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Building Information Modeling/BIM

As the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) becomes more widespread, ENR will continue to document its advantages, successful applications, problems and pitfalls in news and feature stories. Our writers will also be interviewing people throughout the industry on BIM’s implications for the entire construction process.

Latest Headlines

06/09/10	Hospital Owner's Digital Mandate Gives Builders A Dose of Reality By Tudor Van Hampton Contractors building one of the largest and tallest pediatric research hospitals, hemmed in on a tiny site in Chicago, say they are several months ahead of schedule in part due to the owner's requirement that designers and contractors collaborate using building information modeling, a digital tool that helps prevent errors.
03/17/10	3D Images Help Sell Route By Aileen Cho Building information modeling, still relatively rare in the transportation construction world, proved key in gaining public approval for a planned $573-million, 9.4-mile rapid-transit bus system in Hartford, Conn. Advocates hope transit agencies will begin to ramp up use of BIM in future projects.
09/30/09	Market Study Finds Engineers Get Lowest Return from BIM By Nadine M. Post A third of the engineers surveyed in recent market research on building information modeling say they get a negative return on BIM investments; a fifth say they break even.

More News

08/05/09 Bending BIM to Design Utilities Breaks New Ground
08/05/09 Building Information Modeling Boosters Are Crossing That Bridge
04/29/09 Modeling Spurs Architect To Reorganize Divisions of Labor
04/29/09 Digging into 3D Modeling Unearths Many Worms
04/29/09 Leading Off With a Hit,New Yankees Home Scores Big
04/29/09 Not for the Faint of Heart, Expecting a Win By Taking on BIM
04/08/09 Building Team Members See Progress and Problems
02/10/09 Multi-Discipline Design Tools Updated With BIM In Mind
10/22/08 Building Information Modeling Contract Documents Arrive
07/02/08 Industry Is Setting the Stage For BIM Collaboration
04/02/08 Army's BIM Approach Worries Industry Firms
10/17/07 BIM Survey Delves Into Users' Desires and Expectations
10/17/07 As New Tool Lands on More Campuses, Students Seek 'A' in BIM
04/02/07 Building Groups Seek Unity on Interoperability and BIM