Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

Like the weather, everyone in the AEC industry is talking about using BIM models for operations and maintenance, but no one—well, almost no one—is doing anything about it. That’s because there’s a ...

BIM (Building Information Modeling) is a methodology that allows architects to create digital design simulations to manage all the information associated with an architectural project. While CAD ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to Statistics Norway, an average of approximately 1,100 detached houses have been demolished each year in Norway ...

In most architectural projects, budgets far exceed projections. The eastern span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge notoriously cost $5 billion more than projected and a new transit hub near the World ...

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 ...

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a methodology for recording, managing and exchanging information and data with digital models of a building. The aim of the City of Stuttgart is to use the BIM ...

One of the more famous urban legends holds that the head of the patent office quit in 1875 declaring in his letter of resignation “there is nothing left to invent!” What makes this tickle our fancy is ...