Schinnerer's RM Blog - buildinginformationmodeling tag

BIM: There’s an App for That

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:43:00 GMT

For only $5.99, design professionals can have building information modeling in the palms of their hands, literally (as reported in the June issue (page 36) of Civil Engineering, the monthly magazine published by ASCE). Ian Keough, an associated and technical designer in the New York City office of Buro Happold, recently finished his development of an application called goBIM. While the app doesn’t allow for intensive design of a full-fledged BIM system, users can view BIM models on their iPhones. Keough claims that the motivation behind developing this app, something he did on his own outside of his normal job with Buro Happold, was to allow design professionals to view their rich BIM models anywhere, instead of paper drawings and specs.

Keough is planning on expanding the app’s capabilities with the second generation, where he hopes users can access larger amounts of meta data tied to the model as well as view the model in 4-D. Users could “swipe” through the model to see the various phases of the project, instilling a sense of time to the model.

More information can be obtained at www.go-bim.com.

Managing a Firm’s BIM Usage

Wed, 12 May 2010 18:08:00 GMT

In a recent Guidelines for Improving Practice article, we reported on a McGraw-Hill Construction Research & Analytics report on building information modeling (BIM). According to the study, about half of the design and construction industry has already adopted BIM, and it is suggested that the rate at which BIM users will use the design tool on projects will double in two years.

Attracting Investors through BIM

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:55:00 GMT

Building information modeling (BIM) is becoming more popular in the construction industry for a bevy of reasons. According to Dennis Neeley of the AIA, one extremely attractive reason for BIM’s increase in popularity is the way developers can use it to attract investors to their project. Neeley believes that in ten years BIM will be expected and demanded by investors.