BIM
Construction Business
Wood and digital design tools
With the increasing number of prefabricated, modular timber projects being built, innovations in digital design tools offer many benefits.
Construction Business
Global construction to hit $18 trillion by 2030
By 2030, global spending in construction is expected to touch $17.5 trillion, with China, the US, and India accounting for 57 per cent of all global growth.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Enhanced facility management through BIM
When properly implemented, BIM can greatly improve the productivity and efficiencies associated with the planning and development of virtually any project. Here's how.
Canadian Property Management
Rendering and Interactive Visualization
By definition, visualization technology is a technique for creating images, diagrams, or animations to communicate a message. But in essence, it’s so much more.
Design Quarterly
Managing building information better
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is not only modeling, but a management of that modeled information, and what project teams do with it.
Construction Business
Where is all the building information modelling?
Building information modelling (BIM), as a concept, has been around for over 50 years. But despite touted advantages, adoption remains a challenge.
REMI Network
Built Environment Technology Association launches
The Built Environment Technology Association (BETA) has been established to help the real estate industry better utilize developing technologies.
Construction Business
Inaugural CanBIM Awards
The Canada BIM Council (CanBIM) held the first ever National CanBIM Awards, recognizing excellence in Canada’s Building Information Modelling (BIM) community.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
BIM implications for facility management
How is the Centre for Health and Safety Innovation using building information modelling to help manage its facility? CHSI's Geoff Williams explains.
Construction Business
Building information modeling
This video report looks at the value and cost of implementing BIM. Commentators: Autodesk Canada's John Janzen, EllisDon's Thomas Strong and Zeidler Partnership Architects' Ian Fairlie.
Design Quarterly
Learning to share
The Canada BIM Council (CanBIM) recently held a regional session in Vancouver. The presentations consistently emphasized one fundamental aspect of building information modeling (BIM): collaboration.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
BIM raises the bar
This video report looks at building information modeling. Commentators: Caesar Ruest, a BIM solutions executive at Autodesk Canada, and Patrick Saavedra, manager of planning and architectural design at York University.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Cost control in construction
This video report looks at how to manage construction costs. Commentators: EllisDon's Thomas Strong and Pelican Woodcliff's Ronnie Mandowsky.