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The U.S. National Building Information Model Standard Project Committee defines BIM as “a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility” or “a shared knowledge ...

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Changing The Change Order Mentality: Using BIM for a commercial project will create a spike in time and labor during the planning phases, but it will save time on the execution side, both in the field ...

Before the advent of computer aided design (CAD) systems to coordinate building designs, hand-drafted prints were the standard. As the advantages of using CAD systems became better understood and ...

Whether you are an owner, design professional, design consultant, construction manager (CM), general contractor (GC), or subcontractor, it is almost inevitable that you will encounter the use of ...

The roots of building information modeling began with a nuclear physicist from Russia, Leonid Raiz, and his development of 3-D computer-aided design (CAD) software. We refer to it today throughout ...

The U.S. Building Information Modeling Market was valued at USD 3.90 billion in 2025 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 12.1% from 2026 to 2035, reaching USD 12.22 billion. Growth is driven by ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "World Building Information Modeling (BIM) Market - Opportunities and Forecasts, 2015-2022" report to their offering.

Getting BIM models to the field on mobile platforms has hit some speed bumps in the past, but a new BIM viewer from Procore is the latest attempt to put full 3D building models in the hands of site ...