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SPONSORED CONTENT As more building project teams look for ways to collaborate better, technology continues to provide solutions. Yet, as I learned...
Turner Construction and Parsons Brinckerhoff talk about how BIM has revolutionized the way that they conduct projects, and how technology has allow...
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Given the complexities of the building process, it can be difficult for building owners to effectively communicate what they want and need with BIM...
Key question from BIM Forum: How do you leverage technology by finding trade partners that are up to speed?
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Earlier this month, my colleague and I presented a session to a group of civil engineers and transportation agencies about the tech trends in the A...
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I’ve heard countless stories of conversations between project engineers and IT professionals who can’t come to an agreement on the level of securit...
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A fascinating client story by Fluor SVP Robert Prieto reminds us that sometimes it’s the simplest details that can bring about real results today—a...
Bluebeam's new Chicago office, located in the newly renovated Wrigley Building, features a wine bar where employees and clients meet or relax.
Purchased in 2011 by a consortium of investors led by BDT Capital Partners, the building’s new owners have recently renovated and reimagined the ne...
The Consumer Electronics Show took place this past week in Las Vegas. Known for launching new products and technologies, many of the products showc...
I recently attended the Bentley User Conference in Vejle, Denmark. I attended the event primarily to get a sense for the challenges our Danish coun...
With all the effort AEC professionals put into leveraging technology to communicate digitally on projects, it is a shame that there is often one ma...
Photographs are becoming more essential to project communication and documentation. Recently, I sat in a local airport integration project meeting...
There's no doubt that BIM is the future of design. But for many firms, finding a bridge to access rich model data and share it with those typically...
True mobility in the field has rapidly evolved from lock-box kiosks on each floor to laptops on rolling carts to tablets and iPads loaded with draw...
Todd Wynne of Rogers-O’Brien Construction is one of only 8,000 people around the globe granted a pair of Google Glass for testing. Here's what he's...
I’m encouraged to see progress being made to make BIM more useable and reliable downstream. These are all good steps in the right direction, but ho...
LEED has become a labyrinth of standards which requires a full-time translator and tour guide to navigate. Now with LEED v4 on the horizon, I’m cur...
Although I am encouraged to see BIM for O+M mandates coming from building owners, I can’t help but feel we’re overlooking a very important part of...
Do you remember the days when running into an issue out at the job site meant embarking on the long RFI process? Somehow we made it work, but the t...
I recently attended a technology expo focused on software solutions for design firms. While I was there, I struck up a conversation with an archite...
Technology is changing the way we work. Digital communication tools are revolutionizing project review cycles, allowing real-time collaboration lik...
What information do you find valuable to keep within the BIM world and what information do you feel is best archived or referenced outside of the m...
There are many uses for the cloud applicable to those in the building industry—mainly storage of up-to-the-minute project drawings and data, giving...
A new twist to the communication challenge most companies and IT departments face is the “bring your own device,” or BYOD, conundrum. I call it a c...
