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 ...

For many of us who have participated in the rapid growth of BIM, It is tempting to see it as just one more technology development in the project delivery process, but its real impact is quickly ...

CONTRACTOR: Both BIM and prefabrication have become more and more important to mechanical contractors in the last few years. Are we now starting to see the convergence of the two? KEN SMERZ, CEO of ...

Construction processes in vertical buildings are often repeatable—and repeated. That helps make that kind of construction a good fit for building information modeling. But horizontal construction—the ...

Over the past decade, building information modeling has become a go-to practice for improving construction efficiency. A visualization of the structural and functional characteristics of a building ...

BIM. VDC. What does it all mean? These two terms are no longer just buzz terms in our industry, but taking it to new heights. Hear from Grant Hagen, VDC Manager at The Beck Group share on what these ...

Over the past 75 years, industries like manufacturing, retail and agriculture have seen productivity increase up to 1,500%, and largely thanks to digital transformation, construction has remained ...

China Construction (South Pacific) Development Co. Pte Ltd, otherwise known as CCDC, stands head and shoulders above its competitors in raising the standards of Singapore's construction industry. It ...

Ryan Shilling, Group Manager, VDC Services, Rudolph & Sletten, is a seasoned BIM expert whose experience spans residential design, structural design, mechanical contracting, and general contracting.