BOULDER, Colo. — Many architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) firms have taken advantage of the market downturn to try innovative approaches to the construction process. Among these ...

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 ...

Virtual design tools are a real growth trend for illustrating delay claims in construction, say contractors and practitioners—with good reason. For one, adding a project's CPM schedules to the ...

A set of new products that graduated from public beta status in late May will let users of Vela Systems' field data management services add new interactive building information modeling tools for the ...

When you start to consider implementing the BIM (Building Information Modeling) methodology, whether as an independent professional or as a construction firm, it's necessary to take into account three ...

Industry-wide adoption of BIM is about more than software - we must also change the way we manage projects BIM is the big topic in our industry right now, and it is all about change. BIM means new ...

Rather than just doing a visual inspection, EMCOR now is able to capture data through a variety of methods, including BIM authoring tools and 3D scanners. These technologies have made the difference ...

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 ...