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 ...

How AI could consolidate AEC firms, reshape design practice & elevate full-stack designers, transforming BIM into an intelligent decision hub ...

BIM and Construction Management, Second Edition is a complete integration guide, featuring practical advice, project tested methods and workflows, and tutorials for implementing Building Information ...

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 ...

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 ...

This past April, more than 500 AEC professionals—many from Giants 300 firms—gathered in Boston for BIMForum. Now in its ninth year, the group, which is co-sponsored by AGC and AIA, brings together ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Second Studio (formerly The Midnight Charette) is an explicit podcast about design, architecture, and the everyday. Hosted by Architects David Lee and Marina Bourderonnet, it features different ...