goal of a BIM execution plan.
Building Information Management
MAY 16, 2012
buildingSMART International – A neutral, international and unique not for profit organisation supporting open BIM through the life cycle. buildingSMART Data model. The BIM Evolution Continues with OPEN BIM Draft V8 20120131. The BIM Evolution Continues with OPEN BIM Draft V8 20120131. What is BIM?
Building Information Management
APRIL 26, 2013
Emergent disruptive technologies and construction delivery methods are altering both the culture and day-to-day practices of the construction, renovation, repair, and sustainability of the built environment. BIM is the life cycle management of the built environment, supported by digital technology.
PN - Project Management
DECEMBER 10, 2024
Big data refers to large volumes of diverse information collected from numerous sources, both structured and unstructured. In construction, this data originates from project management software, sensors embedded in equipment, drones , building information modeling (BIM) tools, financial records, and weather forecasts.
Building Information Management
JUNE 18, 2013
The primary focus of the NBIMS-US™ is to provide open standards to transform the currently inefficient and ineffective life-cycle management of the built environment… Is this not the same value provided by BIM? Build a growing community of practice which allows progress to be made built upon previous levels of agreement.
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