Building Information Manufacturing (BIM) technology is most commonly used for planning and designing infrastructure, but companies are using it for another area that all construction firms deal with: ...

Back in 1980, I was the systems architect/analyst and building trades consultant for DataSonix, the second digitizer-based construction estimating software package ever created. A questions that was ...

In early 2008, as a storm approached northern Michigan, a 19-year-old construction worker raced to the rooftop of a multifamily building to clear the area of construction debris. Unaware that a metal ...

There is some discussion in construction today about which is better to use — Building Information Modeling (BIM) or Lean Construction. You need to consider what each process offers before choosing ...

The Department of Urban Planning and Design invites applications for 1-3 Post-Doctoral Fellow (PDF) positions in BIM and LLM (Ref. no. 532733). Appointments will commence as soon as possible, with the ...

Specialist contractors are challenging the cost of BIM and the way it is being used. Iain Withers reports Stacey Spence, the managing director of Ductform, a small ventilation firm in Edinburgh, ...

Injury and death on construction sites are very common—and costly. Construction companies constantly have to evaluate the safety of their job sites, and this can be a difficult feat. In fact, one in ...

Specialist contractors are challenging the cost of BIM and the way it is being used. Iain Withers reports Stacey Spence, the managing director of Ductform, a small ventilation firm in Edinburgh, ...