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Follow our blog to learn more about the field of Architectural, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (AS&MEP) coordination and 3D modeling for the AEC industry.
There is such a thing called Free Lunch - with BIM NOW
By Ziggurat Systems
For leading contractors, is your firm "locked out" of bids requiring Building Information Modeling (BIM)? Can your firm easily coordinate 3D design documents and develop coordinated shop drawings?
"BIM NOW", a fast and easy to implement BIM service providing you with years of experience at your fingertips, by Ziggurat.
Why Owners Make the Difference
By Barbara White Bryson and Canan Yetmen, ENR.COM
It is no secret that the design and construction industry is one of the most inefficient on the planet. A number of books have identified and documented the declining productivity of every hour and dollar invested in the building process. Architects, engineers, contractors and developers have been struggling for years in an environment so fragmented, no single player can have significant influence or initiate meaningful change
Tall Hospital Goes 3D
By ENR.com
See the video, how a healthcare project stays on budget using Building Information Modeling (BIM).
BIM holds up to NY City Transit Standards
By Ziggurat Systems
BIM Holds Up to NYCT StandardsZiggurat sponsors the McGraw Hill Construction Tech 2010
By Ziggurat Systems
A special conference for real estate owners, developers, construction managers, general contractors, architects, engineers and related professionals.
Light shines on Grand Central's tennis courts
By Heather Haddon, www.amny.com
When Edward R. Murrow took on Sen. Joseph McCarthy on “See it Now,” he did it here. Years later, The Donald and his celebrity friends lobbed tennis balls here, too.
The place they did this, however, may surprise you: Grand Central Terminal. And soon, you’ll be able to see this secret slice of the station for yourself.
The value of building Information modeling (BIM) in the U.S. building Industry
By Yariv Kafri
Being a company that provides BIM related outsourced services leveraging our proprietary B4UB™ technology, we are always on the lookout for case studies that assign a dollar value to the benefits delivered by our 3D modeling and clash detection service.
This paper presents findings from an industry-wide survey that was carried out in the spring of 2009. The study aims to understand the perceived value of BIM in the U.S. building industry, as seen by various participants in the industry. The survey specifically focuses on tangible benefits and costs associated with BIM use at the project level.
Björk, B-C, Burcin Becerik-Gerber, Assistant Professor and Samara Rice, Graduate Student
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, USA
Benefits of Using Virtual Coordination
By Yariv Kafri
We came across a very relevant case study titled Benefits and lessons learned of implementing building virtual design and construction (VDC) technologies for coordination of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems on a large healthcare project.
* Written by researchers from the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, and edited by T. Olofsson, G. Lee & C. Eastman.
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